PTAB 4 Years In: Hedge funds and reverse patent trolls

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PTAB 4 Years In: Hedge funds and reverse patent trolls

September 09, 2016
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A big story last year was the emergence of hedge funds and other entities using the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. While Kyle Bass is seeing his IPRs through to final decision, other entities are acting as reverse patent trolls, a phenomenon that is predicted to gather pace

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