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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Patent Trolling Definition Early examples of patent trolling Present examples of patent trolling Arguments in favour of patent trolling Indian response to patent trolling
Present Trollers
Intellectual Ventures Round Rock Research LLC Interdigital Inc Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) IPG Healthcare Limited Tessera Technologies Inc Rambus Mosaid Technologies Inc Acacia Technologies Jerome H Lemelson Scenera Research LLC Papst Licensing GmbH 15,000 3,392 1,958 1,718 934 776 774 666 521 513 323 271
Defendants
(2005Present)
Acacia Technologies Ronald A Katz Tech. Millennium LP Erich Spangenberg Sorensen R & D Trust Guardian Media Tech. Ltd. F&G Research Inc Rates Technology Inc Catch Curve Inc ArrivalStar
209 111 78 74 64 52 46 41 37 36
Energy/Lighting
Wireless/Mobile Digital Media Software Database Semiconductor/MEMS Consumer Electronics
Microsoft
Mitsubishi Nokia Philips Electronics Pioneer Samsung Sanyo Sharp Siemens Sony Texas Instruments Thomson
IBM
Intel Matsushita
Toshiba
Walt Disney Company Xerox
Intellectual Ventures Enforcing Its Patent Portfolio In Three Industries, Dec. 2010
Software Security - defendants include Check Point Software, McAfee, Inc., Symantec and Trend Micro.
DRAM / Flash RAM Memory - defendants include Elpida Memory Inc., and Hynix Semiconductor.
Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) defendants include Altera Corp., Lattice Semiconductor and Microsemi.
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