e.Digital Corporation (fka EDIG)

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EDIG settlements have been so small over the years because they are accepting nuisance value settlements since their patents are not strong. The companies EDIG sues are mostly small and simply roll over for $50k or so rather than have to get the expensive IP lawyers on board. Even the PTAB IPR petition route is expensive. A lot of the companies EDIG sues I have never heard of with the exception of Google and a few others so I assume EDIG is bullying small companies mostly that they think will settle rather than fight back. IPRs cost from $50k to 500K if it goes to then end of the process. EDIGs people have made a living making sure it never goes to the end I think they even let companies off the hook completely rather than go to the end and have their patents junked.

If you want to get back on fantasy island you would simply need a new IP address. You could ask your cable company to reset your modem or use a VPN. The island records the IP addresses of those they boot.

http://www.rpxcorp.com/2015/07/02/iprs-reality-amid-the-pyrotechnics/

In a blog entry, RPX describes IPRs as "Cheaper [than litigation] but by no means cheap." Based on a "voluntary survey of IPR petitioners," RPX reports that petitioner costs prior to institution (i.e., for the petition) average $139k - much higher than the $50k reported at AIPLA. For the full IPR proceedings (through hearing), RPX reports petitioner costs average $487k, which is much higher than the ~$250k total in the AIPLA presentation.