Judge wipes out patent troll’s $625M verdict against Apple

Re:Judge wipes out patent troll’s $625M verdict against Apple by nateconq on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @09:25AM (#12217733)

Is getting rid of patents really the best option? Wouldn't tougher requirements on non-producing patent holders be a better way to go?

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Re:Judge wipes out patent troll’s $625M verdict against Apple by jshevek on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @02:11PM (#12220139)

> Wouldn't tougher requirements on non-producing patent holders be a better way to go?

That would be inadequate in my opinion. No doubt some NPE are particularly vile, but producers abuse patents, too.

Producers like to manipulate the narrative by focusing attention on NPEs and pretending that NPE are the cause of all patent abuse, even while the producers themselves are abusing patents.

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Re:Judge wipes out patent troll’s $625M verdict against Apple by chii on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @09:51AM (#12217865)

what counts as non-producing?

Perhaps a better gate - where your patents has to be _actually_ innovative, as determined by peer review.

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