From the WWE dept.:
... a fascinating ruling by CAFC in EON-NET LP v. FLAGSTAR BANCORP, in which CAFC (who generally sides with patent holders) not only went against a patent troll, but also actually smacked the lawyers down with fairly large Rule 11 sanctions for filing a bogus lawsuit, where the intent appeared to only be to get a company to pay up. This ruling could become an interesting precedent not just in patent cases, but potentially in copyright trolling cases as well. The court points out that Eon-Net had filed over 100 patent infringement lawsuits, following up each one quickly with an offer of settlement. In this particular case, it was clear that Flagstar did not infringe on the patents in question.