Tag: Patent Assertion Entity (PAE)
The FTC Chairwoman Calls Out Patent Assertion Entities
Another day and another volley fired against patent assertion entities (PAEs). Today, it’s the FTC joining the fray.
At an event co-sponsored by CCIA, FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez announced that she...
Event Today Featuring FTC Chair Edith Ramirez
CCIA and The American Antitrust Institute are hosting a panel, Competition Law & Patent Assertion Entities: What Antitrust Enforcers Can Do. This is a big event at the National Press Club today ...
Troll Economics: The White House Weighs In
Last week, the White House released its agenda of legislative priorities and executive actions on high-tech patent issues. It was accompanied by a report, Patent Assertion and U.S. Innovation, that ...
Stop Abusive Patent Litigation, For the Sake of our Economy
The patent troll debate has officially heated up and the nation’s businesses are paying close attention to the proceedings. The FTC got things started on December 10, 2012 at the Patent Assert...
Is the Eastern District of Texas Becoming Less Patentee-Friendly?
On March 27, the usually patentee-friendly Eastern District of Texas threw out a patent infringement lawsuit against information technology hosting company Rackspace. It is unclear whether this decisi...
CCIA Files Comments to US Antitrust Regulators on Patent Troll Activity
(Cross-posted on DisCo)
Last Friday, CCIA filed its comments to the FTC/DOJ’s Public Workshop on Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) (aka patent trolls). Although antitrust authorities cannot fix...
Suggestions for an FTC 6(b) Study on Patent Assertion Entities
The Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) jointly hosted a workshop to explore the issue of patent assertion entities (PAEs) on December 10, 2012. Since th...
Using the Full Powers of the FTC to Combat Patent Trolls
A century ago there was a lively debate in Congress over the enforcement of the antitrust laws. Much of the 1912 presidential campaign had focused on the lack of effective antitrust enforcement by t...
Previewing Tomorrow’s House Judiciary Hearing on Abusive Patent Litigation
Tomorrow, March 14, at 11:30AM in 2141 Rayburn, the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet is holding a hearing on “Abusive Patent Litigation...