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Roundup of This Week’s Patent News: July 12 Edition
And we’re back, after taking last week off for the Fourth of July. Here’s what you need to know about patent news this week:
On Tuesday, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), co-sponsor of the SHIELD Act, ...
A New Bipartisan House Bill Targets Patent Troll Litigation
The momentum for dealing with patent trolls in Congress is nothing short of amazing. Yesterday afternoon, Reps. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) introduced a bipartisan bill in the ...
Update: ITC’s New Procedure Makes Quick Work of Troll
We told you in a recent Weekly Patent Roundup about a change in the International Trade Commission's rules. The ITC is now going to require companies to prove early in the case that they have a signif...
Happy Independence Day!
From all of us here at Patent Progress, we wish you a safe and happy 4th of July!
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Roundup of This Week’s Patent News: June 28 Edition
Good morning!
On Monday, Reuters reported that the International Trade Commission (ITC) is taking steps to rein in frivolous litigation from patent trolls, by requiring “companies to prove upfront t...
SmartPhone Patent Wars: A Lesson for Privateers
Today, we’ll take a short break from talking about patent trolls, and revisit another ongoing story in the patent world: the SmartPhone Patent Wars.
Here’s a short video introduction (looks best i...
Event Today Featuring FTC Chair Edith Ramirez
CCIA and The American Antitrust Institute are hosting a panel, Competition Law & Patent Assertion Entities: What Antitrust Enforcers Can Do. This is a big event at the National Press Club today ...
Concern Trolls “Worry” About Covered Business Method Review
As expected, once some ideas to deal with patent trolls were proposed by the President, the concern trolls came out in force to express “concern” about “uncertainty” and a possible, unexplain...
Troll Economics: The White House Weighs In
Last week, the White House released its agenda of legislative priorities and executive actions on high-tech patent issues. It was accompanied by a report, Patent Assertion and U.S. Innovation, that ...