05.02.2014 17:35 Uhr, Quelle: iPodlounge

News: Apple seeks SCOTUS help on patent abuse; hit with $2B suit

Apple, Google, and a number of other companies are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to make it easier to collect attorneys’ fees from patent holding companies that lose infringement suits, Bloomberg reports. Both Apple and Google have been sued more than 190 times in the past five years by patent assertion entities, often referred to as “patent trolls.” A favorable ruling for the tech companies would make it more risky for such entities…

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