{"id":116,"date":"2015-05-30T06:02:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T11:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courtroom.com\/?p=116"},"modified":"2020-08-04T15:01:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T20:01:22","slug":"the-new-plague-patent-trolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/the-new-plague-patent-trolls\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Plague, Patent Trolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-548 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PZ_patent-troll-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"patent trolls use Texas courts\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PZ_patent-troll-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PZ_patent-troll-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PZ_patent-troll-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PZ_patent-troll-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PZ_patent-troll.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>by Michael Pezzulli <sup>1<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trolls can be first seen in Norse folklore, focused mainly in the early Scandinavian countries that the Vikings had total control over\u2014such as Norway and Sweden.<\/strong> The word \u201ctroll\u201d actually evolved over time and wasn&#8217;t the first name of this type of creature. In the Scandinavian languages, the word is actually a root for just about everything mystical and magical. \u201cTrolleri\u201d was considered to be a type of magic that was intended to harm others and is probably the primary source for the term \u201ctroll\u201d for these mythological creatures were considered to be particularly malignant, especially toward humans, in stories from folklore.<sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the Troll has crawled out from under the bridge and has firmly attached itself to Patent Litigation; however, it has never lost its malignant nature, especially towards humans and the innovation industry. This malignancy has continued to spread throughout the United States. \u201cThe number of patent lawsuits filed spiked by almost 30% in 2012 to over 5,000, with some of that increase attributed to the AIA\u2019s \u2018anti-joinder\u2019 provision\u2026. Patent infringement litigation shows no signs of cooling off, either as a means of generating revenue or of protecting competitive advantages.\u201d<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/the-new-plague-patent-trolls\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading The New Plague, Patent Trolls\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Michael Pezzulli 1 Trolls can be first seen in Norse folklore, focused mainly in the early Scandinavian countries that the Vikings had total control over\u2014such as Norway and Sweden. The word \u201ctroll\u201d actually evolved over time and wasn&#8217;t the first name of this type of creature. 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