Austin Meyer (@x_plane_austin) is the software developer of flight simulator X-Plane and aircraft sensor fallback Xavion, an entrepreneur fighting against the unjust incursion of patent trolls, and producer of the documentary The Patent Scam.
What We Discuss with Austin Meyer:
How the patent troll industry shakes down innocent victims through legal loopholes for massive profits.
What might put someone unwittingly on the radar of a patent troll.
Why virtually anybody can be the target of a patent troll thanks to the way current patent laws are written.
What Austin discovered when he tried to confront his own patent trolls personally at their legally registered offices.
Why patent trolls are repeatedly able to get away with frivolous lawsuits that any reasonable jury would laugh out of court.