Iron Dome, which threatened to file an IPR petition against an NPE’s patent if it was not granted a licence for its members, has won dismissal of a lawsuit accusing it of extortion. It is not the only company using this tactic, leading to talk of “PTAB trolls” and questions of whether fee shifting should be an option at the PTAB
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