Patent trolls ruin American innovation – YouTube
News
Mainstream News Articles
- More than $20 Billion Spent on Patent Litigation in Two Years – Forbes
- Patent trolls cost inventors $500 billion since 1990 – Sep. 21, 2011 – CNN Money
- ‘Patent trolls’ cost other US bodies $29bn last year, says study – BBC News
- Patent Trolls Cost Businesses $80 Billion Per Year, Study Finds – PC World
- Study: Patent Trolls Cost Companies $29 Billion Last Year – The Atlantic
- Study: patent trolls have cost innovators half a trillion dollars – Ars Technica
- Patent Trolling: It’s As Bad As You Think – Buzzfeed
- Patent trolls collect -nuisance fees, and political enemies – StarTribune.com
- Patent trolls kill startups, but the Biden administration has the power to help – The Hill
- Patent trolls—the biggest threat to businesses – Fox News
- ‘Patent trolls’ steal American jobs, hinder manufacturers without even having a business | Opinion The U.S. patent system is being manipulated and exploited by non-practicing entities (NPEs), or “patent trolls,” who are attacking American manufacturers through the weaponization of low-quality patents.- The Tennessean
- Patent Trolls Ultimately Hurt The Consumer – Forbes
- Tech’s 8 Most Fearsome ‘Patent Trolls’ – Business Insider
- The Growing Problem Of U.S. Patent Trolls, And What Should Happen Next – Forbes
- The Real Toll of Patent Trolls: Patent trolls drain businesses of billions of dollars a year. And if you have a website–any website–you are a potential target. Here’s what you need to know if they come after your business – Inc.com
- U.S. innovators dogged by money-grubbing ‘patent trolls’ – PBS NewsHour
Documentary
The Patent Scam Full Movie – YouTube
Independent News Articles
- How much is that patent lawsuit going to cost you? – CNET
- Patent Hoarders Hiding Behind Shell Companies In Lawsuits – Techdirt
- Patent Trolls – Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Patent TrollTracker Resurrected – Techrights
- Patent trolls are killing innovation and damaging our economy – US-MADE
- Private Equity Drooling Over Huge Patent Rewards; Investing Millions In Patent Hoarding – Techdirt
- The Evidence Is In- Patent Trolls Do Hurt Innovation – Harvard Business Review
- The NPE (“Patent Trolls”) Minefield – Intellectual Property Expert Group
- The Real and Dangerous Effects of a Patent Troll – Electronic Frontier Foundation
- X-Plane creator being sued by ‘patent troll’ for patent infringement – Polygon
- When Patents Attack! – This American Life
- Who do Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) Target- — Unified Patents
Documentary Excerpts
How Patent Trolls Kill Innovation – YouTube
The Patent Scam Intro – YouTube
The Patent Scam Documentary Extras – YouTube
Facts and Stats
- 11 Galling Stats About Patent Trolls That Will Make You Wonder Why America Has Put Up With Them For So Long – Yahoo
- 17 Incredible Patent Litigation Statistics [2021 Edition] – The High Court
- 56 percent of all patent lawsuits are made by patent trolls – ZDNet
- PatentFreedom – Wikipedia
- Patent holding company – Wikipedia
- Patent troll – Wikipedia
- Patent monetization – Wikipedia
- Patent privateer – Wikipedia
Presentations
Drew Curtis- How I beat a patent troll – YouTube
Patent Trolls and You- EFF Virtual Boot Camp for App Developers – YouTube
Database
Reports
- Defend Innovation How to Fix Our Broken Patent System – Electronic Frontier Foundation – (PDF)
- Hacking the Patent System – A Guide to Alternative Patent Licensing for Innovators (PDF)
- Startups Need Comprehensive Patent Reform Now – Stop Trolls #FIXPATENTS – Engine (PDF)
Scholarly Papers
- The America Invents Act 500: Effects of Patent Monetization Entities on US Litigation
- The America Invents Act 500: Effects of Patent Monetization Entities on US Litigation – (PDF)
- The Direct Costs from NPE Disputes by James E. Bessen, Michael J. Meurer – SSRN
- The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls by James E. Bessen, Michael J. Meurer, Jennifer Laurissa Ford – SSRN
Books
- Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put Innovators at Risk – Amazon
- Patent Trolls: Predatory Litigation and the Smothering of Innovation – Independent Institute
Companies – Non Practicing Entities (NPEs)
- Acacia Research Corporation
- Blackboard inc.
- Digitude Innovations
- Divine
- EpicRealm
- Intellect Wireless
- Intellectual Ventures – EndSoftwarePatents Wiki
- An audience with the King of the Patent Trolls – Fortune Tech – CNN Money
- Bill Gates’ New Career: Patent Troll For Nathan Myhrvold? – Techdirt
- Intellectual Ventures – Wikipedia
- Intellectual Ventures: Revealing Investors – Patently-O
- Intellectual Ventures Getting Antsy; Expect Lawsuits Soon – Techdirt
- Nathan Myhrvold’s Bait And Switch Plan On Patent Hoarding – Techdirt
- Nathan Myhrvold – Wikipedia
- What’s Inside IV’s Patent Portfolio? – Slideshare
- Inside Intellectual Ventures, the most hated company in tech – CNET
- The inner workings of a patent troll- Intellectual Ventures uncovered – The Verge
- This American Life: Intellectual Ventures got 90% of ongoing profits even after selling patent – GeekWire
- InterDigital
- Landmark Technology A
- ‘Any business with a web presence is a potential target’: State sues ‘patent troll’ targeting Washington firms – The Seattle Times
- How Landmark Technology’s Terrible Patent Has Survived – Electronic Frontier Foundation
- ‘Patent Trolls’ attack five Washington small businesses, AG Ferguson files lawsuit – nbcrightnow.com
- Landmark technology stories at Techdirt – Techdirt
- Lodsys
- MacroSalve
- MobileMedia Ideas LLC
- NTP
- RecruitMe LLC
- Soverain Software
- WebEx
- Webvention LLC
Websites
- ESP Wiki – End Software Patents Wiki
- The Patent Scam – A Documentary About Patent Trolls
- Trolling Effects – Learn about patent trolls, search and submit demand letters, and help fix our broken patent system
- Unified Patents – Deter Abuse
- US-MADE
Cartoons
Patent Trolls: What Are These Hideous Creatures? – YouTube
Rise of the Patent Troll- An -Everything is a Remix- Special Presentation – YouTube