Yep.
VPLM is a pump and dump scam, even if years after first threatening it, they have finally launched some lawsuits.
If you want to see what happens next to would-be patent trolls taking on the big boys in order to give their IRPs some ammunition at last, research MMRF.
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Upton Sinclair
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