"I feel fortunate to live in a country with a judicial system like this where a jury can decide these things"
I still feel fortunate to live in this country but the dysfunctional patent system has nothing to do with it.
The status quo is this: When you receive a letter from a patent troll, you're already out at least $50k or so, possibly several $100k or even more if you decide to fight on longer. You can receive such a letter simply for scanning and printing a pdf file, or operating a shopping cart on your site.
I still feel fortunate to live in this country but the dysfunctional patent system has nothing to do with it.
The status quo is this: When you receive a letter from a patent troll, you're already out at least $50k or so, possibly several $100k or even more if you decide to fight on longer. You can receive such a letter simply for scanning and printing a pdf file, or operating a shopping cart on your site.
This situation must be fixed.