Big tech companies haven’t stopped patenting their inventions, but more than ever they’re also buying others’ patents as a weapon in IP litigation.

In-house counsel know that the best defense against a high-stakes intellectual property suit can be the ability to threaten the other side with suits based on your own portfolio. But with more patents on the market than ever, companies are on a shopping spree that a recessionary economy is only likely to fuel.

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