From Our Tech Blood Sucker Dept.: The Dark Patent Troll Rises -Now 40% Of All Patent Litigation

From Techdirt: With story upon story upon story (upon story) of how patent trolls, those non-producing entities that derive income solely through litigation and threat thereof, are enormous leeches on innovation and progress, you may have noticed something. You possibly thought to yourself, "it sure seems like we're hearing more about these vampiric bastards these days". Guess what? You are, because there's more of them. Vastly more…….. According to a recent study by Robin Feldman of UC Hastings College of Law and Lex Machina, the percentage of patent cases finding their way to court jumped from 22% in 2007 to 40% in 2011….............................................................................................. Read all about it at http://www.techdirt.com/