Judge to Apple: Find Another Word For “Trolls”

In a patent infringement case filed by GPNE Corp., U.S. district judge Lucy Koh, who has overseen three major trials involving Apple, Inc., has told the tech giant it may not use the term “patent troll.” That was among a short list of terms that the judge deemed off-limits. Others included “shakedown” and “corporate shell game.” On the other hand, Apple may feel free to refer to say GPNE is “a company that doesn’t make anything,” or that “doesn’t sell anything.”