The company has been ordered to pay $533m (£344m) to Smartflash, a British Virgin Islands-based firm that owns and licenses tech-related patents but does not make products itself.Is this the most drawn-out interview process ever?
Patent trolls are bad for the economy, but they are not as bad as actual producers who hold patents. Troll don’t want to put you out of business. They just want a piece of your action. It’s like a tax. In contrast, the patent holding producer wants to shut competition down and will happily put you out of business completely.
Patent troll company. Produces absolutely nothing.