The Federal Trade Commission will launch an extensive inquiry into so-called patent assertion entities, taking a close look at firms that base their business on accumulating and asserting patents, Chairwoman Edith Ramirez announced Thursday in a speech in Washington.
Such entities, often referred to as trolls, are "distorting the incentive to innovate," Ramirez said, and impose "direct and indirect costs along with little evidence of benefits."
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