| LC control no. | sh2016001288 |
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| Topical heading | Patent assertion entities |
| Variant(s) | Entities, Non-practising (Patent law) Entities, Non-producing (Patent law) Entities, Patent assertion Non-practising entities (Patent law) Non-producing entities (Patent law) Patent trolls Patent holding companies Patent assertion entities--Law and legislation Trolls, Patent |
| See also | Holding companies Patent practice |
| Found in | Work cat: 2016025907: Patent assertion entities and competition policy, 2016. Introduction ("Patent Assertion Entities or PAEs, (known more commonly as patent "trolls") Encyclopedia Britannica, viewed June 3, 2016 "Patent troll" ("Patent troll, also called nonpracticing entity or nonproducing entity (NPE), pejorative term for a company, found most often in the American information technology industry, that uses a portfolio of patents not to produce products but solely to collect licensing fees or settlements on patent infringement from other companies") Wikipedia (English, also in French, German, Spanish, Dutch and Hebrew versions, all using the English phrase), viewed June 3, 2016 "Patent troll" ("In pejorative usage, a patent troll is a person or company that attempts to enforce patent rights against accused infringers far beyond the patent's actual value or contribution to the prior art. Patent trolls often do not manufacture products or supply services based upon the patents in question. However, some entities which do not practice their asserted patent may not be considered "patent trolls" when they license their patented technologies on reasonable terms in advance. Other related terms include patent holding company (PHC), patent assertion entity (PAE), and non-practicing entity (NPE), which may or may not be considered a "patent troll" depending on the position they are taking and the perception of that position by the public ... Patent troll is currently a controversial term, susceptible to numerous definitions, none of which are considered satisfactory from the perspective of understanding how patent trolls should be treated in law ... Confusion over use of the term patent troll is clear in research and media reporting") LC data base, viewed June 3, 2016 ("Patent troll?"-7 hits in 245 field, 2 of which were Congressional documents; "Patent assertion entities"- 2 hits, both Congressional documents; United States Congress (Congress.Gov) website, viewed June 3, 2016 (73 hits for "Patent troll?", but only 33 for ""Patent assertion entities") |
| Not found in | Black's 9th ed.; OED viewed June 3, 2016 |
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