After repeatedly failing to thwart a lawsuit brought by Vermont’s attorney general, MPHJ Technology Investments suffered another setback this week when a federal judge remanded the AG’s case to state court for the second time.
The decision, by U.S. District Judge William Sessions III in Burlington, is good news for Vermont and other states with consumer protection laws designed to stop so-called patent trolls from bringing bad faith patent claims against businesses and nonprofits. So far 18 states have passed such laws. Vermont was the first state to do so, and its case against MPHJ was the first to invoke such a law against an accused troll.
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