Re:Patent Troll Myths
by dctoedt on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @10:59AM
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> The term patent troll was invented by someone working for IBM ...
The term is widely regarded as having been coined by Peter Detkin, then a senior in-house attorney for Intel [1] and now a managing partner for Intellectual Ventures [2].
The term is widely regarded as having been coined by Peter Detkin, then a senior in-house attorney for Intel [1] and now a managing partner for Intellectual Ventures [2].
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Detkin; see also http://www.intellectualventures.com/WhoWeAre/OurTeam/Bio/Pet...