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    DEFEAT THE TROLLS

    Mar 17, 2020 4 minutes
    By Minda Zetlin
    ILLUSTRATION BY DAVID PLUNKERT

    Most entrepreneurs think of patent trolls as parasites who obtain questionable patents to extort money from legitimate businesses. The trolls call themselves “patent-assertion entities” that help innovators get paid for their ideas. Whatever your definition, trolls haven’t gone away, despite being reined in by the Supreme Court.

    Omaha, Nebraska–based startup MyVitalz provides remote patient monitoring via Bluetooth devices and a cellular hub. In September 2016, founder Justus Decher got a letter from My Health accusing MyVitalz of violating U.S. Patent 6612985B2, “Method and System for Monitoring and Treating a Patient.” The patent seemed to cover the entire concept

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