A new (old) way for product makers to defeat patent roadblocks

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Photo: Stadtratte/iStock An arms race in patents. A surge in high-cost patent litigation. And the emergence of unscrupulous patent trolls who use the threat of lawsuits to extort nuisance settlements. These are the costly side effects — the dark side, if you will — of America’s enormous technological progress over the last decade. Read More