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 Financial Times
Apple, Microsoft and BMW urge EU to stop patent trolls.

 Apple, Microsoft and BMW, together with a broad group of other tech companies and carmakers, have called on the EU to take action against so-called patent trolls, who buy up patents in the hope of making a profit through licences or lawsuits. 
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 intellectualpropertymagazine.com
 Tech and auto companies urge EU to crack down on patent trolls.
  Tech and auto companies including Apple, BMW, Microsoft, and Samsung have urged the European Commission to take action to stop European courts from issuing automatic injunctions in favour of so-called ‘patent trolls’.
 Wall Street Journal
 Germany Shuts Door on Patent Trolls
  BERLIN—Germany on Friday removed a legislative quirk that had made it a prime destination for globally active patent litigators who increasingly target fast-growing tech companies.
 Patrick Oliver
 European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME and IP2Innovate launch a joint campaign to fight patent abuse by Patent Assertion Entities
  BRUSSELS April 26th 2021 -  European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME and IP2Innovate today launched a joint campaign to fight patent abuse by Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), otherwise known as patent trolls.