Tag: Abusive Patent Litigation
Analysis Confirms that WDTX Judge Shopping Generated More Lawsuits, Imposed High Costs
Following his appointment to the Waco Division U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (WDTX) in 2018, Judge Alan Albright quickly garnered a reputation for trying to attract plaintiffs ...
A Unified Litigation Funding Disclosure Rule
Last week, I had the rare opportunity to speak at the UK’s Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys Congress 2023 in Cambridge. I was there to discuss evolving business models of U.S. patent assertio...
What Europe Is Doing Right On SEPs
The European Union (EU) is diving into one of patent policy’s most controversial questions: how should patents on technologies which are essential for wireless connectivity be licensed? As the range...
Follow the Founders and Insist on Review of Unjust Monopolies Created by Invalid Patents
This post draws from and summarizes a forthcoming law review article from the author. The full article is available on SSRN.
A patent is a monopoly, for a certain time, on the sale of something fo...
USPTO Invalidates VLSI Patent—So Why Didn’t They Review It The First Time?
Earlier today, the USPTO issued its final written decision in IPR2021-01064. The final written decision found that all challenged claims in VLSI's patent were in fact invalid.
So what makes t...
New Report Reaffirms Danger Patent Trolls Pose to Manufacturers, Small Businesses
People whose business models are threatened by strong post-grant review and improved patent quality continue to assert that non-practicing entities (NPEs) and the patent troll narrative is a myth or a...
Judge Connolly Continues to Push on Funding Transparency
Following an April 2022 standing order that mandated parties appearing in his court adhere to third-party funding disclosure requirements and an eye-popping November 2022 memorandum detailing “poten...
ITC Reforms Deserve a Higher Priority
Global competition is a key political issue, particularly the rivalry between the United States and China. These superpowers are locked in a struggle for leadership of the global economy. Last year, t...
Litigation Financing Transparency Must be a Global Effort
Despite varying widely, the structure of legal systems among democratic, free countries are built on consistent underlying principles. Promoting equality, freedom, and justice is a common theme among ...