According to research from a law professor at Santa Clara University, individuals and companies that do not create technology themselves but instead acquire patents to target other companies were ...

China filed 1.8 million patent applications last year, accounting for nearly half of all patents worldwide. That is more than three times the number of patent applications filed in the United States.

The Federal Circuit late last month upheld a ruling from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidating two patents that VirnetX asserted against Apple. A day later the appellate court vacated a $502 ...