A Reuters report beginsA U.S. jury on Friday found Apple Inc did not infringe five antipiracy patents owned by a Pendrell Corp subsidiary at trial in a Texas federal court.The jury also found that Apple did not prove that the patents were invalid. No damages were awarded to Pendrell subsidiary ContentGuard Holdings.Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/20/us-apple-pendrell-verdict-idUSKCN0T92UU20151120#WDA00gyBVwLZXjry.99Of interest to the "troll" discussion, one notes the claims were found NOT to be infringed, but were NOT found invalid.This is the same outcome as that in the Selden / Ford automobile case. Trolls can actually employ patents with valid claims, albeit not covering the products of the accused infringer. Note where ContentGuard came from:ContentGuard emerged from a partnership in 2000 between Xerox Corp and Microsoft Corp to form a digital rights management business, according to court papers. It is now owned by Kirkland, Washington-based…
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