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Pro-Linux group snaps up Microsoft patents

...purchase ensures that these important patents will not be used by patent trolls or others seeking to disrupt Linux and the many companies and... Read more

Sep 9, 2009

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Nanotech and web services need cash boost

...called for higher-quality patent rights to avoid the problems with "patent trolls" that it said have arisen in the US judicial system Read more

Mar 16, 2009

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Has the Supreme Court killed off patent trolls

...test that high-tech companies argue has sparked an abundance of obvious patents. In a hotly anticipated decision that could make it easier to challenge... Read more

May 1, 2007

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Patent crisis is a myth, says ex-Microsoft exec

...Ventures owns patents. Another myth is the worry about so-called patent trolls - companies that exist only to accumulate patents and extract licensing fees... Read more

Aug 24, 2005

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Tech giants cheer patent system overhaul

...Such a system, some argue, has contributed to the rise of "patent trolls" - companies that exist primarily to make money from patent litigation and... Read more

Aug 7, 2006

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Microsoft triumphs over anti-piracy patent suit

...and many programmers, and have been rejected in Europe. So-called "patent trolls" - people who never use a patent except in litigation - have drawn... Read more

Mar 28, 2006

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RIM CEO: 'China's RedBerry is no threat'

...NTP's claim against RIM). The ruling was a blow to 'patent trolls' - companies which earn their crust from lawsuits predicated on patents they... Read more

May 18, 2006