English to Chinese Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology) security

Once armed with software patents, the trolls look for companies with successful commercial programs or use open-source software. They then claim that the profitable software violated their patent and, therefore, the business or group owes them money. There doesn't need to be any proof whatsoever that the developers knew about the patent, never mind whether they used it in their work. This operates because some courts, such as the U.S. District Court of Eastern Texas, will rubber stamp patent lawsuits. The trolls, of course, shop their lawsuits around to the friendly courts.

It also [doesn't help one darn bit] as Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Pauline Newman said, "The court's rulings on patent eligibility have become so diverse and unpredictable as to have a serious effect on the innovation incentive in all fields of technology. The victim is not only this inventor …; the victims are the national interest in an innovative industrial economy and the public interest in the fruits of technological advance."