The high-stakes world of patent law continues to attract some of the more colorful practitioners and prospectors of the day. Edward "Rusty" Rose III, the famed short-seller with close ties to President Bush, cuts a controversial figure in business and politics, and his emergence as an apparent troll could add more fuel to the always-fervid debate over patent holders' rights.
November 30, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
When he first saw it, David Bloch thought the patent infringement lawsuit against client Discover Financial Services was just another troll case in the rocket-docket Eastern District of Texas.
But when the Winston & Strawn lawyer peeled back layers and layers of shell corporations, he found none other than Edward “Rusty” Rose III, the famed short-seller with close ties to President Bush.
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