Tag: end users
Saying Doesn’t Make It So—Why You Still Shouldn’t Listen To Qualcomm
Last week, CCIA filed a statement on the public interest in Qualcomm v. Apple at the International Trade Commission (ITC), Qualcomm’s newest attempt to use patent law to reinforce their monopoly pow...
Patent Progress’s Guide to Patent Reform Legislation
There are now twelve bills that have been introduced this Congress to deal with some aspect of the patent troll issue. We thought it might be helpful to give you a quick rundown of each of the current...
Vermont Targets A Bottom-Feeding Patent Troll, But It Can’t Do The Job Alone
There should be a rule of thumb for patent trolls: don’t target the disabled. You ignore this rule at your peril. Notorious patent troll MPHJ did, and now it’s just been sued by the Vermont Attorn...
The End-Users Strike Back
As Josh Lamel noted the other day, end-users such as retailers, financial services, grocery stores, advertising, hotel industries, and even oil companies are coming out in droves to fight abusive pate...
Senate Judiciary Chairman Leahy Sends Positive Signals
Tomorrow is World Intellectual Property Day. To commemorate the day, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy issued a statement today in support of fighting patent trolls, improving pate...
Stop Abusive Patent Litigation, For the Sake of our Economy
The patent troll debate has officially heated up and the nation’s businesses are paying close attention to the proceedings. The FTC got things started on December 10, 2012 at the Patent Assert...
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...
Some Quick Reactions to the PAE Workshop
Market participants, regulators, lawyers, and patent professionals gathered at the FTC yesterday for a very informative Workshop on Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs). We will be posting more this wee...