En 2013, nos enteramos que la vigilancia digital por los gobiernos del mundo no conoce límites. La NSA y otras agencias de investigación vienen capturando nuestras llamadas telefónicas, haciendo seguimiento de nuestra ubicación, escudriñando nuestras libretas de direcciones y haciendo acopio de nuestros correos electrónicos. Lo hacen en secreto, sin...

In 2013, we learned digital surveillance by the world’s governments knows no bounds. The NSA and other investigative agencies are capturing our phone calls, tracking our location, peering into our address books, and collecting our emails. They do this in secret, without adequate public oversight, and in violation of our...

Beginning in 2011, a patent troll named Innovatio IP Ventures, LLP, began a massive shakedown campaign. Armed with some patents purchased from Broadcom, Innovatio sent thousands of letters targeting hotels and cafes that provide Wi-Fi for customers. The troll demanded as much as $2,500 per location. Router manufacturer Cisco...

Despite all the gains we've made in Washington toward patent reform, the legal threat posed by patent trolls isn't going away. Trolls are still on the prowl, perhaps more so than ever before.
The patent troll model relies on small businesses and individuals not being able to...