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200 10$aPatent trolls $epredatory litigation and the smothering of innovation /$fWilliam J. Watkins, Jr. ; foreword by William F. Shughart II
210  1$aOakland, California :$cThe Independent Institute,$d[2013]
210  4$dİ2013
215   $a1 online resource (97 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aRecent trends -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office -- Patent trolls -- How trolls work -- Taming the trolls -- The Texas hot spot -- Learning from the Texas docket -- Reformation and the litigation explosion -- Concluding remarks.
330   $aStiflers of innovation, patent trolls use overbroad patents based on dated technology to threaten litigation and bring infringement suits against inventors. Trolls, also known as nonpracticing entities (NPEs), typically do not produce products or services but are in the business of litigation. They lie in wait for someone to create a process or product that has some relationship to the patent held by the troll, and then they pounce with threats and lawsuits. The cost to the e
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