Apple is among the companies which want to stop so-called patent trolls from stifling innovation with their claims. A patent troll, for those unfamiliar with it, is a person or company that holds ...

In 2011, Apple and Google spent more money on patent litigation and defensive patent acquisitions than on research and development. That’s not a good sign for the U.S. economy; in fact, it’s a stark ...

U.S. lawmakers are preparing to act on a pair of bills that aim to crack down on so-called “patent trolls,” which are firms or investment funds that don’t actually build anything, but whose main ...

Imagine your company is suddenly inundated with dozens of baseless patent infringement lawsuits. This scenario is becoming all too common as corporate America grapples with a post-COVID surge in ...

The Internet Association (IA), National Restaurant Association (NRA), National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) launched a print and radio advertising campaign in ...

Who are these patent trolls? What exactly are they doing? And how are they affecting our startup economy? Patent trolling has received lots of attention in local and national media as of late. Who are ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday heard oral argument in Micron Technology v. Longhorn IP, a test ...

Minnesota legislators are trying to fix a growing problem hitting small to midsize businesses hard: so-called "patent trolls." Legislators want to block individuals or firms who buy patents — ...

Apple is among the companies which want to stop so-called patent trolls from stifling innovation with their claims. A patent troll, for those unfamiliar with it, is a person or company that holds ...

A subject of extensive debate within the U.S. patent system has been the classification of “patent trolls”—most widely defined as individuals or companies that acquire patents solely for the purpose ...

Farhad Manjoo, opens new tab has an interesting profile of Cheryl Malone’s Article One Partners, a company which crowdsources the discovery of prior art for use in patent suits. These “amateur sleuths ...