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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 -
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Would Congress' Proposed ITC Reforms Thwart NPEs?

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Nonpracticing entities have been increasingly active at the U.S. International Trade Commission in recent years, bringing a record 32% of Section 337 Investigations in 2022. In a sense, the rise of NPEs at the ITC was by...more

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NPE Showcase – Leigh Rothschild

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Most nonpracticing entities are private firms owned by patent attorneys, investors, or a combination of the two. In other cases, NPEs do everything they can to obscure the identify of the true owner. And in virtually all...more

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NPE Showcase – VirnetX

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VirnetX is a classic example of an NPE that does not qualify as a “patent troll.” How can you tell? Patent trolls leverage the litigation system to negotiate settlements for less than the cost of defending against a lawsuit....more

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NPE Showcase – Web 2.0 Technologies, LLC

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a company named Web 2.0 Technologies, LLC....more

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NPE Showcase – Traxcell Technologies, LLC

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a company named Traxcell Technologies, LLC....more

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NPE Showcase – District of Delaware Update

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will update our previous post explaining recent events at...more

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NPE Showcase – InvesTrex, LLC

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a company named InvesTrex, LLC....more

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NPE Showcase: NPE Litigation in 2023 – What to Expect

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on NPE litigation as a whole, and what to...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Delaware Court Denies Motion to Dismiss NPE’s Direct Infringement Claims Despite Sparse Allegations

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The number of Non-Practicing Entities (NPE) cases has increased in Delaware by almost 10% over the last year. If you or a client finds yourself the target of an NPE patent litigation suit, the next question is usually what...more

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[Webinar] Don’t Feed the Trolls: How and When to Respond to Patent Demand Letters - January 11th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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A number of small providers are receiving patent demand letters with a settlement or licensing offer to avoid litigation. How should you respond? Should you respond? Many of these letters are a typical part of the playbook of...more

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Sound View Escalates Patent Assault on Open Source Software with New Wave of Lawsuits

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Sound View Innovations, an IP licensing company that is quickly becoming a prolific Non-Practicing Entity (NPE), has ramped up its litigation campaign by filing seven more lawsuits in 2019. Similar to the patent lawsuits that...more

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Cloud Computing Patent Litigation Trends – Competitor Cases, Open Source Targets, Cloud Customers

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Since launching Cloud IPQ last year, we have focused on the intersection of cloud computing and intellectual property with a particular emphasis on the increasing number of patent lawsuits filed against cloud computing...more

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GEMSA’s Patent Onslaught Against Cloud Computing Customers

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Global Equity Management (SA) Pty. Ltd. (“GEMSA”), a foreign non-practicing entity (“NPE”) organized under the laws of Australia, filed almost 40 patent lawsuits in five batches in 2015 and 2016. The majority of these...more

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Cloud Printing Companies in a Jam, Face Battle with Patent Trolls

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Since 2013, Charles C. Freeny III, Bryan E. Freeny, and James P. Freeny (“the Freenys”) have filed more than 50 patent infringement cases, all in the Eastern District of Texas, against a variety of technology companies who...more

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Protecting Against Patent Trolls

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Companies that hold patents so that they can sue companies in an effort to generate revenue rather than create their own goods and services—also known as “patent trolls,” nonpracticing entities (NPEs), or patent assertion...more

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Finding of Exceptionality Leaves Unsuccessful Infringement Plaintiff Liable for Over $50 Million in Attorney Fees and Costs

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Needless to say, a finding of exceptionality under 35 U.S.C. § 285 can have crippling consequences. Just ask Rembrandt Technologies, LP, which recently was slapped with an order to pay the prevailing defendants in a...more

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Patent Rights in the U.S.: Is the Pendulum Finally Swinging Back to Center?

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The U.S. patent system has long struggled to strike a balance that both encourages patent rights and prevents patent abuse. Finding that balance requires giving patent owners the right amount of patent enforcement power,...more

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ITC Section 337 Update – August 2016

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DeLorme Seeks Certiorari Review Of Consent Order Penalty Based On Expired Patent — On July 13, 2016, DBN Holding, Inc. and BDN LLC (“DeLorme”) filed a petition for writ of certiorari to review a judgment of the United States...more

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Pigs Fly, Hell Has Frozen Over, and the New York Times Supports Small Inventor and University Patenting

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Admittedly, only on its Op-Ed page. But last Saturday Joe Nocera wrote a remarkably sane and reasoned column, entitled "The Patent Troll Smokescreen," pointing out that "big companies with large lobbying budgets" are using...more

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The Supreme Court to Review Enhanced Damages -- Octane Revisited, or Something Entirely Different?

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On October 19, 2015, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in two related cases: Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc. (Supreme Court docket number 14-1513) and Stryker Corp. v. Zimmer, Inc. (Supreme Court docket...more

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Attorneys' Fees May be Easier to Obtain in Lanham Act Cases Post-Octane Fitness

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Intellectual property litigation is expensive for both the plaintiff and defendant. However, because defendants are required to defend themselves in a lawsuit—in comparison to a plaintiff who has the choice to file and...more

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Federal Circuit Affirms Unpatentability in Much Anticipated First Review of CBM Decision

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Since the America Invents Act (AIA) passed in 2012, Covered Business Method (CBM) reviews have become the Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of non-practicing entities, also referred to as patent trolls. Many CBM...more

Morgan Lewis

Update: Patent Trolls Are Targeting the Energy Industry

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New data shows a sharp increase in the number of patent troll lawsuits being filed against energy companies in 2015. As we predicted in our March 2014 White Paper, “Are Patent Trolls Now Targeting the Energy...more

JD Supra Perspectives

Who Wins With Google's New Patent Marketplace (Other Than Google)?

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There’s something off about Google’s Patent Purchase Promotion....more

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The Innovation Act of 2015: Congress Targets Patent ‘Trolls’ Again

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On February 5, 2015, the House Judiciary Chairman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), flanked by a bipartisan group of his peers, reintroduced his “Innovation Act” (H.R. 9). The bill is the second time in as many years that the...more

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