KEEP GOING: Podcasting patent troll: We tried to drop lawsuit against Adam Carolla. The troll claims that Carolla is wasting his fans’ money. It isn’t until the twelfth paragraph that we find Carolla’s position on the matter:

In response, Carolla sent Ars a statement saying he’ll continue to pursue counterclaims against Personal Audio, seeking to invalidate the patent “so that Personal Audio cannot sue other podcasters for infringement of US Patent 8,112,504.” Lotzi (Carolla’s company) has already “incurred hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees and expenses to defend itself” against the Personal Audio patents.

The statement from Carolla also says that “court orders prevent Lotzi and Adam from discussing the matter in further detail.” A spokesperson wouldn’t say what those court orders were. A review of the case docket doesn’t show any court order that would prevent Carolla from responding to Personal Audio’s main accusation, which is that he’s essentially wasting his donors’ money.

Was this article written by a complete tool? Carolla actually does respond to the accusation. He says that he’s trying to prevent the company from ever again claiming to own podcasting. Letting them go would mean that they could turn right around and continue suing podcasters.

Earlier: Adam Carolla fights patent troll.