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Patent Assertion Entities: A Boon or a Bane?

Kashishipr

The term ‘Patent Troll’ originated in 1994 in an educational video by Paula Natasha Chavez called the ‘Patents Video.’ ’ A patent troll is a term used for describing a company that uses Patent Infringement claims to win arguments and court judgments for profit or to stifle competition.

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Open-Source & Patent Rights – Can They Co-Exist?

Kashishipr

In the present fast-paced world, there seems to be a split between two groups of people possessing an entirely different set of ideologies when we talk about the proprietorship of technology and the future of innovation. The first group is those of open-source evangelists and the second belongs to the pro-patent capitalists.

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