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Valve wins legal battle against patent troll Rothschild and associated companies
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Pocket change when it comes to a Rothschild as well. This isn’t going to discourage them, that family is the dictionary definition of old money.
Apparently it's not the Rothschild family but an independent patent troll based in NY?
I'm genuinely asking because someone else in another thread claimed they were of no relation and I can't seem to confirm that.
The patent troll is literally named Rothschild, and theire whole thing is he runs a network of matryoshka-esque shell companies, that do the patent trolling.
One of the major points of this legal battle is that Valve is saying 'look, this dude has a network of shell companies, he is submitting blatent bullshit in the form of actual misconduct during legal proceedings, to the court, we want to sue him personally for damages.'
https://dockets.justia.com/docket/washington/wawdce/2:2023cv01016/323951
The case that this article is about mentions this, has that link right there in it, but, that particular case is not the one that was decided, that the article is primarily about.
The case that the article is primarily about is the one with so many egregious instances of legal malpractice that occured during it, that Valve started the suit in that link, to literally sue Rothschild for damages.
Like uh, in the proceedings of the case the OP article is about... the Rothschild shell company sued Valve for things that Valve already had a valid contract with them to use.
The Rothschild lawyer/legal team literally said 'oh oops we didn't realize that before I sued you.'
This is an insanely stupid thing to do.
The Rothschild lawyer/legal team also submitted to the court a bunch of hallucinated AI references to 'precedent establishing cases' that either did not even exist, or, were massively misconstrued, as the actual cases were nothing like what the Rothschild legal team described.
This is also an insanely stupid thing to do.
I don't know that you meant to respond to me but thank you for the extra context.
Its not an independent patent troll that is different from the guy named Rothschild.
Is the guy named Rothschild a member of /the/ Rothschild family?
I am not 100% certain of that, but I am certain that the guy named Rothschild and the patent troll in NY are the same thing.
... Somewhat strangely, despite there literally being a https://leighmrothschild.com/ where he glazes the fuck out of hinself... there isn't very much publically available info about the guy.
The rich guy, who just lost a lawsuit because he / his legal representatives confidently lied and provided false information to a judge.
Who prefers the term 'patent accumulator'.
The guy who has a personal website that says:
"I am a well rounded person and my real passion is travelling."
... Uh... huh... yeah....
Apparently he got his undergrad degree at the University of Miami in 73, was born in 1952... and... managed to get his first patent in 73 as well.
How many people have the resources/connections to get a patent while doing their college education, by age 21?
Not saying he didn't, I am saying that sure seems like he's had connections and money from a young age.
I can't explicitly tie him to /the/ Rothschild family, not with just 30 minutes of searching.
But he certainly is one of the most obnoxiously arrogrant, blue-blooded asshats I've ever encountered, and... I had a few econ and poli sci professors that regularly attended CFR meetings, or took a sabbatical from working at Goldman Sachs and Black Rock to work as a finance professor, shit like that.
I was just asking if he was related because I wasn't sure he was related to Those Rothschilds. I tried to Google it because I was curious and came up with nothing.
I wasn't doubting that his name was Rothschild though. Still, added context is added context, so thank you again.
Even if it's actually the Rothschilds we're talking about, that doesn't mean these guys are from one of the branches of the family where the money is. The Rothschilds got rich in the 18th century, so that's quite some time for wealth and influence to wane.
https://qz.com/694340/the-richest-families-in-florence-in-1427-are-still-the-richest-families-in-florence
Time seems to consolidate wealth.
In Florence. The Rothschields are from Austria.
Do you have a study that would disprove this being true in Austria? Or a study about Austria directly? Or a study that would prove Florence is a exception?
This guy:
Being intentionally stupid for some reason
So are you like trying to win a contest or something?
The Rothschilds wealth did not consolidate.
