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Patent Trolls Infringement

Patent Troll is a pejorative term used to describe persons or entities who aggresively assert patent ownership rights and typically do not manufacture or make use of the underlying patented inventions. Often,... more +
Patent Troll is a pejorative term used to describe persons or entities who aggresively assert patent ownership rights and typically do not manufacture or make use of the underlying patented inventions. Often, patent trolls exist solely to aggregate and litigate patents. Many in the technology industry claim that patent trolls stifle innovation and have urged Congress to combat these practices by passing comprehensive patent reform. less -
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Legislation Targeting Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) Passes in House by Comfortable Margin

On Thursday, December 5, 2013, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the “Innovation Act” (H.R. 3309), a bill principally aimed at curtailing certain patent infringement litigation practices of non-practicing entities...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

The Futility of Petitioning Congress (After the Fix Is In): Stakeholders Tell Judiciary Committee What's Wrong with Goodlatte Bill...

What everybody doesn't seem to know is how to get Congress to listen to the needs of the innovation community when well-heeled sectors put their lobbying and financial support in favor of legislation purportedly aimed at...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Scanner Patent Troll Update: Titans Finally Enter the Battle

If you are like thousands of small American businesses, you might have received a dubious “cease and desist” letter during recent months from an LLC with an odd name. The LLC’s name has six letters, the first and fourth of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

United States Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Two Cases That Could Potentially Deter Non-Practicing Entities From Filing Frivolous...

On October 1, 2013, the United States Supreme Court agreed to review the “exceptional” case standard for awarding attorneys’ fees in two separate patent-infringement cases. Both cases relate to patentees who are...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Applying Can Openers to Real World Problems: The Failure of Economic Analysis Applied to Software Patents

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A shepherd is tending a huge flock of sheep in a field beside a country road. A man comes walking down the road and approaches the shepherd. "I bet you $100 against one of your sheep that I can tell you the exact number in...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Congress Continues Efforts to "Reform" U.S. Patent Law

It has been less than three months since the remaining provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) took effect, and just short of five months since the AIA Technical Corrections Act was enacted to "correct and...more

Stinson LLP

Intellectual Property Alert: Massive Increase In "Patent Trolls" Elicits Legislative Recommendations And Executive Actions

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The Leonard, Street and Deinard patent litigation team helps clients on a daily basis to defend against and resolve threats of patent infringement by Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs, often referred to as "patent trolls")....more

Perkins Coie

Vermont Heightens Enforcement Efforts Against Patent Assertion Entities

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With two deft strokes, Vermont simultaneously increased the tools in its enforcement toolbox and dealt a significant blow to a well-known patent assertion entity (PAE)....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

White House Issues Executive Actions and Legislative Recommendations Aimed at Patent Assertion Entities

Recognizing a problem that has long plagued Silicon Valley technology companies, on June 4, 2013, President Barack Obama issued executive actions and legislative recommendations "to protect innovators from frivolous...more

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Patent Troll Receives Push Back

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Over the past eight months, thousands of businesses across the United States received the same five-page letter from "The Licensing Team" of any one of 40 shell companies affiliated with MPHJ Technology Investments, LLC...more

King & Spalding

DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Intellectual Property: Non-Practicing Entities (Patent Trolls) Target Oil and Gas Companies

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As the number of patent infringement lawsuits brought by Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) has increased, oil and gas companies have increasingly become targets....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Don’t Be Bullied by a Patent Troll

One of our favorite stories growing up was the “Three Billy Goats Gruff,” the main character of which is a terrible troll who lived under a bridge. The troll tried to terrorize and eat three goats who just wanted to cross a...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

The SHIELD Act: A Significant Step in the War Against Patent Trolls

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In an attempt to combat the growing proliferation of “patent trolls”, two U.S. congressmen have recently introduced a bipartisan bill that would make it significantly easier for a prevailing defendant in a patent infringement...more

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