(More on...) Microsoft Rivals to Purchase 22 Patents to Defend L...

Courtesy Linux Today  Wed, 09/09/2009 - 13:32

PCWorld: "Patent trolls, known more formally as non-practicing entities (NPEs), are companies that exist merely to own patents so they can sue companies for violating them."

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