This cycle has led to the creation of the patent troll, a company with money, a legal team, a bunch of largely-obvious patents, and…well, that’s about it. These companies spend their time and ...

the patent troll looks for infringers that have invested heavily in the product and often has to threaten them with or actually instigate a lawsuit in order to obtain licensing revenues.

Cohen, Lauren, Umit Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Patent Trolls: Evidence from Targeted Firms." Management Science 65, no. 12 (December 2019): 5461–5486. (Cited in the United States Federal Trade ...

Cloudflare on Thursday celebrated a victory over Sable Networks, which the former described as a "patent troll."… That’s a ...

A new study confirms what we’ve all suspected based on anecdotal evidence: Suits filed by patent trolls have gone way up over the past few years. As Ars Technica reports, the new study headed up ...

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In spite Alice /35 U.S.C. § 101, which IBM opposes and lobbies against, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ( USPTO) is still granting software patents. Legislators try to bypass SCOTUS and IBM backs ...

"Patent troll lawsuits already target individuals and small businesses for simply using everyday technology, and if PREVAIL becomes law, it will make life easier for those patent trolls at every ...