De-storying the destructive strategy of destroying one's competitors (by litigation).

Summary: The Board of Directors of DSS enlists a man from Singapore, whose lack of technical background suggests that the company is still more of a bully than an innovator

Serial litigator DSS is at it again, hiring non-technical people as its real business collapses. For background, read this 2012 article about DSS (comparing it to Vringo, a patent troll).

According to this press release and form (8-K), DSS turns to Singapore, which harbours some patent trolls (not just tax evaders, having become one of the top 5 places for people to pursue tax havens in), and hires this man:

While Chan does not appear to have much of a background in technology or intellectual property, his comments when appointed as a board member suggest that his focus is on the operating part of DSS’s business....

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Today’s incarnation of DSS is the product of the first known merger between an NPE (Lexington Technology Group) and an operating business. Ronaldi, who led the previous standalone patent licensing business, took over as chief of the merged entity in 2013.

It's true that DSS may still have some products, but those are gradually going away as the company turns to serial litigation ("NPE" is a euphemism for patent troll). Earlier this year it filed lawsuits in the Eastern District of Texas.

Meanwhile, over at IP Kat there's this new puff piece about IPOS, Singapore's patent office. ⬆