Tag: patent troll
Patent Fixes Pick up Steam in Congress
(Cross post on DisCo)
What a difference a year makes in Congress. Last year, Reps. DeFazio (D-OR) and Chaffetz (R-UT) introduced the Saving High-tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes (SHIELD...
Senate Judiciary Chairman Leahy Sends Positive Signals
Tomorrow is World Intellectual Property Day. To commemorate the day, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy issued a statement today in support of fighting patent trolls, improving pate...
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...
Mueller’s critique against Google off base
Last month, Florian Mueller authored a provocative blog post, criticizing Google for its recent pledge not to assert ten of its patents against any open source project. Mueller has never been a fan ...
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...
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...
Patent troll supporters are ramping up efforts – a response
Many Patent Progress readers have likely noticed the groundswell of interest directed at addressing the patent troll problem plaguing high-tech innovators. In January, the U.S. Patent and Trademark ...
News Coverage of House Judiciary Patent Troll Hearing
Here are some links to some good stories on the judiciary committee hearing yesterday on patent trolls. We are working on a bigger post on this that will be up later today or Monday.
Corporate coun...
Patents in the News 3/15
After a couple day hiatus due to sickness, I am back. Here are some interesting links worth reading from this week. I am going to do a separate post on news coverage of yesterday's patent troll hear...