By Chad Ennis and Chris Shield (September 1, 2017, 1:00 PM EDT) -- For the past several years, nonpracticing entities have been very active in attacking the mobile device industry on both the hardware and software side. Many have thought that after running out of infringement theories against the mobile technologies, the NPEs would turn their sights to the cloud. Cloud service providers, however, have seen this attack coming and have been proactively developing new strategies to discourage NPE attacks. This includes modifying their user agreements to align their interests with their customers' interests, and providing their customers with additional tools to discourage infringement suits. Of course, the user agreements are public documents so the provisions are widely available for NPEs to see and consider. Through these agreements, the cloud service providers have signaled that the NPEs will face tough and organized opponents if the NPEs use their standard tactics....