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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)

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 .

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.

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.

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.

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

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