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It’s The Claim Language—Except When It Isn’t
Last week, the Federal Circuit handed down a decision in Visual Memory v. NVIDIA, deciding that the Visual Memory[1. Unsurprisingly, Visual Memory is an NPE that did not itself come up with this pate...
On Tacos
The taco.
Whether you like ground beef with cheese and lettuce or chorizo with cilantro and onion, I’d be willing to bet that you probably like some kind of taco. And (fortunately, or maybe unf...
It’s The End Of The Podcast Patent And We Know It
In eagerly awaited news, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) determination that Personal Audio’s U.S. Pat. No. 8,112,504 is invalid based on an inter partes review...
CustomPlay, Annotated
Near the end of July, CustomPlay sued Apple and Amazon. CustomPlay is owned by Max Abecassis, who also owns Nissim Corp. (Nissim has a long history of involvement with the DVD standard and nearly ...
The Cost Of Bad Patents: It’s Not Just The Lawsuit
The cost of bad patents is not just the cost of lawsuits.
This may seem obvious, but apparently it isn’t. I’ve recently noticed a trend from the anti-reform lobby: someone testifies in front o...
The PTO’s § 101 Summary Report
One of the most important developments over the past few years is the Supreme Court’s decision in Alice v. CLS Bank - a decision that articulated a distinction between patent-eligible inventions, an...
A Blackbird in Many Forms
You might recall a few months ago I wrote about Blackbird Technologies, an NPE with a novel approach to patent litigation. Blackbird is a company owned by lawyers. It buys patents from patent owne...
Saying Doesn’t Make It So—Why You Still Shouldn’t Listen To Qualcomm
Last week, CCIA filed a statement on the public interest in Qualcomm v. Apple at the International Trade Commission (ITC), Qualcomm’s newest attempt to use patent law to reinforce their monopoly pow...
If Qualcomm Wins At The ITC, We All Lose
This afternoon, CCIA filed comments on the public interest in the Qualcomm v. Apple case pending at the International Trade Commission (ITC). Qualcomm sued Apple in the ITC as part of the large disp...