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Patent Trolling and Copyright Mass Claim Filings

April 20, 2017
Barry Werbin
Fordham University School of Law

New York City

Should something be done to block patent trolls from foiling innovation and copyright mass filers from aggressively extracting large settlements and suppressing free expression, or is the real problem the trampling of rights of inventors and rights owners without just compensation? Barry Werbin was a panelist discussing real world examples of the problems encountered by actual parties to this incendiary dispute at the CLE program at Fordham University School of Law and hosted by the Intellectual Property and Information Law Affinity Group.