Valve's Trial Against Accused Patent Troll Begins In Seattle

By Rachel Riley ( February 10, 2026, 9:09 PM EST) -- Valve Corp. told a Seattle federal jury Tuesday that inventor Leigh Rothschild and his intellectual property firms spent years "harassing" the video game company over patents it was already licensed to use in pursuit of a bigger payout, pressing play on a trial that will test Washington's Patent Troll Prevention Act....

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