The Growing Problem of Patent Trolling (VIDEO)

Harvard Business School

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New study exposes the growing problem of patent aggregators and aggregators' negative Impact on innovation in the United States. So-called patent trolls sue firms regardless of actual patent infringement.

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©Lauren Cohen, Umit G. Gurun, Scott Duke Kominers

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