Tag: Patent Assertion Entity (PAE)
PAEs Ringing in New Year without Resolutions
Several outlets have reported on a bevy of lawsuits filed in Delaware by Steelhead Licensing LLC against operating entities concerning infringement of patent 5,491,834 entitled “Mobile Radio Han...
FTC Subpoena of Data Brokers May Be Good Model for FTC Study of PAEs
On December 18, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has issued subpoenas to nine “Data Brokers” to provide the agency with information about how they collect and use data about consume...
Intellectual Ventures’ Technology Speculation Is Not A Justification for Shell Companies
During last week’s Department of Justice/Federal Trade Commission workshop on Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), one of the panelists was Peter Detkin. Detkin is a founder of Intellectual Ventures,...
Some Quick Reactions to the PAE Workshop
Market participants, regulators, lawyers, and patent professionals gathered at the FTC yesterday for a very informative Workshop on Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs). We will be posting more this wee...
Yesterday’s FTC-DOJ Workshop on Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs)
Yesterday, the FTC and DOJ held a workshop on the anticompetitive effects of Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), as Josh had posted about last week. They put together a great collection of participant...
Previewing Monday’s DOJ/FTC Workshop on Patent Trolls and Antitrust
On Monday, Patent Progress will be out in full force at the joint public workshop on patent assertion entity (PAE) behavior organized by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ...
The SHIELD Act Is a Step in the Right Direction
The SHIELD Act is an important step in the process of common sense patent reform where it is most needed: computer hardware and software patents. The Act introduces a “loser pays” rule in compu...
FTC and DOJ Looking at Trolls under Antitrust Authority
A Sunday article in the Wall Street Journal reports the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) are devoting “huge energy, particularly at a senior level” to assess the impa...
Patent Troll Business Models
How Non-Practicing Entities are Adapting
The idea of a patent assertion entity (PAE) (or non-practicing entity, patent troll) has become fairly well-known. These firms adopt a business model of mon...