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Comment: Apple's string of patent wins has wider significance for patent assertion industry

By Mike Swift ( October 31, 2014, 20:04 GMT | Comment) -- Unlike Twitter, Rackspace, Newegg and some other Internet companies, Apple has made no public pledge to litigate rather than settle with patent assertion entities, a group often derided as “patent trolls.” But Apple is doing just that, having won six court victories from California to Washington over the past three months that have inflicted major financial pain on PAEs. The litigation strategy of Apple and other companies is another factor pushing back against the surge of patent litigation filed by PAEs. When Jim Skippen, the CEO of the Canadian intellectual property licensing firm Wi-LAN, spoke to analysts to discuss the company’s third quarter results this week, he broke from his discussion of his company’s revenue and profits to talk about another company — Apple. ...

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