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3 hrs ago | JD Supra

Vermont Approves Legislation Prohibiting Bad Faith Patent Infringement Claims

The Vermont House and Senate have approved a first-in-the-nation bill that provides a legal tool for Vermont companies who face extortionate claims of patent infringement from "patent trolls." In brief, the legislation gives Vermont companies the ability to bring a lawsuit against patent owners who acting in bad faith - threaten to sue, or who ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Governors, Peter Shumlin

9 hrs ago | TechCrunch

Unface.me Is A Gossip Girl-Style Social Service For Anonymously Trolling Your Friends

Natasha is a reporter for TechCrunch, joining September 2012, based out of London.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook, Science, Computer Science

12 hrs ago | Fish Sniffer

Winds Slow, But Don't Stop Striper And Largemouth Action

The persistent northwest winds continue to plague fishermen, but striper action remains good for both plug casters and trollers in the East Delta.

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Related Topix: Manteca, CA

13 hrs ago | Salon.com

California judge cites "Star Trek," stuns copyright trolls

As someone who made a certain amount of my reputation by using the Star Trek universe to illustrate the dangers of strong intellectual property law, I feel obligated to comment on the recent court decision against the entity commonly referred to as Prenda Law.

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Related Topix: Star Trek, Criminal Defense Law, Law

17 hrs ago | Chico Enterprise-Record

North State Fishing Report

Flows are stable at 13,000 cfs and fishing is great when the wind stays down. PMDs and caddis are hatching throughout the day.

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Related Topix: Anderson, CA, Tornado, Hurricane, Natural Disasters

21 hrs ago | The Spokesman-Review

Hunting and fishing - Fri, 24 May 2013 PST

Amber Lake is still a good bet for cutthroat running 18 inches and up. Try leech patterns close to the bottom.

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Related Topix: Coeur d'Alene, ID, Clark Fork, ID

Thu May 23, 2013

Fish Sniffer

Trollers Battle West Bank Stripers

Anglers continue to catch striped bass while trolling on the west bank of Sacramento and above the Rio Vista Bridge.

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Related Topix: Rio Vista, CA, Isleton, CA

Wed May 22, 2013

Fish Sniffer

Trollers Lay Into Landlocked Coho

If you want to catch good numbers of hard-fighting landlocked coho salmon, now is a good time to hit Lake Oroville.

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Ars Technica

Patent troll that wants $1,000 per worker gets sued by Vermont A-G

Late last year, a vigorous and secretive patent troll began sending out thousands of letters to small businesses all around the country, insisting that they owed between $900 and $1,200 per worker just for using scanners.

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Related Topix: Vermont, Vermont Government, Small Business, Personal Finance, Non-Profit

Forbes.com

Vermont Enacts The Nation's First Anti-Patent Trolling Law

Efforts to crack down on patent trolling are escalating. Just a couple of years ago, Congress passed a major amendment of the Patent Act with the hope that it would curb some abusive patent assertions.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Inventions

Thu May 16, 2013

Reuters

Newegg, Overstock win patent fight with Alcatel-Lucent

The online shopping sites Newegg and Overstock Inc won a patent battle on Wednesday with telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA, which had accused the companies of infringing its patented technology.

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Related Topix: Newegg, Telecom, Alcatel, Alcatel-Lucent, US News, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, Computers

Tue May 14, 2013

Daily Kos

Toosdai Critters

Those of you who already either know me or know of me know that I am a massive pootie person.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Bike Magazine

News Of The Tweet: What's Up Doc? - Satire, sweaters, swinging a foot at owls

Let's start the day off with something funny. The Onion News Network is a satirical sitcom, not a documentary.

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Mon May 13, 2013

FindLaw

Notorious Porn, Copyright, Patent Trolls Down But Not Out

By now, many of you have heard of Prenda Law . The porn-trolling "law firm" spent years sending demand letters to those who illegally downloaded porn.

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Ars Technica

New Prenda letter threatens to tell neighbors about porn accusations

Despite the fact that four of the lawyers linked to porn-trolling enterprise Prenda Law have been forwarded to criminal investigators, the organization is charging full-steam ahead with one of its last cases: LW Systems v. Hubbard .

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

Ars Technica

Troll road: Bus company posts "dirt" on complaining passenger

You might think that Dennis Toeppen, the one-time domain squatter and owner of weekend shuttle service Suburban Express, would have learned valuable lessons about social media by now.

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Related Topix: Blog News

Long Island Business News

Schumer bill seeks to slow patent trolling

A bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer would head off so-called "patent troll" firms that seek quick settlements from harassing infringement suits.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Charles Schumer, Democrat, US News

Daily Kos

The Party of Troll

I am truly at a loss to come up with examples of Republican party accomplishments that can be viewed as anything OTHER than trolling on a national scale.

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Related Topix: US News, George Bush, Dick Cheney

Sat May 11, 2013

Daily Kos

Happee Caturdai Pootie Diaree

Those of you who already either know me or know of me know that I am a massive pootie person.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Liberal Political News

Fri May 10, 2013

Mile High Report

Calikula's Imperial Weekend Thread: Back in Black edition

Back in action ladies and gents!! Well, maybe just gents, I havent seen any female commentators on the weekend thread so far.

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Related Topix: Sports, Denver Broncos, NFL Football