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."
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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