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 that they have a significant presence in the United States.” This is welcome news, as the ITC can get abused by patent trolls. We will have…
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Previewing Monday’s DOJ/FTC Workshop on Patent Trolls and Antitrust
by Josh Lamel •
On Monday, Patent Progress will be out in full force at the joint public workshop on patent assertion entity (PAE) behavior organized by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). They have put together an excellent series of panels, and we will be live-tweeting the workshop…