Cisco Lawyer Outs Himself as Patent Troll Tracker

February 22nd, 2008

As you may have heard, some IP litigators have been in a frenzy over an unknown thorn in their side who identified himself on the internet as blogger “Patent Troll Tracker”. As it turns out, The Patent Troll Tracker, (AKA Rick Frenkel) is an IP lawyer at Cisco, and has made quite a name for himself shedding light on the dirty little secrets behind patent holding “shell companies” alleged litigation practices.

… Regardless of your own personal point of view, there is another side of this story that is appreciated by computer forensics and electronic discovery professionals: A growing trend in lawyers trying to determine the identity of anonymous individuals on the internet that are accused of some type of “misconduct”.

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Qualcomm’s Lawyers Responsible for Discovery Violation

February 1st, 2008

Qualcomm’s Lawyers Responsible for Discovery Violation 
In one of the most massive electronic discovery violation rulings to date, a United States District Court Judge has slapped Qualcomm with huge sanctions for failing to produce over 46,000 emails in the now famous Qualcomm v. Broadcom patent case. And if that wasn’t bad enough, 6 of the attorneys representing Qualcomm have been [...]

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