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Talking Heads Discussion
Jul 4, 2013 Headline: "Patent Trolls Are Now Crushing Parts Of The Developer Economy: News that Boston University is suing Apple over parts for the iPhone and iPad (the component in question is called 'highly insulating monocrystalline gallium nitride thin films'), is one more dull thud of the patent lawyers' dossier on the smartphone scene. The University already took action against Samsung back in March. But the bigger picture is that companies like Apple and Samsung are encouraging troll-like behavior. It is reverberating seriously on start-ups in the developer economy."" Forbes