NPR Reports: “High Court Ruling Likely To Control Patent Trolls”

Date:  Fri, 2014-05-02

As reported by NPR, “The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it easier for companies to get their legal fees paid when they are unreasonably sued for patent infringement. Patent trolls own patents but don’t make any products.” M·CAM’s Dr. David Martin was interviewed:

“David Martin, a patent law expert, says many companies have faced frivolous suits by so-called patent trolls that own a lot of patents but don’t make anything, yet they settled out of fear that fighting would be too costly. Martin says the court’s decision makes fighting more appealing. Everything that starts putting the onus back on the opportunistic plaintiff is always going to help augur against the frivolous litigation.”

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