Analysis: UK aims to break curse of the patent trolls

Stuart Sumner
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As hoovering up IP and suing tech firms becomes a recognised business model, the UK is taking steps to keep the so-called patent trolls at bay

While technology companies extend their sales battles from the high street to the courtroom, other firms are being set up purely to accrue intellectual property and wring every last drop of cash fr...

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