Why tech vendors fund patent 'trolls'
Major technology vendors are financing the activities of so-called patent trolls, according to experts, court documents and patent and other legal filings, a Computerworld investigation has...
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With the number of patent-related lawsuits on the rise, and the system set up to favor deep-pocketed giants over individual inventors and smaller companies, U.S. technology innovation is in for a...
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The comb-over (1977) In its abstract, patent number 4,022,227 explains its, um, invention:"A method of styling hair to cover partial baldness using only the hair on a person's head. The hair styling...
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