Patent troll
Patent troll is a term used for a person or company who enforces patents against one or more alleged infringers in a manner considered aggressive or opportunistic with no intention to manufacture or market the patented invention.
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Apple sued by patent troll STEC IP over data syncing in iCloud, iTunes and App ... - The Next Web
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 The Next Web | Apple sued by patent troll STEC IP over data syncing in iCloud, iTunes and App ... The Next Web The company names most of the patents, including the key '481 patents, as infringed by three core Apple products, including iCloud, iTunes and the 'Apple App Store'. STEC IP is a patent troll. They buy up patents from other companies and use them to ... Apple hit with patent infringement lawsuit over iTunes, iCloud and App Store |
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:46:55 AM
Patent Troll? How About Patent Godzilla! - DailyFinance
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Patent Troll? How About Patent Godzilla! DailyFinance With its large portfolio of quality patents and its powerful pedigree of patron companies like Apple, Rockstar is not your garden-variety patent bottom feeder (aka patent troll). Also unusual for a company whose main concern is to profit only from ... |
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:46:55 AM
Apple scourge Lodsys continues patent rampage against developers, corporations - GigaOM
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Apple scourge Lodsys continues patent rampage against developers, corporations GigaOM 22, 2012, 2:38pm PT 1 Comment Patent troll Lodsys became infamous after it extracted a license from Apple only to turn around and sue small iOS app developers for including features like in-app purchasing in their products. |
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:46:55 AM
Huawei included in US patent investigation - Morning Whistle
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 Morning Whistle | Huawei included in US patent investigation Morning Whistle Forty-five worldwide consumer electronics manufacturers were on a patent troll's hit list, which including China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and some of the world's leading Asian companies as Olympus, Panasonic, Toshiba, Sanyo, JVC and Samsung, ... |
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Sickening profile of Canada's weapons-grade patent trolls - Boing Boing
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Sickening profile of Canada's weapons-grade patent trolls Boing Boing By Cory Doctorow at 1:21 pm Monday, May 21 In Wired, Robert McMillan profiles Rockstar, a world-class patent troll based in Canada, which was capitalized to buy up Nortel's "defensive" patent portfolio for billions of dollars and now does nothing but ... |
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Patent troll tries to mangle hand craft site Etsy - GigaOM
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Patent troll tries to mangle hand craft site Etsy GigaOM The owner of the patents, Unified Messaging Solutions LLC, appears to be a subsidiary of Acacia which has been described as “the mother of all patent trolls.” “Troll” is a derogatory term for shell firms that don't make anything but acquire patents in ... |
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:46:55 AM
Tiny troll takes on Huawei - Fudzilla
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Tiny troll takes on Huawei Fudzilla China's Huawei, Olympus, Panasonic, Toshiba, Sanyo, JVC and Samsung are on a patent troll's hitlist according to the China Business News. According to the report, a complaint from Anu has resulted in the US International Trade Commission starting a ... |
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:46:55 AM
Peace talks between Apple and Samsung fail - TechEye
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 TechEye | Peace talks between Apple and Samsung fail TechEye Apple and Samsung have walked away from the negotiating table with Cupertino's threats to patent troll its rival to death still standing. It looks like a trial will begin in July, after two days of court-ordered mediation between Samsung and Apple. |
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Another East Texas Patent Troll Targets Adult, Mainstream - AVN News (press release)
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Another East Texas Patent Troll Targets Adult, Mainstream AVN News (press release) But this is hardly the only trolling coming out of that neck of the woods. TYLER, TX—Like desert varmints, patent trolls take to the verdant (if at times arid) lands of East Texas like ducks to water. The environment is advantageous for them, ... |
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A Patent Troll Is Born: Openwave Becomes Unwired Planet - Forbes
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A Patent Troll Is Born: Openwave Becomes Unwired Planet Forbes The company said it now will be “focused exclusively on a multi-pronged intellectual property strategy that includes licensing and, if necessary, enforcement to protect its patent portfolio of approximately 200 issued US and foreign patents, ... |
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