patents

Yesterday, I received the following e-mail from John Lynn, the president of a patent incubator of sorts called Discovery Alliance:

According to the Seattle TechFlash, RPX Corp. is launching a "defensive patent aggregation." This is essentially a capital pool used for purchasing patents from bankrupt companies to keep them out of the hands of patent trolls. Supported by large companies like IBM and Cisco, and venture capital firms like Charles River Ventures, RPX Corp.