Google Inc (GOOG), Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN): Will This Troll Finally Go Away?

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The company had initially won a $520 million case vs. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) 10 years ago, but the award was thrown out and a retrial was ordered due to questions about the validity of the patent claims. Eolas wound up settling before the retrial started.

And in this recent claim, Eolas had reached a settlement with several companies prior to the original trial , which initially had about 12 companies implicated. Despite this loss, Eolas is still facing appeals with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS).

What are your thoughts about this latest case involving Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)? Patent reform has been discussed in the past; should  this be something  that Congress should tackle in the near future? How do you think investors like fund manager David Tepper (see his full equity portfolio) stand on these lawsuits? Give us your feedback in the comments section below.

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