Tag: Patent Assertion Entity (PAE)
If A Free Patent Portfolio License Sounds Too Good To Be True—It Is
Non-practicing entities (NPEs) are generally companies with only one asset—their patents. So why would an NPE give away licenses to the only things it can generate value from? If it seems too go...
Tribal Immunity May Not Be Wonder Drug For Allergan
This article was originally published on Law360 and is reprinted here.
You’ve probably already heard the story. Allergan PLC owns patents related to relieving dry eyes. These patents allegedly r...
IPR Successes: The Next Five Years
Over the past month, I’ve shown just how successful the inter partes review (IPR) program has been in its first five years. IPR has saved billions of dollars and helped everyone from city governme...
IPR Successes: A Bridge To Sovereign Patent Funds
Patent trolls are a familiar concept at this point, but a “sovereign patent fund” (SPF) might not be. This isn’t the kind of sovereign I wrote about recently in regard to sovereign immunity. ...
IPR Successes: Scan-To-Email Defeated By Scanner Makers
In the pantheon of infamous patent trolls, MPHJ is near the top. MPHJ drew attention for their habit of mailing demand letters to anyone they thought might possibly have infringed their scan-to-emai...
IPR Successes: Realtors Association Defends Its Members Using IPR
When you buy a house, it’s nice to know where the local schools are, where the closest park is, where a nearby grocery is. So realtors commonly embed tools on their websites to show you a map of t...
IPR Successes: Cleaning Up Messes
APTWater makes water treatment systems that clean up polluted groundwater and wastewater. You’ve probably never heard of APTWater. I hadn’t, nor had a friend who lives near their headquarters ...
IPR Successes: Trolls and Tolls
September marks the five-year anniversary of inter partes review (IPR), and Patent Progress is highlighting how successful the system has been at achieving its stated goals of increasing patent quali...
Multiple Petitions? More Like Multiplicative Claiming And Assertion
One of the criticisms frequently leveled against inter partes reviews (IPRs) is that people file multiple IPRs; they file two, three, four IPR petitions in order to harass a patent owner. Complaints...