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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Aug. 11, 2007

Troll Control

Forum Column - By Sid Leach - An Arizona court has taken the long-overdue step of punishing individuals who try to live off of "extortion by patent."

FORUM COLUMN

By Sid Leach

      A recent case in Arizona should serve as a deterrent to patent trolls - patent holders who attempt to use the high cost of defending patent infringement lawsuits as a means for extorting money from companies that do not actually infringe the asserted patents.
      In an Arizona federal court, Hypercom Corporation struck back against a patent troll that sued the compa...

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