We previously wrote that regulators are considering using antitrust laws to reign in perceived abuses by non-practicing entities or, more familiarly, “patent trolls” – entities that purchase the rights to patents not to...more
12/16/2013
/ Anti-Patent Trolls ,
Antitrust Conspiracies ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Conspiracies ,
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License Agreements ,
Licenses ,
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Patent Trolls ,
Patents ,
Treble Damages
The Eastern District of Texas recently held that patent infringement can constitute anticompetitive conduct for monopolization claims under Section 2 of the Sherman Act, in Retractable Technologies Inc. v. Becton Dickinson &...more