Pushback Derails Company That Thrived on Patent Lawsuits

"Despite the many lawsuits filed by Shipping & Transit, a court has never ruled on the validity of the company’s patent claims, said Daniel Nazer, a senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit that works on intellectual property issues. But Shipping & Transit’s business model took a hit after multiple courts ordered it to pay attorneys fees and questioned the company’s motives in bringing the patent lawsuits."