Market Passed Them By — So Patent Troll or Try
And when it became apparent that smartphone-based payment technologies had passed the company by, it filed patent infringement actions against Samsung, a leading manufacturer in the category.
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The ITC is increasingly becoming a favorite forum of patent trolls, because unlike in court, trolls can seek import bans blocking entire products if the ITC rules that even the product’s least significant feature infringes on the troll’s patent.
