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The Trolls Are Coming: Defending Bitcoin Mining from Patent Trolls
19 Jun 2025 02:16 GMT
… landmark Personal Audio “podcasting patent” case, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed an IPR … validity at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Here’s how … : The current U.S. Patent and Trademark Office leadership has made instituting …
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Rise of the ‘porno-trolls’: how one porn platform made millions suing its viewers
04 Nov 2025 12:24 GMT
… features a hefty amount of trademark and copyright work, particularly from … , IP litigation director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, puts it: “In a lot …
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Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay Dead: A Look At Her Time in The Grateful Dead
04 Nov 2025 07:10 GMT
… live on one of his trademark tunes, “Turn On Your Love … as vice chairman for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit that defends civil …
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US Patent Office to small businesses: "LOL have fun getting extorted by patent trolls"
22 Mar 2025 00:26 GMT
… have enough problems with patent trolls extorting money from … their sleazy trade.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reports that the … to an obviously garbage patent because dear leader told … chaos."
So congratulations, patent trolls! The USPTO just …
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Critics say bill ‘makes it easier’ for patent litigation abuse ‘to thrive’
02 Dec 2024 19:59 GMT
… sponsored the PREVAIL Act.
Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Activism Director Jason … asking the Patent and Trademark Office to revoke patents that never … inventors to participate in Patent Trial and Appeal … gift to “patent trolls.” A patent troll is usually …
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Open source fights back: 'We won't get patent-trolled again'
14 Nov 2024 20:58 GMT
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According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a "patent troll uses patents as legal weapons … the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) grants very broad patents for ideas … who might conceivably infringe their patents. These letters usually threaten a …
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US Senate Voting On Bills That Would Empower Patent Trolls
13 Nov 2024 20:09 GMT
… 14, that could make patent laws significantly worse and … , empowering patent trolls to get broad patents they could … for legal action.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is warning of … have on innovation.
The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA …
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EFF Responds To Gas Companies Trying To Use Trademark To Silence Parody
08 Nov 2024 07:38 GMT
… a huge fan of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The EFF has done … the response letter.
Your trademark claim fails at the … an attempt to utilize trademark law to silence expressive … Under: free speech, parody, trademark
Companies: eff, equinor, modest …
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Patents for software and genetic code could be revived by two bills in Congress
18 Sep 2024 21:02 GMT
… image from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where in 1874 … claims challenged at the US Patent and Trademark Appeals Board lose 67 … and diseases like cancer.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) describes PERA and PREVAIL …
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ICEBlock developer 'on the case' after Apple removes app from store
15 Oct 2025 17:11 GMT
… senior staff lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said the Trump White House … Apple was caving to "patently false" information from the …