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NPE Showcase – VirnetX

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VirnetX is a classic example of an NPE that does not qualify as a “patent troll.” Patent trolls leverage the litigation system to negotiate settlements for less than the cost of defending against a lawsuit. VirnetX, on the other hand, licenses its patents for eight and sometimes nine figures.

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NPE Showcase – Web 2.0 Technologies, LLC

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). Technologies is similar to other NPEs, asserting two patents against well-known companies for technology that has been around since the turn of the millennium.

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NPE Showcase – Triumph IP

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a company named Triumph IP. Triumph IP claims to own a patent on technology that is vital to the 802.11

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NPE Showcase – Stormborn Technologies

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a company named Stormborn Technologies, an IP Edge entity. Stormborn Technologies is one such entity. Stormborn owns U.S.

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NPE Showcase – The District of Delaware

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a court where many patent trolls file suit, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

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NPE Showcase – Sockeye Licensing

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). Sockeye owns a pair of patents broadly related to controlling a “display device” with a mobile phone. So what happened?

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NPE Showcase – InvesTrex, LLC

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). The challenge would fail despite the weakness of the patent and result in nothing but wasted attorneys’ fees.