One of the standard bearers of America’s broken system — a podcast troll that never made a podcast — has proved depressingly tenacious. Despite winning another jury verdict, the troll’s days… Read more »
Patent trolling is alive and well deep in Texas where a judge just rejected Google’s request to invalidate old messaging patents under the Supreme Court’s new standards. Read more »
A shell company backed by Apple that owns thousands of old Nortel patents has been employing controversial tactics to wring money from the patents, many of which date from the 1990’s… Read more »
Boston University reached a license deal with Apple, Amazon and others over a 17-year-old patent. A closer look at the deal raises questions about the school’s use of legal tactics that… Read more »
As the problem of patent trolling grows, calls for reform are coming from all quarters — including from a famous economist who proposes major changes to the system. Read more »
Hang on tightly to that smartphone: theft is on the rise! We chat about that in our weekly wrapup show, while our other GigaOM podcasts discuss the included costs for connected… Read more »
Apple is “actively investigating” the claims of patent infringement made by Lodsys against App Store developers, according to The Guardian. Lodsys, a patent holding firm, has been sending notices to independent… Read more »
Lodsys, the company suing iOS developers for patent infringement over in-app purchases, has created a blog in response to the situation. The blog posts reveal a very good grasp of patent… Read more »