Patent Trolls Get Worked Over at CES

Ad industry could join tech's next big fight

Last year, it was SOPA that rallied the Internet community. This year it may well be patent trolls, companies whose sole business is to buy up patents and then go after companies for patent infringement, costing those companies millions of dollars in fees in order to avoid paying even more to defend themselves in court.

In fact, today's panel, "Fighting the Patent Trolls," seemed to be the one session during the International Consumer Electronics Show's Innovation Policy Summit that wasn’t doing a victory lap for killing the evil anti-piracy bill SOPA.

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