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		<title>New York Times&#8217; 5-year fight with patent troll may cost millions</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/03/09/new-york-times-5-year-fight-with-patent-troll-may-cost-millions/</link>
		<comments>http://gigaom.com/2015/03/09/new-york-times-5-year-fight-with-patent-troll-may-cost-millions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2015 19:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Roberts]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even as belt-tightening has led the New York Times to close sections and shed reporters, the Gray Lady is spending large sums on legal bills to fight a patent troll that claims to own the&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Apple must pay patent troll $532M, Texas jury rules</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/25/apple-must-pay-patent-troll-532m-texas-jury-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/25/apple-must-pay-patent-troll-532m-texas-jury-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Roberts]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple must pay a shell company $532.9 million because iTunes infringes upon three patents related to online patents, a jury in East Texas ruled on Tuesday. The company in question, named Smartflash&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Study shows patent licenses don&#8217;t lead to tech transfer</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/20/study-shows-patent-licenses-dont-lead-to-tech-transfer/</link>
		<comments>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/20/study-shows-patent-licenses-dont-lead-to-tech-transfer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Roberts]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's been another bad week for America's benighted patent system: a Texas jury ordered Samsung to pay a patent troll $16 million for using Bluetooth -- even though the "inventor" admitted Bluetooth had&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Goodlatte revives Innovation Act to curb patent trolling</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/05/goodlatte-revives-innovation-act-to-curb-patent-trolling/</link>
		<comments>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/05/goodlatte-revives-innovation-act-to-curb-patent-trolling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2015 16:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Roberts]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va) has reintroduced a patent reform bill, known as the Innovation Act, that enjoyed bipartisan support last year, but was killed by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt). The prospects&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Startup founder offers free legal help to startups hit by patent troll</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/02/03/startup-founder-offers-free-legal-help-to-startups-hit-by-patent-troll/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/02/03/startup-founder-offers-free-legal-help-to-startups-hit-by-patent-troll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2015 23:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Roberts]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Hulls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Hulls got mugged on payday. The founder of Life360 had just raised $50 million to expand his business, a social network app for families, when a patent troll came calling&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Engineers, tech firms battle patent trolls on standard setting</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/02/02/engineers-tech-firms-battle-patent-trolls-on-standard-setting/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/02/02/engineers-tech-firms-battle-patent-trolls-on-standard-setting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2015 19:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Roberts]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[FRAND patents]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A big showdown is taking place at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, an important standard-setting body, about rules for patents that cover basic building blocks of tech, such as chips or Wi-Fi protocols&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Here we go again: 5 key questions for patent reform in 2015</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/19/here-we-go-again-5-key-questions-for-patent-reform-in-2015/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/19/here-we-go-again-5-key-questions-for-patent-reform-in-2015/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Roberts]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will the third time be the charm? In the last five years, Congress has twice tried to fix the country's dysfunctional patent laws only to see those efforts founder at the hands of shrewd lobbying by reform opponents. Now, lawmakers&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Intellectual Ventures founder steps down: &#8220;market is tough right now&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/12/intellectual-ventures-founder-steps-down-market-is-tough-right-now/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/12/intellectual-ventures-founder-steps-down-market-is-tough-right-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Roberts]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[IAM magazine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Detkin, a lawyer and former Intel executive, is standing down as vice chairman from the notorious patent trolling venture he co-founded alongside three others, including one-time Microsoft exec Nathan Myhrvold, in 2000&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Notorious patent troll dings Nebraska taxpayers for $750,000</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/10/notorious-patent-troll-dings-nebraska-taxpayers-for-750000/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/10/notorious-patent-troll-dings-nebraska-taxpayers-for-750000/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Roberts]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's no secret the U.S. patent system is dysfunctional but, still, this one's a doozy: a Texas patent troll that sent thousands of shakedown letters to small businesses, and has been sanctioned by the federal&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Apple-backed Rockstar ends patent war on Android, deal suggests</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/11/20/apple-ends-patent-war-on-android-deal-suggests/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/11/20/apple-ends-patent-war-on-android-deal-suggests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2014 23:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple has decided to end a bitter legal war against Google and Android phone makers, and to turn away from patent tactics that have cost the smartphone industry billions of dollars,&#8230;]]></description>
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