Tag: patent troll
Step 1: Destroy IPR. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit.
Last week, the USPTO issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) containing major changes to the institution process for inter partes review. Combined with other changes made by the USPTO, inc...
Not Just Tech: Battling Patent Trolls in the Healthcare Industry
Critics of efforts to mitigate patent troll abuse often make claims that patent troll concerns are overblown, or that the whole concept is a tech industry fabrication. But recent reporting from Bloomb...
From Blackbird to Burford: Push for Funder Ownership of Law Firm is Cause for Concern
Burford Capital, the world’s largest third-party litigation funder, has announced plans to take their business model one step further. It is now exploring acquiring minority stakes in law firms, in ...
Patent Troll Fumbles Cases Against NFL Teams
Earlier this month, a particularly aggressive non-practicing entity (NPE) – TicketMatrix LLC – quietly dropped a pair of patent infringement lawsuits against two National Football League teams, th...
DOJ Misses the Mark on Injunctions
On July 11, 2025, the non-practicing entity (NPE) Radian Memory Systems LLC dropped a request for injunctive relief against Samsung after the defendant provided new evidence that undercut the immediat...
New, Illegal, Guidance Means More Arbitrary Denials, Less Accountability at USPTO
Last week, Acting USPTO Director Coke Morgan Stewart accelerated the agency’s recent backslide on policies governing the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) by issuing an “interim process” that...
Federal Circuit Confirms AliveCor Patents Invalid, ITC Case Moot
Quite some time back, the USITC found that Apple's Watch had infringed a set of ECG patents. During the pendency of the ITC case, Apple filed a set of inter partes review petitions alleging invalidit...
Attorney Misconduct in EDTX Exposes Patent Troll’s Blatant Judge Shopping
In late January, Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas (EDTX) ordered attorney Randall Gartesier to “relearn the fundamentals of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure” after he mis...
Vague Patent Weaponized Against America’s Pastime
Earlier this month, Major League Baseball returned to the courtroom to defend itself against a patent that claims to cover dynamic ticketing technology – though MLB argues it only covers an unpatent...