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It’s Time For The ITC To Recognize Smartphones Impact Public Welfare
Another day, another patent troll filing an ITC complaint. In this case, Neodron—an Irish NPE—is trying to block the sale of products made by three prominent American tech companies: Amazon,...
Federal Circuit: Server Is Not A Regular And Established Place Of Business
Today, the Federal Circuit granted a writ of mandamus, ordering the Eastern District of Texas to dismiss or transfer a case for lack of venue. This order is the latest in a series of Federal Circuit...
Patents That Just. Keep. Going.
Recently, a set of more than a dozen lawsuits was filed by an NPE. That wouldn’t really be news, most of the time—NPEs filed nearly 2,000 patent lawsuits in 2019. But there’s a few t...
U.S. Effort to Create 5G Huawei Alternative Potentially Vulnerable to SEP Patent Litigation
Today’s Wall Street Journal reports on a White House plan to coordinate the development of 5G systems by American companies. The effort is intended to provide a domestic alternative to Huawei ...
Polaris Concurrence Explains Why Arthrex Was Wrong, But Signals Federal Circuit Won’t Fix It
Today’s Federal Circuit decision in Polaris v. Kingston had an unsurprising outcome—in line with last year’s Arthrex decision, the PTAB’s determination was remanded back to the PTO for review ...
Cross-Licenses, Royalty Stacking, and Patent Disputes
While the majority of U.S. patent litigation is now NPE litigation (and has been since at least 2009), litigation between operating companies continues to occur at roughly the same rate as it has for ...
Announcing the 2020 Patent Progress Writing Competition
We are pleased to announce the 2020 Patent Progress writing competition.
This competition, open to current law students, solicits scholarship regarding patent law. This year’s g...
USPTO, DoJ, and NIST Issue FRAND/SEP Policy Statement
Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Justice, and National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a joint statement on standard-essential patents (SEPs). The...
Patent Links and Articles to Read by the Fire
With the holiday season upon us, there’s nothing better than to curl up by the fire with a hot cup of tea and a stack of patent-related articles. Here’s a few you might want to take a look a...