Tag: patent reform

The patent troll debate can get abstract, with people debating numbers and data. But there’s a real, human toll. Here’s a powerful video that tells the story of two patent troll victims in Illinoi...

Last June, the Obama Administration announced a number of executive actions to tackle the patent troll problem and improve patent quality. President Obama also talked about patent reform in his State ...

[caption id="attachment_4239" align="alignleft" width="258"] Photo by Alex E. Proimos, licensed under Creative Commons 2.0[/caption] This story is so embarrassing for the U.S. Patent & Trademark O...

MPHJ is probably the most notorious bottom feeder troll, threatening thousands of small businesses who might own scanners that scan documents and email them. It’s been so active that it’s drawn fi...

Without much fanfare, Intellectual Ventures has put up a searchable public list of over 30,000 of its patents. Was it something I said? Seriously, this is a refreshing change for IV, which has, up unt...

At today's Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, “Protecting Small Businesses and Promoting Innovation by Limiting Patent Troll Abuse,” Senator Schumer explained why we need to make the Covered Bus...

One big reason that being a patent troll is so profitable is that there isn’t a lot of downside risk for the troll. You just set up a holding company with no assets other than the patents you’re u...

It looks like the Innovation Act (which was reported from the House Judiciary Committee a couple of weeks ago) will get a vote on the floor of the House this week. EFF and a number of other groups (i...

Yesterday, in a strong bipartisan vote (33-5), the House Judiciary Committee approved the Innovation Act. There’s more work to do, but this is a big victory. Nearly every major reform that’s been ...