(Reuters) - E-commerce company Shopify on Monday asked a federal judge in West Texas to force a patent owner suing it for infringement to reveal its financial backers, arguing the disclosures are necessary to prevent potential conflicts of interest. | Jun. 07
After battling patent trolls for years, Shopify has announced plans to fight back by seeking to uncover the identity of people and organizations funding patent trolls suing Shopify.
Support contracts are attracting increasing attention as a way of supporting deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and other low-carbon technologies.