A study out this month from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) claims that companies or individuals who use patents for the purpose of suing others for infringement — also known as “patent trolls” — are ...

A patent troll is a company that owns the intellectual property (IP) for products and services that it doesn't actually ...

If Paul Revere were riding through the streets of Boston today, he would likely be shouting, “The patent trolls are coming! The patent trolls are coming!” Last year will be remembered as the year that ...

A Washington jury has favored Valve in its lawsuit against the "patent troll" inventor Leigh Rothschild and a myriad of his associated companies for breaching a contract and violating a state patent ...

When it comes to ever-developing tech, there are two ways to handle so-called patent trolls. You can do what most companies do, which is to write a hefty check for the annoying person challenging your ...

Apple is among the companies which want to stop so-called patent trolls from stifling innovation with their claims. A patent troll, for those unfamiliar with it, is a person or company that holds ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. While the White House issued several executive actions today to safeguard innovators from malicious opportunists widely known as “patent ...

Back in late 2011, a company named Innovatio threatened to sue 8,000 coffee shops, hotels, and stores around the United States, claiming that the Wi-Fi networks they had set up for their customers ...

Today we will tackle a question that has divided the patent and innovation community for at least a generation. And depending on your perspective, you are likely either to believe patent trolls have ...

US President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters on the Affordable Care Act at Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California, on June 7, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SamadJEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images In ...

Apple and other multinationals are fed up with being sued by patent trolls. Apple is among the companies which want to stop so-called patent trolls from stifling innovation with their claims. A patent ...