Writing a letter with a pen has an odd feeling in a digital age. You pick your words carefully, without a delete key. You urge your hands to recall their best handwriting. You ponder about forms of address and how much space to leave; should I fill...

Patent trolls are a tax on innovation. The classic troll model doesn’t include transferring technology to create new products. Rather, trolls identify operating companies and demand payment for what companies are already doing. Data from Unified Patents shows that, for the first half of this year, patent trolls...

"Cyber-bullying" and other forms of online harassment are a serious problem. But as we have explained in the past, it is a challenge to craft laws or policies that address the harms caused by online harassment without unduly restricting speech or invading people’s privacy. New York tried and ...