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Patent Troll Blogger Sued for Defamation
On Oct. 18, 2007, Frenkel, who was posting anonymously at that time, alleged in Patent Troll Tracker that the filing date for ESN v. Cisco was changed from Oct. 15, 2007, to Oct. 16, 2007, after ESN's local counsel 'called the EDTX court clerk, and convinced him/her to change the docket to reflect an October 16 filing date, rather than the October 15 filing date.' The filing date is significant, Frenkel alleged in the blog, because the ESN patent that is the basis of the suit was not issued until October 16.
Frenkel identified the local counsel on his blog, and alleged in the posting ' which is attached as an exhibit in two defamation suits recently filed against Frenkel and Cisco ' that it's 'outrageous' that the Eastern District is apparently conspiring with ESN to 'try to manufacture subject matter jurisdiction.'
Filing an infringement suit like ESN after the stroke of midnight on the day the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues a patent gives a plaintiff the opportunity to choose jurisdiction.
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