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Roundup of This Week’s Patent News: August 2 Edition
Good morning! Here’s some patent news from this week. On Tuesday, a whole bunch of prominent companies (many in non-tech industries, like retail and food) sent a letter to Congress encouraging t...
Mobile-Related Patents Are Increasing: One in Four Patents Issued Last Year Pertain to the Smartphone
(Cross Post on DisCo)
A few months ago, I pointed out that approximately ⅙ of all active patents (roughly 250,000) read on the smartphone. If you estimate that each patent has 20 claims, that is...
Not Just A Big Business Problem: Patent Trolls Harm Startups, Small Businesses
As Patent Progress reported in this post, Friday afternoon President Obama came out strong against patent trolls, saying,
They’re just trying to essentially leverage and hijack somebody else’s id...
Obama Acknowledges Patent Troll Problem [w/ Transcript]
[Cross-posted on DisCo]
It's not often that the President or an Administration talks explicitly about detailed aspects of technology and intellectual property policy. For President Obama, it has ca...
Patent Expiration Doesn’t Prevent Green Mountain Coffee From Maintaining Its Buzz
(Cross posted on Project DisCo)
Keurig single-cup brewing systems, conspicuous contraptions found in offices and homes across America, are a convenient product for anyone who wants to make coffee a ...
Why Newegg is Exceptional (And Just Saved You Money!)
(Cross posted on Project DisCo)
First of all, thank you Newegg!
Everybody go out and buy an extra computer monitor, TV or a bulk pack of styluses from them right now (FYI, styluses are retro coo...
Patent Bully: Steve Jobs’ Unethical Use of Patents
(Cross posted on Project DisCo)
Yesterday, a sworn statement by former Palm CEO Edward Colligan became part of the public record in a civil antitrust lawsuit brought by 5 employees at major Silicon V...
Patent-less Smartphone Innovation and Global Technology Markets
(Cross-posted on Disruptive Competition Project (DisCo))
This weekend I attended the Second Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest held in Rio de Janeiro. The Congress is intended to draw a...
Helping Startups Help Themselves: Why the SHIELD Act is TRIPS Compliant
(Cross-posted on Disruptive Competition Project (DisCo))
As I have discussed before, patent trolls pose a unique threat to technology startup companies. The limited resources and small launch win...