Tag: patent troll
Trolling Effects a Smart Way to Combat Patent Trolls
Many a small business has been there. In the owner’s hands a letter filled with tons of legalese that makes little sense. They stare at the letter shocked, trying to figure out what the hell the...
Momentum Increases for Expanding Covered Business Method Review
I’ve told you before why any attempt to deal with patent trolls has to include an expansion of the Covered Business Method (CBM) review program. (Here, here and here.) Short version: This expansion ...
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 ...
Roundup of This Week’s Patent News: July 12 Edition
And we’re back, after taking last week off for the Fourth of July. Here’s what you need to know about patent news this week:
On Tuesday, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), co-sponsor of the SHIELD Act, ...
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...
Update: ITC’s New Procedure Makes Quick Work of Troll
We told you in a recent Weekly Patent Roundup about a change in the International Trade Commission's rules. The ITC is now going to require companies to prove early in the case that they have a signif...
Roundup of This Week’s Patent News: June 28 Edition
Good morning!
On Monday, Reuters reported that the International Trade Commission (ITC) is taking steps to rein in frivolous litigation from patent trolls, by requiring “companies to prove upfront t...
Concern Trolls “Worry” About Covered Business Method Review
As expected, once some ideas to deal with patent trolls were proposed by the President, the concern trolls came out in force to express “concern” about “uncertainty” and a possible, unexplain...
How Covered Business Method Review Can Help Beat Back the Trolls
The term “Covered Business Method” seems a bit dry, but if you’re interested in making life tougher for patent trolls you’ll get acquainted with it. Last week, I focused on one of the Obama Ad...