SCOTUS ruling may singe patent trolls' fingers, but unlikely burn feet
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
It's highly unlikely that when the first US Congress passed the Patent Act of 1790 the early lawmakers foresaw that an entire market would spring up around the idea of acquiring patents for the sole purpose of forcing companies to pay licensing fees or settling infringement suits through threats of aggressive litigation – the so-called patent trolls – which have increasingly become commonplace in the US.