NPR Exposes Patent-Trolling, But Will Reforms Result?

NPR's Planet Money team has produced a story for sister public radio program This American Life that simply must be listened to.

Titled "When Patents Attack," the segment is a searing look at the world of "patent trolling," the practice of leveraging patents to sue one's way to profits against start-ups and huge companies alike.

The show singled out one patent "troll" in particular, Intellectual Ventures. Not surprisingly, Intellectual Ventures has fired back.Continue reading...