For two decades, companies that buy software patents to sue technology giants have been the scourge of Silicon Valley. Reviled as patent trolls, they have attacked everything from Google’s online ads to Apple’s iPhone features, sometimes winning hundreds of millions …
University of Alabama officials say the school has issued more than 150 cease and desist letters in the past decade to businesses and people accused of selling goods that violate the school’s trademarks. University Athletics Director Bill Battle told AL.com …
Even though real world bullies make the news, it’s trademark bullies and patent trolls that worry businesses. Trademark bullies are typically large firms that seem to go out of their way to keep others from using brand names that the …