‘Patent trolls’ cost tech companies $29B last year, study says – Computerworld

June 27, 2012 Posted By: Leave a comment
... practicing entities" (NPEs), better known as "patent trolls," cost U.S. software and hardware companies $29 billion in 2011, according to a study from the Boston University School of Law. NPEs are individuals and firms that own patents but ...
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