Big tech companies band together to fight patent trolls - Ars Technica

Wall Street Journal BlogsBig tech companies band together to fight patent trollsArs Technica - 2 hours agoBy John Timmer | Published: June 30, 2008 - 08:55PM CT Fed up with patent holding companies suing them, a consortium of high-tech companies is taking a different approach: beat them to the punch.Tech Heavyweights Launch Patent Trust InformationWeekCisco, HP, Verizon, Others Join Forces to Trample Patent Trollers CRNZDNet - Wall Street Journal - CNET News - VNUNet.comall 45 news articles

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