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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
silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights
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
silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights
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
silicon.com > Technology > Software
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
silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights
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
silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights
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
silicon.com > Technology > Mobile
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
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