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Well, That Explains It…. – Part 3
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Well, That Explains It…. – Part 2
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Supreme Court Helps Rein In Patent Trolls, Legislation Still Needed
It’s another big day in patent law, as the Supreme Court issued decisions in two fee-shifting cases: Octane Fitness and Highmark. The Federal Circuit’s opinions were unanimously rejected in both c...
Well, That Explains It…. (Updated 4/29/14)
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A Bad Week For Patent Trolls
The courts have not been kind to patent trolls lately. There were recent big decisions affecting Intellectual Ventures, MPHJ, and Rockstar.
IV’s Patents Not So Great, Says Judge
As you may remember,...
Apple Wants to Compete on Patent Portfolio, Not Products
(Cross-posted on DisCo)
Apple has been an odd player in the patent debate. On the one hand, it’s the company that gets sued by patent trolls more than any other. As a result, it supports most of the...
Progress on Patent Reform Takes a Little Time
As you may have heard, we basically have a deal on patent reform in the Senate Judiciary Committee. While lawmakers couldn’t quite get it done before recess, they left town with what Senate Judiciar...
A Troll in Inventor’s Clothing
Sometimes this debate over patent reform seems surreal. “Small inventors” are coming out of the woodwork to make bizarre claims, like arguing that making it easier to penalize patent owners who br...
Patent Trolls Keep On Suing
Well, the numbers are in for 2013, and it seems that patent trolling shows no signs of slowing down. According to RPX, trolls sued over 4,800 companies last year, up from the 4,282 they sued in 2012.
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