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Every new technology brings with it the risk of patent litigation. It's an unfortunate reality that we must face. Windows 8 may have a broken a record, however, as its already on t...

SHIELD Act Is A Patent Troll’s Worst Nightmare

I think we all agree that something has to be done about patent trolls. The patent system that they abuse is broken and it does nothing to better the economy. In fact, recent studi...

Patent Troll Goes After Netflix And Others Over Autocomplete

Autocomplete is pretty ubiquitous in the tech space by now. If a site has search, you can bet that they have an autocomplete feature of some sort powering the front end. That featu...

Android’s Next Patent Challenge Comes From Nokia

Nokia could be considered the grandfather to the modern cellphone. The company obviously owns a lot of patents and receives royalties from those who make smartphones. Heck,...

Supreme Court Declines to Rule on Hulu Case

The Supreme Court this week sent a case involving broad patents back to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for reconsideration. The case surround a patent that was...

Fark’s Drew Curtis In TED Talk: Don’t Negotiate With Terrorists (Patent Trolls)

TED has posted a new video with Fark Founder Drew Curtis, which Fark, of course has shared with its audience. He talks about how Fark was sued, along with Yahoo, Reddit, MSN, AOL,...

Twitter Publishes Patent Agreement to Combat Trolls

It's sad for an engineer or inventor to see their work used as a ball-gag to stifle innovation. Too often companies referred to as "patent trolls" will buy up patents without any...

Texas Jury Kills Patent Troll That Claimed To Own The Interactive Web

It’s a good day when patent trolls get what’s coming to them - a slap in the face by a federal jury. Eolas Technologies may be the biggest patent troll the Internet has ever se...

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