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Jerry Nadler: “Okay. Now patent trolls, as we know, seek to leverage the cost of discovery to extort settlements from defendants.”

On the recordApril 13, 2015
Okay. Now patent trolls, as we know, seek to leverage the cost of discovery to extort settlements from defendants.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Describing the tactics used by patent trolls in litigation.

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