News and expert analysis on IP developments from the courts to the USPTO.
By Amanda Ciccatelli | February 21, 2014
The White House is officially taking strides towards reducing frivolous patent lawsuits. It will start by attempting to make it easy to identify who owns patents and by updating review processes to ensure that fewer weak patents are granted.
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By Mark Popofsky, Jane Goldstein | February 21, 2014
These examples illustrate that the antitrust laws, while not the remedy for all PAE ills, can and do provide constraints on PAE conduct.
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By Juliana Kenny | February 20, 2014
Butamax -- a maker of technology to produce biobutanol -- has been in a long patent dispute with Gevo -- a producer of renewable isobutanol. Each has claimed that the other violates its biofuel patents.
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By Zach Warren | February 19, 2014
Typo claims that it cannot infringe BlackBerrys patents because the Canadian smartphone makers claims do not actually comply with the legal requirements for patentability.
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By Amanda Ciccatelli | February 19, 2014
But the U.S. isnt the only county patent trolls are affecting. Here is a rundown of patent troll activity in countries other than the U.S. and Europe.
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By Cyrus Morton | February 19, 2014
Patience, they say, is a virtue. It may be in everyones best interest to take a deep breath, and let this all play out for a while.
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By Rich Steeves | February 18, 2014
Samsung has decided to fight back, treating Dyson like a troll. The electronics giant has filed a lawsuit against Dyson, to the tune of about $9 million. Samsung claims that the initial Dyson suit harmed its reputation.
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By David E. Mixon, David Vance Lucas | February 18, 2014
Disposal does not mean abandoning IP assets. The process should instead involve, as much as possible, the sale or divestiture of unneeded IP assets.
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By Sandip H. Patel | February 18, 2014
The Supreme Court is poised, yet again, to decide an issue in <i>Nautilus v. Biosig</i> hardly requiring its review and one that Congress did not even consider in its recent wholesale revisions to the patent laws.
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