IP Close Up

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The author of a new book who was previously accused of employing junk economic science says that software ownership is damaging innovation and impeding U.S. competition. Continue reading.

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Ownership Patent Troll Litigation Patent 81

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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Intellectual Property IP Patent Troll Technology 111

LexBlog IP

MAY 11, 2023

Most nonpracticing entities are private firms owned by patent attorneys, investors, or a combination of the two. And in virtually all cases, NPEs purchase the asserted patents from another company seeking to divest assets for cash. His entities have filed a whopping 1,249 patent infringement lawsuits with 23 of those pending.

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Patent Troll Invention Inventor IP 52

LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

IP Ownership Nearly all purchase agreements require the seller to warrant that it owns or licenses the intellectual property necessary for operation of the business. Technology is often protected through patents or trade secrets. In most cases, this can be broken down between two central areas – technology and branding.

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Due Diligence IP Intellectual Property Ownership 52

SpicyIP

AUGUST 23, 2024

The dictionary definition: Trolling is a way to intentionally annoy in order to get attention or cause trouble. In the IP context, trolls are also seen as entities that misleadingly or falsely assert ownership of IP rights, with the intent of making money out of duping people.

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IP Intellectual Property Patent Troll Litigation 104

43(B)log

OCTOBER 11, 2022

patent trolls, paid content promoted as ‘unbiased truth,’ and sometimes just blatant lies. Pegasystems argued that its statements that Appian’s total cost of ownership is “higher” couldn’t be literally false because “[h]igher than what is not specified.” “But There was also a triable issue on falsity.

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Marketing Marketing Business False Advertising 59