A brand new flavor of patent troll!

[thewayne]

It's against the law to create/sell a product that includes a patent number that is expired or non-existent. $500 fine per incident. And a person can act as a whistleblower and file a suit, splitting the award with the gov't.

Expect to see a LOT of product re-releases in the coming months.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467004575463843289453872.html

Comments

[silveradept]

Quite. Silent ones, though, I think, just quietly rotating out all the old and erroneous stock and replacing it with new stuff that can be sole in other markets that don't care about such things.