When a university acquires patents without any tie to the university or attempt to transfer technology via startup creation and then asserts those patents, how can you tell the difference between a university and a patent troll?
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NPEs at the ITC Illustrate Flaws in U.S. Trade Court
by Josh Landau •
This week, an Irish non-practicing entity (NPE)’s lawsuit against multiple U.S. companies got the go-ahead from a U.S. trade court designed to protect U.S. companies from unfair foreign competition. No, that sentence isn’t backwards. That’s exactly what the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has done in the Neodrón investigation. Should the NPE win, the…