The Illusion of More

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in the copyright case Unicolors v. And speaking of tangential details, I noticed that Justice Sotomayor inadvertently used the term “patent trolls” during her brief interaction […]. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P.,

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Intepat

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Introduction Patent trolls are entities that do not actively develop their inventions but instead acquire patent rights for obvious inventions to prevent others from working on them or to collect licensing fees. In a way, patent trolls serve a purpose, much like lawyers.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 19, 2021

COPYRIGHT The Government of Hong Kong recently released a public consultation paper on updating the national Copyright regime (the "Copyright Ordinance"). PATENTS Permakat Prof. Wilkof discussed patent trolling and the long debate about it and whenever this topic might still be relevant and deserving of attention.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 28, 2021

Katfriend Konstantin Voropaev analysed a patent trolling case from Kazakhstan, where a local patent troll threatened the market of taxi aggregators (platforms, where passengers connect with drivers).

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where she teaches contracts, international IP, patents, copyright, and courses on Biblical Law. Individuals and companies commonly engage in the strategic purchasing of critical blocking patent portfolios. Professor Ruth L. Okediji is the Jeremiah Smith Jr.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 28, 2024

299 limits joinder in patent cases to defendants who infringe using “the same accused product or process.” ” Congress enacted this requirement to restrict patent trolls who were filing lawsuits against defendants who had nothing in common but the allegation that they were infringing the same patent.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 23, 2024

Copyright trolls and patent trolls are not unknown to the rest of the world and the damage in those parts has already been seen. Moreover, copyright scams are complicated to differentiate and tracking of such scams can be extensively time consuming and still may end wasteful.

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