Ron Burgundy Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House announced steps on Thursday designed to reduce frivolous patent lawsuits by trying to make it easier to identify who owns patents and by updating review processes to ensure that fewer weak patents are granted. Major technology companies such as Google Inc. and Apple Inc. have for years sought protection against companies that typically do not invent anything, but instead buy or license patents from others and then extract licensing fees or file infringement lawsuits. Some say that they have been targeted by patent assertion entities, called "patent trolls" by critics, if they, for example, offer free Wi-Fi services to their customers. Some PAEs have sent multiple patent infringement letters to the same target through different shell companies. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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