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Intellectual Ventures Tied To 1,300 Shell Companies

Posted by timothy on from the such-pretty-shells dept.

dgharmon writes "New research (PDF) shows that Intellectual Ventures is tied to at least 1,300 shell companies whose sole purpose is to coerce real companies into buying patent license that they don't want or need. Those who resist the 'patent trolls' are dragged into nightmarish lawsuits."

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  1. hey now by phantomfive · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    tied to at least 1,300 shell companies

    Hey now, don't forget corporations are people! This story is racist.

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    "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."