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House and Senate Bills to Curb Patent "Trolls" Include AICPA Recommendations

December 3, 2013 /

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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.

Full Story: http://www.aicpa.org/Advocacy/CPAAdvocate/2013/Pages/House-Senate-Bills-to-Curb-Patent-Trolls-Include-AICPA-Recs.aspx

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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

Full Story: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-26/a-triumph-for-patent-trolls-a-defeat-for-computer-security#r=hpt-fs