Valve Scores Partial Win As Its Patent Troll Claims Near Trial

By Rachel Riley ( January 29, 2026, 6:57 PM EST) -- A Seattle federal judge found Wednesday that inventor Leigh Rothschild breached an intellectual property licensing deal by leveling bogus infringement claims against Valve Corp. in 2022 but left other key questions for jurors to consider when the video game company's patent trolling case heads to trial next month....

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