Its not about consolidation man its how its grown from what it was over the course of time and how its grown enough to keep up with any dilution they may have experienced as time passed
And they don't just let anybody walk around with their name man. They take their shit seriously. Its a pretty serious family there you are acting like is some scattered diluted group like some old royals that fell out of favor and died out or something
Its grown and grown and grown over a loooog time and historically NOT reduced hence them being such a prime example of this type of wealth and hence my commentary about you being intentionally obtuse
Source?
Fuck you im not your god damn dancing internet monkey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family 😎
You made claims man, now you give me a source of how it hasn't consolidated. (Even tho that doesn't matter in the slightest when it comes to modern day wealth empires like this but who cares its the about the principle now)
Now dance monkey. Dance.
An article which clearly shows that their influence and cohesion has waned since 18th century.
Influence isn't what was being pointed out you disingenuous coward
They ARE extremely powerful, they are extremely wealthy. That much is concrete
Less influence then a king isn't suddenly make you a peasant.
They have slightly less power and influence, displayed in places you can easily witness it, since the 1800s. But wait! They also have a fuckton more money then they had (which by definition, is power and influence)
Huh still on top of the world then? Thanks for coming in you silly little man. Woman? Nonbinary person? Doesn't matter really
They don't even make the list of the wealthiest families.
Between offshore banks, shell companies, their own private trusts and the attorney client privilege that protects them they can hide their true wealth, thats how the mega rich do shit. Away of the eyes of an average persons ability to concretely know whats going on there.
That there is a list of people that don't do that very well (or just don't want to be bothered to go through all that extra effort when they really just don't have so much to gain from obscuring their wealth to that degree)
But really you seem to know (and CARE) so much about the Rothschild's, so it does beg the question.
Why do you even care enough to defend them here? Like I know why I dont. They are at the center of or, at very least, concerningly involved with, every major social and economic upset in my country for the last 200 years or more. For profit and power fantasy playing mostly based on the information available
(But also lots of Epstein-like weird shit. Like that I can do anything and because I'm interconnected with power groups, because Im so wealthy, I can pay people to do almost everything I want to (including manipulate, threaten and/or torture and kill people on their behalf) and also I'm so interconnected to all these powerful people that I'm basically untouchable and ungovernable and am permitted by governments because the public can't know how it works out there, now i can do almost whatever to almost whoever unless but I'm digressing too much from the point)
Never heard anyone defend anyones honor like this without a heck of a reason. So let's hear it or fuck off with what appears to be, a disingenuous and half-assed commentary to derail the conversation away from that exact thing. Possibly deliberately.
Such as when a PR firm gets hired to defend someones reputation due to say... a certain lawsuit that's getting their family some bad press and/or negative attention and would be getting paid to accomplish
https://leveragewithmedia.com/public-relations-firms-guide/
So, basically, you don't have any evidence. Weird how you keep obsessing about them. Why do they scare you so much?
You do realize that I'm calling them has-beens.
Let me guess, no evidence for any of this?
I spent maybe 10 minutes on all my replies in this thread, total. Kinda reflects poorly on you that you consider this a monumental effort.
Talking about the Rothschilds in a discussion about the Rothschilds is "derailing", apparently. Weird assessment.
So your argument is that you are unintelligent... Interesting defense
https://theenterpriseworld.com/the-rothschild-family/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/rothschilds-facts-inside-history-s-richest-family/
Also good non answer on why you even comment at all, it does require motivation but you are obviously disguising as just some guy who happens knows a ton about them but won't say why and is just wanting everyone to know how has-been they are now apparently, again without any actual reason lmao
Your not discussing anything honestly, your just derailing and trolling which is PR and Marketing firms 101 for comment farms and paid bots and it just so HAPPENS your following that pattern too. Must be a coincidence there as well.
Lots of that with you rn, weird eh?
As pointed out that is a deliberate effort your making and needs to have a motivation to support it (that you seem super uninterested in answering anything about)
Do I need to remind you that the title of this thread mentions the Rothschilds by name?
Cool, please provide said list with sources.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wealthiest_families
So... it says they don't. One guy is a billionaire.
It also says the family was the richest in the mid-19th century, and it isn't anymore.
Doesn't this disprove your point?