Silicon Valley firms have complained about "patent trolls" for years. As nonpracticing entities, trolls acquire patents but don't produce anything with them except lawsuits against companies that may (or may not) infringe on their patent portfolios. In recent years, trolls have even become a tool that practicing companies use to stifle competition.…

Last week, former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a mass-shooting survivor, testified before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence. Her testimony was emotional given how difficult it is for her to speak. She was succinct in her advise to legislators:…

DUBAI, UAE—In early December, I found myself in an odd position: touching down in Dubai with credentials to attend a 12-day closed-door meeting of the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT). It's a meeting I spent the last six months trying to expose.…