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“As she said these words her foot slipped, and in another moment, splash! she was up to her chin in salt water….'I wish I hadn't cried so... Read More »
The Federal Circuit has released its long-awaited opinion in McRo v. Bandai, reversing the lower court’s decision that the claims were ineligible subject... Read More »
Last week we published the result of our analysis of software patent suits since 2010, observing that such patent suits are on a rapid decline, post the Alice... Read More »
The race is on to gain control of a new technology that has the power to reinvent banking and make transactions and other agreements between parties cheaper... Read More »
Introduction
On July 19, 2016, the District Court for the Western District of Washington (“Court”) dismissed a patent suit because the asserted... Read More »
Unitary patents in Europe
The European unitary patent and Unitary Patent Court (UPC) are slated to go into effect in early 2017. These monumental changes will... Read More »
On July 14, 2016, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued new subject matter eligibility guidance for life science claims following a ruling by the Federal... Read More »
The Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l, 134 S.Ct. 2347 (2014) (“Alice”) has had a significant impact on the patent ... Read More »
The second prong of the Alice test is commonly abbreviated as requiring an “inventive concept.” Of course, that same nomenclature is used by many... Read More »
Over the past two months, the trends I've discussed in my previous blogs on AliceStorm have continued and become more entrenched. In particular, the Federal... Read More »
Inter partes reviews are the new hotbed of patent litigation. Filed at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, IPRs take down... Read More »
A few weeks ago, we identified the 25 most litigated patents since 2010 and learned they were responsible for more than 6% of all patent suits in the country. As... Read More »
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TAEKSUNG KIMGreat analysis. Peculiarly however, I have found that there are many issued data processing patents in the field of autonomous vehicles. Efforts for preoccupying patents?
Sep 8, 2016
Pedram SameniThis analysis is independent of prosecution data. While we believe Alice and IPR may have impacted filing strategies of some companies, they are not directly related. We plan to do another study in the near future covering the prosecution data.
Sep 8, 2016
A prior post reported on the litigation between Electric Power Group (EPG) and Alstom Grid.
The lawsuit, filed in the Central District of ... Read More »
Scam artists are getting more creative and detailed in their attempts at defrauding law firms. I was recently the attempted target of such a scam. I received the ... Read More »
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) wants universities to roll over and play dead when giant corporations steal their intellectual property.
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A recent Federal Circuit decision in Bascom Global Internet Services, Inc. v. AT&T Mobility LLC, gives patent owners another illustration of patent subject matter ... Read More »
Last week we published the number of unique patent assertions since 2010, surprisingly noticing that this number has been on a steady decline. Given that the number... Read More »
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TAEKSUNG KIMThis is an excellent analysis. Your report shows that a powerful patent will survive many battles.
Aug 25, 2016
Pedram SameniThanks Taeksung for your note. However, many of these cases had been filed together or around the same time. It does not necessarily mean that the patent was beaten 400 times and survived.
Aug 25, 2016
It is axiomatic that the claims of a patent describe the invention, and for Alice challenges, define whether an invention is drawn to an abstract idea without an... Read More »
On July 5, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an opinion vacating the summary judgment of invalidity of U.S. Patent No. 7,604,929... Read More »
We recently studied the PTAB data and suggested that although the rise and fall in litigation indirectly affected the rise and fall in IPR challenges, the true driver ... Read More »