Big companies continue to feel the threat of patent trolls, yet Myhrvold is fine with the status quo.
In addition to patent trolls and privateers, the sheer volume of patents is another overwhelming issue.
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This narrative holds that patent trolls extort virtuous companies via spurious patent infringement claims.
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Thousands of hours must be spent reviewing and producing documents (trolls have no documents to produce).
When trolls show up now, companies fold individually because its easier to do than fight collectively.
We get fascinating social experiments like the Mass Effect 3 debate, and we get trolls.
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I'd venture to guess that 100 percent of our spammers and trolls do so.
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Sure, most of the patent trolls can be paid to go away for minimal sums.
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It would ask the Patent and Trademark Office to reexamine (and revoke) patents asserted by patent trolls.
Jonathan Schwartz, who goes by the name Bluewater Jon, trolls for big game--tuna and marlin--from his kayak.
Trolls capture economies of scale in litigation, and lower their committed capital by using contingent fee lawyers.
C. by lobbying for patent reform, seemed helpless as the patent trolls morphed into powerful hedge funds.
The trolls can be recognized by their actions: broad assertion of dubious patents against large numbers of defendants.
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Cross-licensing giants naturally view NPEs that help inventors as a threat, perhaps an even greater threat than trolls.
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These trolls have a chilling effect on creativity in the copyright system as seen in Brownmark Films v.
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But don't let toxic Internet trolls and television zealots stop you from participating in this vital public discussion.
According to lore, Bill Gates asked Myhrvold to set up IV to help defend Microsoft from patent trolls.
And it continually trolls for chances to realize losses to offset gains in an effort to improve after-tax returns.
To clarify, a passive search is when someone trolls for job postings and throws their hat in the ring.
Alarmingly, these patent trolls now account for a majority of all patent litigation in the United States.
You might know these folks as web trolls, but Yair Cohen and his plaintiffs see them as defendants.
Startups may be attractive targets for trolls because they are seen as vulnerable.
Trolls succeed because their lawyers only get paid when the patent holder wins.
The greatest advantage trolls have is their ability to focus exclusively on assertion.
The caps lock key has been replaced with a search button, which will enrage internet trolls and screenwriters alike.
However, after the enactment of the AIA, the number of patent cases filed by trolls against smaller companies increased significantly.
By applying some of these tactics, just in reverse, companies may be able to better manage the threats trolls pose.
Some of the techniques trolls have used to gain the upper hand can be used to take it from them.
Bloggers are as motivated by seeing those numbers soar as are the knights of Camelot and the trolls of Reddit.
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In tech, the abuse of patents and the abundance of patent trolls has created a hostile environment for start-ups and innovators.
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