maria luz calibo
Sep 17, 2011
Patent troll Oasis under attack on two fronts in Texas megacase
This summer, thanks to NPR's This American Life, a patent holding company called Oasis Research became one of the most famous patent trolls in the land. The brilliant radio segment, When Patents Attack! (also available as a Planet Money print story), homed in on a sweeping patent for "an online back-up system," which Oasis acquired from Intellectual Ventures in July 2010 and proceeded to assert in an Eastern District of Texas case against a dozen tech...