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January 7, 2014 11:00 pm PST
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Scan-to-email patent trolls sue Coca-Cola and other largecompanies
MPHJ is America's most notorious patent troll. The company -- whose owners are shrouded in mystery through a network of shell companies -- claims a patent on scanning documents and then emailing them, and they threaten business-owners with massive lawsuits unless they pay $1,000 per-employee "license fees." Mostly, the troll has gone after small-fry, companies too small to defend themselves, and has stopped short of actually going to court.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/_Z_oQN95i9w/story01.htm
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