Microsoft's conversations with customers have led it to tackle an emerging risk through Azure IP Advantage, but others say the 'umbrella' program may not yet be legal necessity. Based on feedback from ...

Patent trolling, critics say, is guided by one principle alone: money. Yet tackling it remains a complex task with many angles. Today, a consortium called LOT — set up to help improve how the tech ...

“The term ‘patent troll’ has been perversely extended to any NPE; but the label is a pejorative that clouds an understanding of the true merit of many virtuous NPEs, the ‘patent elves.’” The term ...