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27 States Urge Fed. Circ. To Back Idaho 'Patent Troll' Law

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s argument in its fight at the Federal Circuit that Idaho's law barring "bad faith" allegations of patent infringement is constitutional. Attorneys general from 27 states, along with tech industry lobbying groups, have thrown their support behind Micron Technology Inc.'s

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Wash. 'Patent Troll' Law Survives Constitutional Challenge

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The state of Washington can pursue a lawsuit targeting a patent-assertion company under a 2015 law intended to stop "patent trolls" from trying to extort settlements from small businesses, a Seattle federal judge ruled Friday, rejecting the company's arguments that the law violates its right to free speech.

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NC 'Patent Troll' Law Survives Constitutional Challenge

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A North Carolina federal judge shot down a constitutional challenge Thursday to a state law that criminalizes patent licensing demand letters sent in bad faith, rejecting a licensing company's arguments that the law violates the rights to free speech and equal protection.

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Idaho AG Goes To Court To Defend Anti-'Patent Troll' Law

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Idaho's attorney general told a federal court on Tuesday that his office would be moving to defend the constitutionality of a largely untested law passed in Boise to let companies use federal courts in the state to punish so-called patent trolls.

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DOJ Told Avanci Is A 'Patent Troll' Facilitator

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Department of Justice's antitrust office will give the agency cause to reverse a Trump-era determination that competition in the car market is not being hurt by Avanci, a Texas patent pooling business that one lawyer called a "facilitator of patent trolling."

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[GuestPost] Opinion: Patent trolling threatens the market of taxi aggregators in Kazakhstan

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Violation of the exclusive right of the patentee includes any unauthorised method of introducing into civil circulation a product made using a patented utility model. A patent or trade mark troll’s strategy consists of finding potential defendants who find it less expensive to negotiate a settlement rather than litigate.

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'Patent Troll' Critic Issa Tapped To Lead House IP Panel

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was named chairman of the House subcommittee overseeing intellectual property on Friday, returning him to a leadership post on a panel where he has been critical of what he has described as abusive litigation by companies he calls "patent trolls." Darrell Issa, R-Calif.,