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Is Intellectual Ventures (IV) really the ‘King of Patent Trolls’? If so, the company has done its best to earn the title.
Objectively speaking... Read More »
US patent law has a number of messes and one of the purposes of the America Invents Act is to do some housecleaning. The area of false marking is an excellent example ... Read More »
The recent decision on Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. v. Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP raises the issue of ‘secret prior art’ and also raises... Read More »
The slow march of the EU towards a "unitary patent system" may have turned a major corner as of 22 Nov, when the Legal Affairs Committee of the European... Read More »
So, I have a great idea for a new product called a “Bi-Cycle” (crazy name, I know, but bear with me). It’s got a wheel in front, a wheel in... Read More »
“By 2015 two thirds of all consumer electronics devices will have some sort of connectivity. Any company or manufacturer that wants to get in there will need an ... Read More »
“Analysts are beginning to get concerned about a patent price bubble forming, where the amount of money a company, or indeed an individual investor, will pay... Read More »
More than ever, patents are big business. And more than ever, there are business that are exclusively concerned with patents. The polite term is... Read More »
Last week, Judge Alsup gave us two new reasons to view the Oracle vs. Google case in a new light.
Citing an upcoming (and unrelated) criminal case, the ... Read More »