What Is a Patent Troll? Congress, Courts Try to Find OutBloombergWhat is new is the speed with which technology changes in complex devices made up of hundreds of parts and features that are each a patent lawsuit in the making.…

Montreal Gazette Apple-Samsung Jury Is Seated in $2 Billion Patent Trial (1) Businessweek (005930)’s opening arguments in a $2 billion trial over smartphone technology will be heard today by a jury that includes a retired International Business… See on http://www.businessweek.com

Marvell Technology Group to Appeal Patent Decision Broadway World Marvell and MSI strongly believe the theoretical methods described in the CMU patents in question cannot practically be built in silicon even using the most advanced techniques… See on http://www.broadwayworld.com

Increased Mobile Payment Security Solutions Making Advancements … See on http://www.prnewswire.com

Inside Secure to strike NFC tech, IP license deal with IntelTelecompaper (subscription)Inside Secure plans to sign a new agreement with Intel, building on the relationship rolled out by their NFC technology license agreement in 2011. See on http://www.telecompaper.com

Wireless Providers Struggle With Isis Mobile Wallet Investor’s Business Daily Wireless phone companies have yet to gain traction in mobile wallets, and the new HCE software technology, which stores payment information in the Internet cloud, will… See on news.investors.com

New York Times Tap to Pay (Not So Much in the US) New York Times Instead, consumers are increasingly making electronic payments with their cellular phones as banks, mobile phone providers and start-ups are offering competing applications to serve… See…

Paypal and BlackBerry charting separate courses to mobile payments Calgary Herald The concept behind current mobile payment transactions have customers waving their NFC-compatible phones across a merchant’s point-of-sale (POS) terminal and having… See on http://www.calgaryherald.com

NFC World Intel and Inside Secure agree US$19.2m NFC technology deal NFC World Intel is to acquire Inside Secure’s next generation NFC modem technology in a US$19.2m deal that will also see the existing NFC licensing agreement between the two……

ForbesTroubled Kazakhstan Project Shows The Value Of US Shale OilForbesThere’s nothing like seeing a big shot fall on hard times to make you appreciate what you have. See on http://www.forbes.com