A consortium of tech giants have written to senior US politicians demanding a reform of the International Trade Commission, one of America's key federal watchdogs.
The business goliaths, represented by the ITC Working Group, claim patent trolls are unfairly using the commission to extract money from their coffers, and hamper innovation.
The letter – signed by Google, Intel, Apple, Cisco, and 16 others – takes issue with Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930: this piece of law is routinely used by patent trolls.
It sounds rich hearing Intel, Apple, Cisco and others
complaining – of all people – about organizations being outrageously
litigious with patents. The tech world loves using patents to destroy
upstarts or force them into an acquihire deal. Their beef appears to be
that patent trolls don't actually make or design anything, as if they
are unworthy opponents.
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