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Stephen Haber, a professor of political science at Stanford University recently weighed in on the role of patent trolls in the innovation economy. Contrary to some... Read More »
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Xi FungWhile the argument makes sense, there was a similar study by Boston university professors Jim Bessen and Mike Muerer who stated the contrary. What's your take on their article?
Feb 24, 2015
Kyle HoellgerThanks Xi. Bessen and Muerer's work raises some interesting points and there is no denying that some companies act in bad faith when it comes to asserting poor quality patents. I think the discrepancy comes down to how you define the term "patent troll" when you consider that Boston University, as an academic institution, protects and enforces its IP, while not necessarily manufacturing any products. Once the name calling gets out of the way I think you get a clearer picture of how NPEs are affecting the economy.
Feb 24, 2015
OpenText won a small victory earlier this week as a federal jury awarded the company $5M in patent infringement damages against Box and Carahsoft Technology... Read More »
Earlier this week Facebook was granted a patent to "Identify experts and influencers in a social network." The idea is that the company could monitor the... Read More »
Earlier this week Google was awarded a patent for "a movement tracker that activates a web-connected air freshener to emit a fragrance to mask any offending... Read More »
IBM is suing Priceline Group and its subsidiaries Kayak and Opentable after failing to reach a patent licensing agreement. The complaint, filed earlier this week in... Read More »
Earlier this week Veeam Software announced the end of the first patent litigation case brought against the company by Symantec. The lawsuit, which was originally... Read More »
Last week the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, or PTAB, denied institution of an inter partes review of US 7,631,336 filed by Unified Patents. The decision was based on ... Read More »
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Jon La BreaThis was on substantive grounds. Looks like either the board is tightening up or the petitioners are pushing the envelope or targeting patents that are not necessarily that weak. In this case they argued obviousness.
Feb 5, 2015
A patent awarded to Google earlier this week explores ways to make car controls hand-free by using a series of sensors and hand gestures as an alternative to... Read More »
According to a statement made by the company last week, Avigilon recently acquired new video analytics patents from Behavioral Recognition Systems, FaceDouble... Read More »
A recent article published by IP Watchdog shed light on the breakdown of patents issued to Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, and other large companies in 2014. Based on... Read More »
Last week Microsoft was granted a patent for technology that will allow users of its Windows handsets to put their devices into "inconspicuous mode." Per... Read More »
During a recent product announcement, Xiaomi's CEO Lei Jun said that the Chinese smartphone manufacturer had applied for a total of 2,318 patents over the... Read More »
Bradenton-based ammunition manufacturer Liberty Ammunition has won $15.6M in damages stemming from a patent infringement lawsuit against the US government. The suit... Read More »
Earlier this week Rosemont, IL based sports equipment manufacturer Riddell filed a patent infringement lawsuit against rival company Rawlings. The lawsuit alleges... Read More »
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Limited patent portfolio visibility is a challenge facing IP intensive organizations around the world. Getting to the granular level within a four or ... Read More »
February 2014 was supposed to be a landmark day for the 3D printing industry, as several key selective laser sintering (SLS) patents awarded to Carl Deckard in the... Read More »
Idea Power announced earlier this week that the European Patent Office awarded the company patent EP2025051B1 which covers its Power Packet Switching Architecture... Read More »
Last week Microsoft filed a patent application that describes an "eye-tracking keyboard." The proposed system describes swipe and gesture-based software and ... Read More »
Rockstar Consortium has agreed to sell more than 4,000 telecommunications patents to RPX in a deal worth about $900M. The deal will put an end to several lawsuits... Read More »
Earlier this week Novartis launched a patent infringement lawsuit against Indian drugmaker Cipla for its October rollout of a COPD generic called Onbrez, which is... Read More »