Patent troll sues Netflix over offline downloads

Dave Neal
Dave Neal
clock 06 February 2017 •
Patent troll sues Netflix over offline downloads
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Patent troll sues Netflix over offline downloads

The US intellectual property system strikes again

Netflix and a number of other high-profile companies is being sued by patent troll Blackbird Technologies over claims that it owns the intellectual property rights to 'offline downloads'. The other...

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