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patent trolls stories: 3 news summaries

Tech Giants Join Forces Against 'Patent Trolls'

Fear of lawsuits behind group effort to snap up intellectual property

Jun 30, 08 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 intellectual property, and wary of... More »

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Google • intellectual property • Verizon • patent trolls • Ericsson • patent • patent infringment • tech industry • Hewlett-Packard

Making Money:
Patent Pending

IBM wants to patent an idea about its patents, which is, well, patently contrary

Oct 24, 07 6:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Big Blue is seeing green in a recent patent filing. IBM, which holds more patents than any company in the world and reaps more than $1 billion in royalties annually, says it wants to make it easier for small companies to license its ideas on a “floating privilege basis.... More »

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technology • IBM • business • patent trolls • patent

Supreme
Court Slays Patent Trolls

Three recent decisions clamp down on frivolous patents and lawsuits

Aug 21, 07 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Technology Review looks at three recent Supreme Court decisions—taken together, "historic"—that crack down on "patent trolls," unscrupulous companies that file thousands of patents and just as many lawsuits, aggressively hunting for license fees. The new rulings make it harder to launch these licensing campaigns,... More »

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courts • patent trolls • license fees • US Supreme Court • patent

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