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House and Senate Bills to Curb Patent "Trolls" Include AICPA Recommendations
Legislation introduced in the House (H.R. 3309) and Senate (S. 1720) take aim at so-called patent "trolls" or "patent assertion entities" (PAEs), which purchase patents for the express purpose of filing patent infringement lawsuits against companies to get licensing fees or a legal settlement without actually making any goods or providing any services.
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A Triumph for Patent Trolls, a Defeat for Computer Security
The two policy subjects most likely to raise the hackles of your average techie around the Thanksgiving table this year: the patent system and the importance of effective cryptography. Now a court case in Texas has managed to roll the two esoteric topics together in the most aggravating way possible.
By Joshua Brustein
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