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The STOP Act in the House Looks to Deal With Bad Software Patents
Congress continues to focus on the patent troll problem. Reps. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Judy Chu (D-CA) have just introduced the Stopping the Offensive Use of Patents Act (STOP Act) to expand the Cove...
Another Potential Smartphone Patent War Headache for Customs
This is a quick follow up on Monday’s post about the Customs and Border Protection Service and its role in enforcing patent infringement decisions from the International Trade Commission. Depending ...
A Message from the Big Tent: #FixPatents!
As Josh wrote about a while back, a wide variety of organizations have been meeting about patent troll reform. CCIA, along with 49 other groups representing industries as diverse as banking, retail, a...
Roundup of This Week’s Patent News: July 12 Edition
And we’re back, after taking last week off for the Fourth of July. Here’s what you need to know about patent news this week:
On Tuesday, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), co-sponsor of the SHIELD Act, ...
A New Bipartisan House Bill Targets Patent Troll Litigation
The momentum for dealing with patent trolls in Congress is nothing short of amazing. Yesterday afternoon, Reps. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) introduced a bipartisan bill in the ...
Update: ITC’s New Procedure Makes Quick Work of Troll
We told you in a recent Weekly Patent Roundup about a change in the International Trade Commission's rules. The ITC is now going to require companies to prove early in the case that they have a signif...
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Roundup of This Week’s Patent News: June 28 Edition
Good morning!
On Monday, Reuters reported that the International Trade Commission (ITC) is taking steps to rein in frivolous litigation from patent trolls, by requiring “companies to prove upfront t...
SmartPhone Patent Wars: A Lesson for Privateers
Today, we’ll take a short break from talking about patent trolls, and revisit another ongoing story in the patent world: the SmartPhone Patent Wars.
Here’s a short video introduction (looks best i...