Patent trolls are trying to charge your favorite podcaster for existing. But there's a way you can stop them.

Throw Etsy onto the patent trolling pile: they just got sued by one because they dared, DARED, to use technology that involved transmitting messages and to have investors that gave them enough money to make them a target.

Recently we told you about how Apple was getting a taste of its own trolling, courtesy of a monitor maker you don't care about, ProView.

Apple has been on the patent trolling warpath recently, dragging Motorola and Samsung into court over violating things like its "slide to unlock" feature.

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In case you hadn't heard, Apple and Samsung have been engaged in a bit of a pissing match over patents, and so far Samsung has been the one getting the most piss on its shoes.

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