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Tech Giants Join Forces Against 'Patent Trolls'

Fear of lawsuits behind group effort to snap up intellectual property

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 30, 2008 11:45 AM CDT

(Newser) – Some of tech's biggest players are banding together to corner the market on patents key to their various businesses, the Wall Street Journal reports. Companies like Google and Verizon are afraid of being held hostage by small players with a claim on key bits of...   Read full story »

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