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Originally posted by tootie
There is absolutely NO excuse for giving out affiliates' personal information without a court order.
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The tactic of getting the affiliate list might have been an early one that was used, when they didn't understand how affiliate programs worked.
Whoever settled early might have buckled under their legal threats to sue them, to give up the list (and probably kicking and screaming the whole time as they handed it over).
Then, I think Acacia got educated by another licensee and Acacia realized that if the sponsor was going to settle, then it wouldn't make sense to go after affiliates.
So I believe that was what happened given early information from Acacia to how things have played out.
So that early list made it's way to the paralegals who just slapped the address label on to their "last notice" and just mailed it.
Fight the Patent!