IP Patent Infringement Patent Troll 
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
There is absolutely no doubt that at least some bad-acting patent owners continue to engage in a systematic game of extortion that leverages judicial inefficiencies and the often-outrageous costs of fighting and winning even when there is absolutely no merit to the patent infringement allegations.
IP Law 360
MAY 28, 2024
s argument in its fight at the Federal Circuit that Idaho's law barring "bad faith" allegations of patent infringement is constitutional. Attorneys general from 27 states, along with tech industry lobbying groups, have thrown their support behind Micron Technology Inc.'s
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Kashishipr
MAY 5, 2021
The term ‘Patent Troll’ originated in 1994 in an educational video by Paula Natasha Chavez called the ‘Patents Video.’ ’ A patent troll is a term used for describing a company that uses Patent Infringement claims to win arguments and court judgments for profit or to stifle competition.
IPilogue
AUGUST 24, 2022
The second kind, private parties, often use the patents they acquire for profit through damage or settlement awards, or royalties and licensing rights. NPEs who acquire patents solely for profit (and not commercialization) are also called “Patent Trolls” or “ patent assertion entities.”
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Cloud Native Computing Foundation launches a patent troll bounty program to protect the open-source computing community; the European Patent Office announces Russia Patent Requests will be denied as part of sanctions; and Sweden becomes the first country in the world to file a trademark for its name.
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.
IPilogue
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Emily Xiang is an IPilogue Writer, a Senior Fellow with the IP Innovation Clinic, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where she teaches contracts, international IP, patents, copyright, and courses on Biblical Law. Professor Ruth L. Okediji is the Jeremiah Smith Jr.
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