WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The so-called “scanner troll,” MPHJ Technology Investments LLC, and its law firm have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they used deceptive sales ...

There are hundreds of so-called “patent trolls,” but MPHJ Technology became one of the most well-known when it sent thousands of letters to small businesses around the country suggesting they should ...

A handful of states have launched aggressive efforts to thwart so-called “patent trolls” that have bedeviled businesses ranging from giants like Amazon and Facebook to mom-and-pop stores. Patent ...

MPHJ, the non-practicing entity that owns the so-called “scan to email” patent, argued in Federal Court yesterday that Vermont consumer protection laws violate its free speech rights MPHJ has been ...

Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell won a major victory in his groundbreaking effort to use state law to crack down on “patent trolls.” In State of Vermont v. MPHJ, LLC, the Vermont federal court ...

As patent trolls go, MPHJ Technology Investments is a pretty accomplished one. In 2012, it bought the patents that allowed it to wreak havoc on small businesses for just $1. Over the next few years, ...

MPHJ Technology Investments quickly became one of the best-known “patent trolls” of all time by sending out thousands of letters to small businesses—16,465 of them, we now know—saying that if the ...

A settlement with a so-called “patent troll” requiring it to repay all money received from organizations in New York should serve as a warning to other companies engaged in similar practices, the ...

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a settlement with the so-called “scanner troll,” MPHJ Technology Investments LLC, and the company’s law firm over charges that ...