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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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		<title>Patent trolls hurt R&amp;D say scholars in letter to Congress</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/03/02/patent-trolls-hurt-rd-say-scholars-in-letter-to-congress/</link>
		<comments>http://gigaom.com/2015/03/02/patent-trolls-hurt-rd-say-scholars-in-letter-to-congress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Roberts]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Be careful about changing patent law -- it could harm innovation," is a favorite talking point for those who oppose plans to reform to America's troubled patent system. But what if the opposite is true? What&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Ericsson seeks US iPad, iPhone ban as it sues Apple over patents</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/27/ericsson-seeks-us-ipad-iphone-ban-as-it-sues-apple-over-patents/</link>
		<comments>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/27/ericsson-seeks-us-ipad-iphone-ban-as-it-sues-apple-over-patents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month Apple and Ericsson went to war over the fees Ericsson is trying to charge Apple for the use of its mobile broadband patents. Apple sued Ericsson in an attempt&#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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		<category><![CDATA[intellectual property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mark lemley]]></category>
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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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		<title>MIT uses patent from 1997 to sue Apple over chips</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/13/mit-uses-patent-from-1997-to-sue-apple-over-chips/</link>
		<comments>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/13/mit-uses-patent-from-1997-to-sue-apple-over-chips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2015 18:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Roberts]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a patent lawsuit against Apple and its suppliers this week, claiming that semiconductor wafers found in the company's computers and mobile devices infringe on a patent obtained&#8230;]]></description>
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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>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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		<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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		<title>As Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar count patents, warning signs ahead</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/26/as-uber-lyft-and-sidecar-count-patents-warning-signs-ahead/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/26/as-uber-lyft-and-sidecar-count-patents-warning-signs-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Roberts]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government regulators and the taxi industry can't stop Uber -- but maybe a patent can. At least that's the hope of Sidecar, a small rival of Uber whose founder obtained a patent&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>In AWS cloud contracts (as in life), read before signing</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/22/in-aws-cloud-contracts-as-in-life-read-before-signing/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/22/in-aws-cloud-contracts-as-in-life-read-before-signing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barb Darrow]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[end user agreements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawyers say never to sign (or click on) anything without reading it first, but that rule typically goes out the window when it comes to complex-yet-boring end user licensing agreements (EULAs)&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court strips more power from controversial patent court</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/20/supreme-court-strips-more-power-from-controversial-patent-court/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/20/supreme-court-strips-more-power-from-controversial-patent-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Roberts]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court issued a ruling Tuesday that will have a significant impact on the patent system by limiting the ability of the Federal Circuit, a specialized court that hears patent appeals, to&#8230;]]></description>
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