The patent office is about to make bad patents untouchable(eff.org)
506 points by iamnothere | 70 comments
EFF article by Joe Mullin arguing that proposed USPTO rule changes would make it much harder to challenge bad patents.
#patent-trolls on Hacker News
5 stories tagged patent-trolls, newest first.
Patent troll Sable pays up, dedicates all its patents to the public(blog.cloudflare.com)
1340 points by jgrahamc | 377 comments
Cloudflare blog post announcing that patent troll Sable Networks settled, paid Cloudflare, and dedicated all its patents to the public.
Cloudflare defeats patent troll Sable at trial(blog.cloudflare.com)
980 points by jgrahamc | 354 comments
Cloudflare blog post announcing its jury trial victory against patent assertion entity Sable Networks.
US Patent Office proposes rule to make it much harder to kill bad patents(techdirt.com)
487 points by berkeleyjunk | 68 comments
Techdirt article by Mike Masnick criticizing a USPTO proposed rule that would make it harder to challenge bad patents through inter partes review.
Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat(eff.org)
1189 points by prhrb | 186 comments
EFF Deeplinks article by Joe Mullin (June 2023) warning that proposed changes threaten the public's ability to challenge low-quality patents.