“Patent troll”

by Walter Olson on January 19, 2006

…made the American Dialect Society’s list of “Words of the Year 2005” (PDF) (Jan. 6). For more on patent trolls, see our tech/IP page. Also: Patent Baristas, Jan. 4, and Peter Zura’s 271 Patent Blog, Dec. 29 (both via Blawg Review #40 at Small Business Trends).

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1 Overlawyered 01.19.06 at 10:46 pm

“Patent troll”

…made the American Dialect Society’s list of “Words of the Year 2005″ (PDF) (Jan. 6). For more on patent trolls, see our tech/IP page. Also: Patent Baristas, Jan. 4, and Peter Zura’s 271 Patent Blog,…

2 Overlawyered 02.07.06 at 9:59 pm

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