March 23, 2016
A live-action role-playing equipment seller accused by a maker of foam-tipped arrows of infringing a trademark said Wednesday his accuser's decision a day earlier to drop patent-related claims from the suit was prompted not by a realization of the case's deficiencies, but public pressure highlighted by e-retailer Newegg crying "patent troll."
March 22, 2016
E-retail giant and sworn enemy of patent trolls Newegg said Tuesday it will lend its financial support to a live-action role-playing enthusiast accused of infringing a patent on foam-tipped arrows, calling the suit against him in Indiana federal court "an abusive overreach of intellectual property rights."
February 19, 2016
The First Amendment allows the maker of "non-lethal" arrows facing patent and trademark infringement claims to raise money for his defense on the Internet and to opine that the allegations are bogus, argued the Electronic Frontier Foundation on Thursday.