Tag: NPE
When Does “Without Ads” Mean “With Ads”? When You Want To Abuse A Patent
Funimation is a successful anime streaming company. It has a monthly subscription tier, which is ad-free, and a free tier, which includes advertisement. This week, failed company Firtiva filed a l...
Mythical Troll Attacks GNOME
It’s become a bit of shibboleth among the folks who want to roll back the patent reforms of the past decade that patent trolls are a myth. Unfortunately, this week one of those mythical trolls...
NPEs at the ITC Illustrate Flaws in U.S. Trade Court
This week, an Irish non-practicing entity (NPE)’s lawsuit against multiple U.S. companies got the go-ahead from a U.S. trade court designed to protect U.S. companies from unfair foreign competition....
Sunshine: Eclipse Promises Not To Sue Californians
Remember Shipping and Transit? The notorious NPE went bankrupt last year after its campaign against everyone from transit app developers to city transit authorities hit a few potholes. Fol...
It’s The End Of The Podcast Patent And We Know It
In eagerly awaited news, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) determination that Personal Audio’s U.S. Pat. No. 8,112,504 is invalid based on an inter partes review...
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...
Patent troll supporters are ramping up efforts – a response
Many Patent Progress readers have likely noticed the groundswell of interest directed at addressing the patent troll problem plaguing high-tech innovators. In January, the U.S. Patent and Trademark ...
Senator Mike Lee’s Speech at CCIA’s Patent Progress Event Today
Below is the transcript of Senator Mike Lee's speech at our event today, How Patent Trolls Harm Innovation.
I’m grateful for the opportunity to say a few words about patents and innovation. In p...
Previewing Monday’s DOJ/FTC Workshop on Patent Trolls and Antitrust
On Monday, Patent Progress will be out in full force at the joint public workshop on patent assertion entity (PAE) behavior organized by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ...