Hello Everyone, here is a link to the article which I will be talking about throughout. Groups pushing for patent reform have started to show how these patent trolls have begun targeting non-tech business as well. Some key groups have come out against the TROL act because they think that it falls short of what they want to accomplish in retribution against these patent trolls. Many are saying that this TROL act would be too ambiguous to be enforced and that it would only hurt the repeated offenders who send out these phishing letters trying to get money. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is one such group that is pushing against the trolls by collecting these demand letters on a website called Trolling Effects. An example of these trolls now branching out and targeting other fields is a company Innovatio IP which became notorious for sending out letters to chain motels and coffee shops for using WiFi which they have some sort of patent for. Overall, it is good to know that the lawmakers know that there are issues and trying to change something though it is hard to tell how far they should go and what the correct plan of action will be.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Patent Trolls Revisited
Hello Everyone, here is a link to the article which I will be talking about throughout. Groups pushing for patent reform have started to show how these patent trolls have begun targeting non-tech business as well. Some key groups have come out against the TROL act because they think that it falls short of what they want to accomplish in retribution against these patent trolls. Many are saying that this TROL act would be too ambiguous to be enforced and that it would only hurt the repeated offenders who send out these phishing letters trying to get money. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is one such group that is pushing against the trolls by collecting these demand letters on a website called Trolling Effects. An example of these trolls now branching out and targeting other fields is a company Innovatio IP which became notorious for sending out letters to chain motels and coffee shops for using WiFi which they have some sort of patent for. Overall, it is good to know that the lawmakers know that there are issues and trying to change something though it is hard to tell how far they should go and what the correct plan of action will be.
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Nice post. I like how you discuss the potential effects of the TROL act. Maybe you could improve by making it more organized and use headings to separate your arguments. Overall, great job!
ReplyDeleteHi Kyle,
ReplyDeleteI like your blog's design, very quaint. Nice job doing some research. I like your thesis and agree that it is a good thing that people are being aware of what is going on with Patent trolls today and are trying to change the legal landscape appropriately.
Keep up the good work!
Hey Kyle! I liked how the last sentence of your blog post was your opinion and take away from what you learned from your article. The topic you choose to write about was very interesting, but as a critique I would suggest that you lengthen your summary and analysis of the article. It is a very interesting topic and it would have been nice to read more of your take away from it. You could add in the beginning exactly what the TROL act is and some of the key aspects to it as a sort of introduction to what your article offered about it.
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed your blog posts throughout the semester and I wish you luck in all of your other classes.