Jagex Games Studio wins patent infringement case

And that's how the grown ups say "fucking noobs, gtfo."

Good.

Good for them. This is the one that Microsoft caved in on isn't it?

The elimination of ridiculous litigation like this is one of the many benefits to mankind that would arise from the abolition of the entire concept of "intellectual property."

You can move for sanctions for frivolous litigation in the States as well. Such things are awarded relatively rarely, but it happens.

The jurisdiction issue is a bit trickier. The US legal system has long arms because so much internet commerce goes on in the States, and because a lot of the TLD registrars are in the States. Is it fair? No particularly. Is it outlandish? Not really.

As for massive legal fees...yeah, those are outlandish. People continue to pay them, I think, for two reasons. First, the state Bars act as monopolies, allowing prices to stay higher than they would in a completely open market. Second, corporations aren't hiring the really expensive firms for their legal services (which aren't necessarily measurably better than those of the cheaper firms), but rather for their CYA services. If you hire a cheap firm and lose, your board/investors get really, really annoyed with you. If you hire an expensive firm and lose, people assume you did the best you could. It's a wonderful system.

Of course, in Britain, you can also be sued for libel for saying things that are fair comment, or even for saying things that are demonstrably true.

Liberace once won a libel suit against a newspaper in Britain that claimed he was gay.

Pretending like the UK legal system is a model of fairness to defendants in frivolous suits is a bit arch.

Patent squatters suck. This is why we don't have controllers you can control with your Willy.

If this case proves anything it's that we Americans desperately need to adopt the "loser pays" systems to cut down on these B.S. frivolous law suits, class action suits, and the assclowns who so class action law suit attorneys for other classes.

I would like to see the details of the case to judge for myself.

I hear about these dimwits all the time
They have some of THE Dumbest lawsuits known to mankind
Can't someone take them to Korea and cane them to death?