Non-Practicing Entity. A broad term associated with trolls but now disfavored because it includes universities and legitimate technology developers that seek to license technology in advance rather than after a producing company has independently developed it.
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Sen. Coons, RESTORE This Bill to the Shelf
On Tuesday, Sen. Chris Coons introduced the RESTORE Act. This bill tries to overturn the Supreme Court’s eBay v. MercExchange decision. Justice Thomas, writing for a unanimous court in e...
RESTORE Act Leaves District Courts Vulnerable to NPE Abuse
As I discussed in Patent Progress back in July, the RESTORE Act, introduced in July by Senators Chris Coons and Tom Cotton, would bring back automatic injunctions to U.S. district courts. RESTORE is ...
Failed Disclosure Request Shows the Lingering Threat of Undisclosed Litigation Finance
In August, Delaware Chief District Judge Colm Connolly denied Apple’s request for access to details on the litigation funding arrangement between the Finnish company MPH Technologies, which is suing...
American Technology Manufacturers Renew Fight Against Fintiv
In a renewed effort to challenge the so-called NHK-Fintiv rule, earlier this month Apple, Cisco, Google, and Intel asked the Federal Circuit to strike down the widely-criticized Fintiv doctrine for be...