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Patent troll crushed by Cloudflare

Patent trolls are the worst. These companies buy up patents, never intending to use them for anything constructive.

Gail P Sherman
Oct 15, 2024
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Illustration: Theodor Kittelsen, 1857 (public domain)
Illustration: Theodor Kittelsen, 1857 (public domain)

Patent trolls are the worst. These companies buy up patents, never intending to use them for anything constructive. The patent portfolio are used only to sue companies for patent infringement. The claims are often spurious, but many companies settle rather than spend the money and time to fight them. …

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