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Korean Firms Facing Growing Threats from Patent Trolls

Korean Firms Facing Growing Threats from Patent Trolls

SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean firms are being targeted by U.S.-based non-practicing entities (NPEs) or patent trolls that acquire patents to make profits by filing patent infringement lawsuits. Rather than actually going through with the lawsuits, they seek to extort early settlements. NPEs are those who make profits by acquiring and managing [...]