The Federal Circuit Helps a Patent Troll Block Public Access to Court Records

For more than three years, EFF has been fighting for public access to court records in a patent case between Uniloc, one of the world’s most prolific patent trolls, and Apple, one of the world’s biggest tech companies. The district court has ruled three different times that the public has a strong presumption of access to these records and has ordered Uniloc, the party asking for secrecy, to make them public.

Last week, however, the Federal Circuit further delayed public …

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