Intellectual Property
Jun. 15, 2013
Obama misses the mark on patent trolls
If the goal of reform is to increase innovation and avoid unnecessary litigation, then the focus should be on the use of patents, not their ownership.
Ara R. Jabagchourian
Law Offices of Ara Jabagchourian PC
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In February, President Barack Obama stated patent trolls "don't actually produce anything themselves. They're just trying to essentially leverage and hijack somebody else's idea and see if they can extort some money out of them." On June 4, President Obama decided to throw Silicon Valley big business a bone just prior to his June 6, $32,500-a-plate fundraising visit to - where else - Silicon Valley. The attack on patent trolls - those who acquire patent rights and wait for others to unkn...
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