lofi-rev's Journal: Patent Lawsuit Ends on Murderous Note?

Amr Mohsen, founder and former CEO of Aptix, is being accused of trying to hire a fellow inmate at a correctional facilty to murder the U.S. District Court judge who presided over a civil patent lawsuit involving Aptix as well as a criminal case against Mohsen. According to an affidavit, the potential hitman told Mohsen "murder of a federal judge is a 'big deal' and would cost $25,000, but Mohsen allegedly answered, 'That's very high ... I heard it's more like ten ($10,000).'"

This appears to be the end of a long descent by Mohsen. The original patent suit set off a chain reaction in other IP related cases after Mohsen "falsified engineering diaries and staged a break in of his own car to conceal evidence."