GigaomThe godfather of patent trolls opens up (a bit) as Senate pushes reform bill
The giant patent troll Intellectual Ventures decided to publish a partial list of the more than 40,000 patents it holds. Why is it doing this? Read more »
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The giant patent troll Intellectual Ventures decided to publish a partial list of the more than 40,000 patents it holds. Why is it doing this? Read more »
Google rivals formed a group called Rockstar in 2011 to buy old patents from bankrupt Nortel. The group started by suing Android phone makers, but it now looks like it plans… Read more »
Instead of just complaining about patent trolls, what if companies and their fans came together to fight them? A crowd-funding campaign proposes just this, though the effort looks like a long… Read more »
Patent reform failed in 2011, in part because not enough people understood the patent troll problem. A new video that provides a crisp cartoon summary could help change that. Read more »
Newegg’s use of industry-standard online encryption techniques infringed on an obscure modem patent, a Texas jury found. However, the e-commerce outfit has promised to appeal, which has worked out well for… Read more »
Microsoft and its allies delivered a big blow to a plan to fix the software patent mess. Here’s an account of what happened and why forces in the Senate could still… Read more »
IBM wants Twitter to license patents that date from the 1990s, one of which includes a floppy disk illustration. Twitter, which has a history of advocating for patent reform, believes it… Read more »
Patent trolls are plundering the economy like never before — even though a 2011 law was supposed to stop this. Now, Congress is trying again, and it might actually work. Read more »
A patent troll is using patents from 1998 owned by the Shoah Foundation and USC to sue a wide rang of companies; the latest targets include the New York Times. The… Read more »
As Twitter prepares for its IPO, some points to its paucity of patents as a sign of long term strategic weakness. In fact, the opposite may be true. Read more »