Tag: Patent Assertion Entity (PAE)
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Five Employees, Six Lawyers: The Problem with Software Patents
It’s the tech startup dream: coming up with a great idea, raising funding to make it a reality, gaining users, hiring a first, second, and third employee. Hiring just as many lawyers.
When a startu...
Patent Trolls Stifle Innovation
Over the last several months, we have been vocal in our calls for software patent reform to put an end to the threat of lawsuits on behalf of patent assertion entities (PAEs), more commonly known as p...
Patent Troll Panel Important for Competition Policy
CCIA is hosting an important event on Thursday, February 28th entitled “How Patent Trolls are Harming Innovation.” The event will take place in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, and will featu...
Entrepreneurs to Congress: Fix the Patent Troll Problem
Today, more than 60 entrepreneurs wrote to Congress demanding Congress do something about the growing threat patent assertion entities are creating for the startup community. Led by Engine Advocacy ...
Not Just A Big Business Problem: Patent Trolls Harm Startups, Small Businesses
As Patent Progress reported in this post, Friday afternoon President Obama came out strong against patent trolls, saying,
They’re just trying to essentially leverage and hijack somebody else’s id...
Ericsson and Unwired Planet: A One-Stop Shop for Outlining Patent Abuse
Swedish telecommunications pioneer Ericsson is the latest in a line of big companies turning to patent assertion entities (PAEs) to make a quick buck at the expense of competition and innovation. As...
PAE’s Attempt to Manipulate Antitrust Laws Thwarted (for now?)
In March of last year a noted Patent Assertion Entity (“PAE”), Cascades Computer Innovation, turned the concept of anticompetitive use of patents on its head by filing an antitrust suit against fi...
Patent Flood Continues
The patent arms race continues to expand. In 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) saw a record 253,155 new patents issued. Not only that, it also just set a record on January 8, 2013...