(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 5 million potential restrictions on smartphone innovation. With numbers that staggering, it is impossible for the patent system to function as…
Over the last several months, we have been vocal in our calls for software patent reform to put an end to the threat of lawsuits on behalf of patent assertion entities (PAEs), more commonly known as patent trolls. Why? Because at Rackspace it has become our most pressing legal issue. Since 2010, our spending to…
CCIA is hosting an important event on Thursday, February 28th entitled “How Patent Trolls are Harming Innovation.” The event will take place in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, and will feature six prominent panelist offering different but harmonious opinions on the current state of the patent troll environment: Julie Samuels, Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid…
Welcome to Patent Progress. On November 14, 2012, CCIA launched Patent Progress to serve as a resource for everyone trying to navigate the patent litigation and policy landscape. The home page will be home to our blog – where we will be providing timely and newsworthy commentary on the key patent issues of the day, as well as…
