Microsoft and Its Patent Trolls Face an Uphill Battle in a Patent System Which is Increasingly Hostile Towards Software Patents

May 29, 2018, 11:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Roy Schestowitz)

The huge number of shells (trolls) that are connected directly and indirectly to Microsoft are struggling in the age of PTAB and 35 U.S.C.  101; but that does not mean that we should take our eyes off them (and their proponents)

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