# Anthropic, IBM, Meta, and Microsoft Form Patent Pool to Shield Startups From AI Trolls

- slug: anthropic-ibm-meta-and-microsoft-form-patent-pool-to-shield-startups-from-ai-trolls
- date: 2026-04-09
- category: Artificial Intelligence

Patent trolls filed 70% of all AI patent lawsuits last year, driving Anthropic, IBM, Meta, and Microsoft to do something rare: cooperate. They pooled 33,000 patents into the first unified licensing foundation for AI foundation models.

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