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Comedian Marc Maron Gets That Patent Trolls Are Failed Inventors Trying to Hit the Lottery
Marc Maron is one of the podcasters who has been threatened by Personal Audio, a patent troll whose owner claims to have invented podcasting. This inventor never did manage to implement his own system...
Trolling Effects a Smart Way to Combat Patent Trolls
Many a small business has been there. In the owner’s hands a letter filled with tons of legalese that makes little sense. They stare at the letter shocked, trying to figure out what the hell the...
Momentum Increases for Expanding Covered Business Method Review
I’ve told you before why any attempt to deal with patent trolls has to include an expansion of the Covered Business Method (CBM) review program. (Here, here and here.) Short version: This expansion ...
Is the FTC Study on Patent Trolls Going to Happen?
As we’ve noted, the FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez recently proposed doing a 6(b) study on the patent assertion entity business model. The proposed study has the potential to get us information about ...
Roundup of This Week’s Patent News: July 26 Edition
Hi readers! Congressional support for patent reform continues to grow. On Monday, Rep. Issa and Rep. Chu introduced the Stopping the Offense Use of Patents (STOP Act). That bill prompted Matt Le...
An Analysis of the Final FTC-Motorola Settlement
Today, the FTC released its Final Order in its settlement with Motorola on the company’s use of standard essential patents (SEPs). Although there isn’t much “here” here, as the Commission i...
The STOP Act in the House Looks to Deal With Bad Software Patents
Congress continues to focus on the patent troll problem. Reps. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Judy Chu (D-CA) have just introduced the Stopping the Offensive Use of Patents Act (STOP Act) to expand the Cove...
Another Potential Smartphone Patent War Headache for Customs
This is a quick follow up on Monday’s post about the Customs and Border Protection Service and its role in enforcing patent infringement decisions from the International Trade Commission. Depending ...
A Message from the Big Tent: #FixPatents!
As Josh wrote about a while back, a wide variety of organizations have been meeting about patent troll reform. CCIA, along with 49 other groups representing industries as diverse as banking, retail, a...