# How I beat a patent troll

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2012
- Speaker: Drew Curtis
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Law
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/drew_curtis_how_i_beat_a_patent_troll)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Drew Curtis, the founder of fark.com, tells the story of how he fought a lawsuit from a company that had a patent, "...for the creation and distribution of news releases via email." Along the way he shares some nutty statistics about the growing legal problem of frivolous patents.

## Lectures

1. [How I beat a patent troll](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/drew_curtis_how_i_beat_a_patent_troll/6bd72393d740), 7 min (TED's player)