For a lot of small claims cases, it probably is easy. Anyone...

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For a lot of small claims cases, it probably is easy. Anyone with a few hundred dollars can file, and often do for silly reasons. If you listen to enough "Handel On The Law" radio program, https://www.handelonthelaw.com/radio-stations/ , you will notice that his tag-line is, "The show where you call in, and I tell you that you don't have a case." People frequently call in with disputes about their neighbor's dog or tree, an employer, or inheritance dispute. It's common for the caller to have no damages, and expect the courts to order their neighbor/boss/sister to quit doing something. Bill Handel has a great dry-dark-humor, btw. It's worth listening to a show or two just for the laughs.

In the case of corporate predation, yes it's sad. Most people don't realize that Microsoft gained most of its status by partnering with an innovative programmer (like the guy that made their spell checker), getting the source code and paying the dev, then filing a lawsuit against the dev for stealing their code. They would intentionally drag the process out, financially ruining the dev, knowing they were on the wrong side of the judgement. By the time they were done, the dev would be too poor to continue fighting, and Microsoft would walk away happy, not needing to pay the dev another cent, and looking for their next victim.

When I was in grade school, my dad's company received a letter from CBS, because one of his products was called a "Magnum". CBS was basically saying, "Change the name of your product, because people will confuse it with our TV show, 'Magnum P.I.', or we'll sue you."

I was old enough to know they can't own dictionary words, and that no one would confuse our product with the TV show. I was surprised that my dad said he would have to change the name; a rather large expense. When I encouraged him to fight it, he explained that spending the amount of money to hire a team of lawyers to tell CBS that we were "in the right" would probably bankrupt the company.

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