tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post6254629020281170739..comments2024-03-18T17:10:35.838+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Vermont AG Elicits Settlement with "Patent and Trademark Agency, LLC"Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-64567765833295505582013-08-22T12:31:36.671+01:002013-08-22T12:31:36.671+01:00Too easily (and incorrectly) the label of "Tr...Too easily (and incorrectly) the label of "Troll' is tossed around as a dismissive pejorative.<br /><br />Let's try for some understanding.<br /><br />Serious series on the myths of trolls at:<br />http://www.ipwatchdog.com/category/guest-contributors/steve-moore/<br /><br />Yes, the same Steve Moore who championed the Taffas case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-25155399386708508862013-08-21T20:40:16.246+01:002013-08-21T20:40:16.246+01:00On the subject of patent trolls, there was a prog...On the subject of patent trolls, there was a programme last night on BBC RADIO4 entitled Patently Absurd (available for the next 6 days on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038c8s4" rel="nofollow">iPlayer here</a> for those who can access it) which discussed the subject in a fairly populist way and discussed the proposition that patents now hinder the development of science and the useful arts more than they protect them.Andy Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-84357759806896731232013-08-21T17:18:24.540+01:002013-08-21T17:18:24.540+01:00Dear Anonymous-
Perhaps the wording in that parti...Dear Anonymous- <br />Perhaps the wording in that particular sentence was less than ideal, but there is no suggestion that PTA is a troll. The point is that PTA is a company that sought to leverage, for its own benefit, public confusion or fear regarding IP rights and the process and/or expense of protecting those rights. Some trolls use similar tactics, like MPJH, which threatened with unsubstantiable patent infringment suits companies it knew were not likely to have sufficient experience with patents to defend themselves (rather than just pay up).Miri Frankelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086207551292241559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-70394456755126856182013-08-21T16:56:36.918+01:002013-08-21T16:56:36.918+01:00PTA has nothing in common with the "Troll&quo...PTA has nothing in common with the "Troll" phenomenon.<br /><br />There is no leveraging of IP owned by PTA.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com