Sentences with phrase «beloved by patent trolls»

Many thousands of software patents — particularly the vague and overbroad patents so beloved by patent trolls — should be rejected under this standard.

Many thousands of software patents — particularly the vague and overbroad patents so beloved by patent trolls — should be struck down under this standard.

These judges agreed that merely «appending generic computer functionality» to an otherwise abstract concept is not enough to make it patentable — a sensible rule that would likely invalidate many thousands of the vague software patents so beloved by patent trolls.

to an otherwise abstract concept is not enough to make it patentable — a sensible rule that would likely invalidate many thousands of the vague software patents so beloved by patent trolls.

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The result is that patents — especially the vague and overbroad software patents beloved by trolls — act as a disincentive to innovate and create.