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[GuestPost] Opinion: Patent trolling threatens the market of taxi aggregators in Kazakhstan

The IPKat

Merpel does not like this form of taxi Friend of the Kat and Legal Head of Delivery for Gett in Moscow, Konstantin Voropaev has been following some developments out of Kazakhstan relating to an uptick in litigation in the taxi-app space. So the market is busy, growing and lucrative. So what is going on? Let’s start at the beginning.

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Litigation as a Source of Profit? Non-Practicing Entities and Patent Litigation

IPilogue

Litigation is almost always recommended to be avoided , whether because of the sheer amount of time needed to get a court date, the expensive costs for the client and law firm, or the risks associated with receiving an unfavorable judgement. They do not practice, develop, manufacture, or otherwise commercialize the patent.

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Patent Assertion Entities: A Boon or a Bane?

Kashishipr

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.

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We Need Patent Reform To Free Markets Of Abusive Litigation

IP Law 360

With patent trolls accounting for more than half of all U.S. patent litigation annually, the country needs commonsense reforms that allow innovators and entrepreneurs to bring their products to market free of meritless legal actions, says former Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.

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marketing may be material even to very expensive/complex business purchases

43(B)log

Appian disseminated the report through its sales team, social media, and other marketing. patent trolls, paid content promoted as ‘unbiased truth,’ and sometimes just blatant lies. Were the remaining Pegasystems marketing materials disseminated broadly enough to be “commercial advertising or promotion”?

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NPE Showcase: NPE Litigation in 2023 – What to Expect

LexBlog IP

This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on NPE litigation as a whole, and what to expect in 2023. 6] Why is patent litigation so tied to the capital markets?

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Creator of Candy Crush Saga Backs Off on Trademark Registration

Greenspoon Marder LLP

It didn’t take long for the accusations of patenttrolling” to come out, but King Digital released a statement that they were merely trying to protect their brand name for the upcoming future. Each market that King operates in is different with regard to IP. This does not affect our E.U.