Major software and hardware companies, tired of facing financial demands from companies organized for the purpose of buying up and suing over otherwise dormant patent rights, are calling for a change in patent law so that owners who are not using their patents would no longer have the right to sue for injunctions against alleged infringers (suits over damages could still be filed). Support for the idea is far from unanimous even among manufacturers, however. For more on the controversy over patent-licensing firms, see May 2, etc. (Brenda Sandburg, “A modest proposal”, The Recorder, May 9).
Patent Troll-Be-Gone?
Major software and hardware companies, tired of facing financial demands from companies organized for the purpose of buying up and suing over otherwise dormant patent rights, are calling for a change in patent law so that owners who are not using their patents would no longer have the right to sue for injunctions against alleged […]
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