be patent

"Some of our greatest inventors would be patent trolls under this law. Our universities would be patent trolls."

Companies like Unwired Planet are privateers, or perhaps a better term would be patent trolls for hire.

By this very broad definition, universities — which license their patents instead of marketing products directly — would be patent abusers.

Those that want to protect their own patents, such as IBM Corp, would prefer that most software be patent eligible.

Those that want to protect their own patents, such as IBM Corp, would prefer that most software be patent eligible.