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Unified Patents
Company blog · unifiedpatents.com/insightsbusinessother
Unified Patents is the company blog at unifiedpatents.com, writing about business. Since 2017, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Unified Patents – The Patent Anti-Troll”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link this site for patent litigation data and reports on patent trolls (NPEs), including statistics and annual PTAB and open-source litigation reports. The comments cite it as a source; none judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Unified Patents is a member-based organization whose goal is deterring the number of bad patent assertions in specific technology areas.
Most-linked posts?
- Unified Patents – The Patent Anti-Troll2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-02-19
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-02-13
- /news/2016/5/30/2015-patent-dispute-report2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-04-27
What Hacker News says?
There's at least one i know of: https://www.unifiedpatents.com/
Comment linking /
on “Patent Trolls Inbound: Our First Lawsuit”Submitted Kubernetes attacked by patent troll Intellectual Ventures as a story · 53 points
HN discussionpatent troll defense as a service: https://www.unifiedpatents.com
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on “Winning the Blackbird Battle”Submitted Unified Patents – Deterrence FAQ as a story · 2 points
HN discussionCouldn't patent trolling also fall into this category (the category of legal "shakedowns")? If so, there are some stats on that. https://www.unifiedpatents.com/news/2016/5/30/2015-patent-di...
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on “Let Consumers Sue Companies”Submitted Unified Patents – The Patent Anti-Troll as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThis is great news. Regarding the several comments along the lines of "there should be a way to pool resources across many companies to fight trolls", there are in fact several such orgs (beyond EFF, already mentioned below). The three I'm most familiar with (and of which we are members) are: 1) RPX, which is basically just troll insurance. http://www.rpxcorp.com/ 2) LOT Network (LOT=License on Transfer): http://lot…
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on “Blackbird's Patent Troll Suit Against Cloudflare Gets Patent Invalidated”Submitted Another InterDigital patent in SISVEL AV1 pool appears not essential as a story · 1 points
HN discussionhttps://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2018/9/28/q3-2018-pa... > High Tech companies, both large entities and SMEs, face a disproportionate number of NPE-related threats as compared to other sectors. https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/ptab/annual-report?year=20... I suppose, to be fair, if you are an NPE asserting a claim over what is legitimately your invention, are you a troll? Perhaps, since NPE enforcement is ba…
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on “The Patent Office is “adjusting” to a Supreme Court ruling by ignoring it”Submitted GEVC patent in SISVEL AV1 pool appears not essential as a story · 1 points
HN discussionArs Technica reported last year that in 2015 over two thirds of patent lawsuits were filed by trolls and that of all patent lawsuits, 44% were filed in the Eastern District of Texas (where few others than trolls would be filing suits). The report says that although the numbers are up, the trolls' business might be down. Ars: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/despite-law-chan... Original statistic: https://…
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on “PatentShield helps startups fight patent litigation in return for equity”Submitted Unified Patents offering $6k for Patent Armory patents prior art as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThe article gives several examples, including a lawsuit against GNOME Foundation. It also links to a study that backs up the figures in the title: > The recent UnifiedPatents, Defending Open Source: An 2022 Litigation Update, report shows patent troll attacks on open-source projects are on track for a 100% increase over 2021.[1] The report shows its trend graph, and explains its findings: > Looking specifically at a…
Comment linking /insights/2022/6/9/defending-open-source-an-2022-litigation-update
on “Patent troll attacks against open source projects are up 100% since last year”