谷歌、红帽等要求美联邦贸易委员会和司法部处理专利流氓

谷歌、地球连线、黑莓以及红帽通力合作，要求 美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC）和司法部（DoJ）处理专利钓鱼所带来的损害 。“我们今天的意见同样聚焦于一个可怕的 趋势 ：某些公司正迅速地将专利 转化 为魔鬼，企图将它们施加于竞争对手身上。这种转化会导致对手成本的提高，并破坏专利平衡。这一趋势就是我们所指的‘私掠（privateering）’：（公司）向恶魔出售专利，以谋求同竞争对手不对称的利益。”这里有一个惊人的数字： 专利钓鱼每年使美国损失300亿美元 。

专利钓鱼每年使美国损失300亿美元：    BessenJ_MeurerM062512rev062812.pdf  (381.58 KB, 下载次数: 0) 

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英文原文： Google, Red Hat, others ask FTC, DoJ to address patent trolls

posted by Thom Holwerda         on Fri 5th Apr 2013 21:33 UTC
Google, EarthLink, BlackBerry, and Red Hat have joined forces and asked the FTC and the US Department of Justice to address the harm caused by patent trolling. "Our comments today also focus on a worrisome trend: some companies are increasingly transferring patents to trolls - and providing incentives to assert those patents against their competitors. These transfers can raise rivals' costs and undermine patent peace. This trend has been referred to as patent 'privateering': a company sells patents to trolls with the goal of waging asymmetric warfare against its competitors." Big figures: patent trolls cost the US economy $30 billion per year.