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Microsoft, Apple withdraw from Android patent trolling: Is the patent war drawing to a close?
2014-12-24 14:03:35| Extremetech
After years of relentless litigation, it seems the mobile/smartphone patent war might be drawing to a close. Rockstar, a patent trolling company owned by Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Ericsson, and BlackBerry, has agreed to cancel the lawsuits it had filed against Google and most Android device makers. This follows on from news this summer that Apple and Google had agreed to drop all lawsuits between the two companies, and Apple and Samsung agreed to drop all lawsuits outside the US.
John Oliver wants you celebrate Halloween by trolling Big Sugar with #ShowUsYourPeanuts
2014-10-27 14:34:04| Beverages - Topix.net
Americans consume 75 pounds of sugar per year - much of it hidden in packaged goods the food and beverage industry doesn't want you to know about. So, after a short bit about ridiculous "sexy" Halloween costumes, including a "sexy John Oliver costume" featured by Playboy , Last Week Tonight host John Oliver turned his attention Sunday night to the $5 billion sugar industry.
Planet Earth Is Trolling American Climate Change Activists
2014-04-23 00:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wire: New data indicates that last month was the world's fourth-warmest March in recorded history. But, apparently to troll American environmental activists, that warmth was obvious everywhere except the United States. This is how temperatures in each part of the globe compared in March, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Most of the Earth's surface area is red to some degree, indicating temperatures above the average temperature the world saw between 1981 and 2010. But...
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Trolling Effects site aims to fight patent trolls with crowdsourcing
2013-08-01 16:20:46| Wireless - Topix.net
The Electronic Frontier Foundation today unveiled Trolling Effects , a site where users can anonymously submit and search demand letters they've received from purported patent trolls, learn more about these "bad actors," and learn ways to navigate and fix the nation's broken patent system.
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Trolling Effects site aims to fight patent trolls with crowdsourcing
2013-08-01 13:05:54| InfoWorld: Top News
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today unveiled Trolling Effects, a site where users can anonymously submit and search demand letters they've received from purported patent trolls, learn more about these "bad
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