Tag: Patent Assertion Entity (PAE)
Why We Need Better Patent Quality: There Are a Lot of Invalid Patents Out There
Prof. Michael Risch from Villanova University School of Law recently put out a great study on patent quality and [define term="patent troll"] litigation. Prof. Risch’s study is possibly the most tho...
FTC 6(b) Study on Patent Trolls Cleared by OMB, It’s Time to Serve Subpoenas
This past Friday, the FTC received OMB approval to go ahead with the 6(b) study on patent assertion entities. It’s been a long time coming, but the FTC did a thorough job of gathering feedback f...
The License on Transfer Network is a LOT of Good
A coalition of tech companies (Google, Canon, SAP, Newegg, Dropbox and Asana) recently announced a new private initiative to disarm patent trolls: the License on Transfer Network (LOT). This is essen...
MIT Professor Finds That, Yes, There Is a Patent Troll Problem
Patent reform may have stalled in the Senate, but the damage from patent trolls only continues to grow. A few weeks ago, Lex Machina released a report showing that patent assertion entity litigation...
FTC Streamlines Patent Troll Study
Yesterday the FTC announced that it has updated its proposed study on patent trolls and is sending the proposed study to OMB for approval.
Not surprisingly the public overwhelmingly supported the stu...
A Troll in Inventor’s Clothing
Sometimes this debate over patent reform seems surreal. “Small inventors” are coming out of the woodwork to make bizarre claims, like arguing that making it easier to penalize patent owners who br...
Is the FTC Study on Patent Trolls Going to Happen?
As we’ve noted, the FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez recently proposed doing a 6(b) study on the patent assertion entity business model. The proposed study has the potential to get us information about ...
Stop the Secondary Market for Patents From Running Wild
In this post, I want to address the notion that the secondary market for patents is too valuable to risk regulating. Patent trolls and their defenders often argue that a “vibrant” secondary market...
The FTC Chairwoman Calls Out Patent Assertion Entities
Another day and another volley fired against patent assertion entities (PAEs). Today, it’s the FTC joining the fray.
At an event co-sponsored by CCIA, FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez announced that she...