Here’s the latest on news and views on the patent troll front (for our last update, see this):
A Boston University study finds that patent trolls cost American companies $29 billion in 2011 (for the actual study, see this).
The Electronic Frontier Foundation launched a new campaign, Defend Innovation, to reform software patent law (we previously posted on one aspect of this topic here).
Fark.com was sued for patent infringement and settled without paying anything, here’s how they did it.
This is a work in progress, but Chicago-Kent School of Law Professor David Schwartz is studying the methods of patent contingency fee attorneys, see the draft version here: this will be important in improving patent defense strategy in the future.
Finally, Slate.com weighs in again on patent trolls.
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