Tag: Patent Assertion Entity (PAE)
ContentGuard: Defining A Patent Case
Yesterday, I went through the history of the ContentGuard v. Apple and ContentGuard v. Google cases. I talked briefly about the Markman process; today, I’d like to go into more detail on what Mark...
Previewing ContentGuard v. Apple and Google at the Federal Circuit
This Thursday, June 8, the Federal Circuit will hold oral argument in ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. and in ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. v Google, Inc. (The Google case also includes a nu...
Uniloc-ing Defendants Into The Eastern District of Texas
Yesterday, Uniloc sued Google in the Eastern District of Texas. Uniloc is a Luxembourg based company, not a Texas company.[1. They incorporated in Luxembourg for tax reasons. There are a number of...
Blackbird Gets Wings Clipped In Lighting Litigation
Last week I wrote about Blackbird Technologies, a relatively new patent troll with some ethical and practical issues. As I found out via Patently-O, it turns out that I’m not the only one who was ...
The Patent Troll’s New Clothes
You might have been reading a bit about Blackbird Technologies lately. Not the Blackbird Raytheon bought in 2014 (cybersecurity) or the Blackbird Etsy bought in 2016 (AI algorithms). (It’s a popular...
Myths and the STRONG Act
We’re hearing a lot of claims about the STRONG Act as an “alternative” to patent litigation reform. The campaign supporting the bill has been misleading at best.
There are two pervasive myths ...
If You Claim That Patent Assertion Entities Are Beneficial, Prove It
I want to follow up on Tuesday’s post. In that post, I quoted from a letter sent by over 50 law professors and economics scholars that said, essentially, that there’s simply no doubt that current ...
The Debate Should Be Over: Patent Litigation Is Back Up
It looks like that dip in patent litigation last year is over: patent lawsuit filings are up, and they’re actually higher than the same periods last year.
According to Lex Machina’s data, in Janu...
David Balto on Why the FTC Should Release an Interim Report on Patent Trolls
David Balto (a regular contributor here at Patent Progress) has a great piece at The Hill's website. It's definitely a must read.