Tag: patent trolls
In WDTX, the Numbers Tell the Story
If there was ever any doubt that Judge Alan Albright’s courtroom in Waco, Texas was a favorable venue for patent trolls, we can now put that notion to rest. The proof is in the numbers.
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When Does “Without Ads” Mean “With Ads”? When You Want To Abuse A Patent
Funimation is a successful anime streaming company. It has a monthly subscription tier, which is ad-free, and a free tier, which includes advertisement. This week, failed company Firtiva filed a l...
Meet the Western District of Texas—NPEs Certainly Have
For years, the Eastern District of Texas was the favored stomping ground for patent trolls. Short times from filing to trial, shorter trials, judges with local rules friendly to patent plaintiff...
GNOME Slays Troll
Last year, Patent Progress reported on a troll targeting the GNOME Foundation, a major open source coordinating entity. Despite Director Iancu’s public statement claiming that trolls are a myt...
Patents in the Time of Coronavirus
Most of the time, the patents I cover involve investment in technology and who gets how much money. Innovation is important, but the patent lawsuits I write about usually don’t directly threat...
Troll U: When Tech Transfer Stops Being About The Transfer
Universities commonly have technology transfer operations that spin off companies derived from university research and license patents created by university research. Setting aside whether those...
Blackbird Grounded—For Now
Almost two years ago, I wrote about a new non-practicing entity (NPE)—Blackbird Technologies. It claimed to be helping innovators, but the main innovation it helped promote was its own—havin...
NPEs Continue To Leave Their (Land)mark On Small Businesses
The reports of the death of the patent troll are greatly exaggerated. Alive and well, they continue to have a real impact on small and medium-sized U.S. businesses (SMEs).
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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...