IP Law 360

JANUARY 27, 2023

was named chairman of the House subcommittee overseeing intellectual property on Friday, returning him to a leadership post on a panel where he has been critical of what he has described as abusive litigation by companies he calls "patent trolls." Darrell Issa, R-Calif.,

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Idaho's attorney general told a federal court on Tuesday that his office would be moving to defend the constitutionality of a largely untested law passed in Boise to let companies use federal courts in the state to punish so-called patent trolls.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2022

in which the appellate court overturned the Western District of Missouri’s grant of injunctive relief to Tumey, a patent attorney representing a plaintiff asserting patent claims against Mycroft. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued a ruling in Tumey v. Mycroft AI, Inc.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 19, 2021

A North Carolina federal judge shot down a constitutional challenge Thursday to a state law that criminalizes patent licensing demand letters sent in bad faith, rejecting a licensing company's arguments that the law violates the rights to free speech and equal protection.

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IP Law 360

MAY 6, 2024

A California federal judge has found that Taiwanese chipmaker Realtek can't use the federal courts to sue one of its major rivals for allegedly using a "bounty" to fund "patent troll" litigation against it because that doesn't break any federal antitrust laws.

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IP Law 360

MAY 18, 2023

House of Representatives members on Thursday introduced for the third time a bill that aims to restrict the ability of patent licensing companies to file suits at the U.S. International Trade Commission, saying the legislation would help protect American businesses.

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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.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 24, 2022

NPEs are a special type of entity that specifically purchases patents or patent rights but does not commodify the patent. The second kind, private parties, often use the patents they acquire for profit through damage or settlement awards, or royalties and licensing rights.

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IPilogue

MAY 31, 2022

Google’s contribution to the US patent system. Healthy patent systems can sometimes be described as a way to incentivize creative inventions, encourage building on existing ideas, and avoid frivolous litigation. Concern with the US patent system. Google also helped discover the License on Transfer Network. Source: RPX.

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IAM Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

In first public appearance since stepping down from the Federal Circuit, former judge speaks about the US Supreme Court’s record in patent cases, the effects of eBay and threats to Bayh-Dole.

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IAM Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

In first public appearance since stepping down from the Federal Circuit, former judge speaks about the US Supreme Court’s record in patent cases, the effects of eBay and threats to Bayh-Dole.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 15, 2022

patent system. Prado portrays Google as a strong supporter of the patent system, citing their history in initiatives to spur new inventions and technologies. For example, Google was a key player in 2013 in starting the Open Patent Non-Assertion Pledge (to not sue on open-source software).

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Idaho AG Lawrence Wasden has filed motions to intervene [Law360 paywall] in two related patent lawsuits.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 14, 2023

VirnetX is a classic example of an NPE that does not qualify as a “patent troll.” Patent trolls leverage the litigation system to negotiate settlements for less than the cost of defending against a lawsuit. VirnetX, on the other hand, licenses its patents for eight and sometimes nine figures. How can you tell?

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Nimitz Technologies — an alleged stalking horse for so-called patent troll IP-Edge — plans on going to the U.S. Supreme Court to fight a Delaware federal judge's headline-grabbing "inquisition" into its business practices, asking an appeals court to freeze that investigation until it files with the justices.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A San Francisco software company being sued in the Western District of Texas by a so-called patent troll is now telling U.S. District Judge Alan Albright it has discovered a paperwork flub that shows its legal foe does not own the "ancient, 20-year-old patents" that were initially issued to a since-deceased early internet pioneer.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 12, 2022

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 a company named Stormborn Technologies, an IP Edge entity. By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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Patently-O

AUGUST 8, 2021

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Mikey Campbell: Apple Challenges Patent Troll Targeting Maps Navigation (Source: Apple Insider). Blake Brittain: Apple Must Face Apple Watch Patent Claims, Fed Circ. Susan Decker and Matthew Bultman: Apple Sinks ‘Submarine Patent,’ Escapes $308.5 New Job Postings on Patently-O: Lilly.

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IAM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Saturday Opinion: North Carolina’s Abusive Patent Assertions Act survived a constitutional challenge this week because it puts focus where it should be – on bad faith behaviour, not business structure.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 9, 2022

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 a court where many patent trolls file suit, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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IP Law 360

JULY 24, 2023

E-commerce software brand Shopify doubled-down on its legal attack on the business practices of IP Edge, urging a San Antonio federal judge to reject a Waco magistrate judge's holding that an allegedly affiliated licensing company does not have to participate in what Shopify's lawyers have called a campaign to "expose patent trolls."

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

House of Representatives members reintroduced a bill Tuesday that aims to restrict the ability of patent licensing companies to file suits at the U.S. International Trade Commission, saying the legislation would help protect American companies.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 14, 2021

That’s the question posed by a recent spate of lawsuits brought against Apple and Google by Jawbone Innovations LLC alleging patent infringement on the part of the tech giants. But what if a failed company lived or, or at least its intellectual property?

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The Life Is Good Co., an apparel and accessories brand, accused a Texas company on Monday of threatening to assert bogus infringement claims over search engine technology.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Pat Muffo sits down with NPE Leigh Rothschild to discuss both sides of the “patent troll” debate. Click here to watch the full video.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 13, 2022

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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The Illusion of More

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

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., a lawsuit bogged down in tiresome and tangential details, but which is important for independent creators. The post To Err is Human: Unicolors v.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2023

VirnetX is a classic example of an NPE that does not qualify as a “patent troll.” Patent trolls leverage the litigation system to negotiate settlements for less than the cost of defending against a lawsuit. VirnetX, on the other hand, licenses its patents for eight and sometimes nine figures.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 4, 2023

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”). Technologies is similar to other NPEs, asserting two patents against well-known companies for technology that has been around since the turn of the millennium.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 23, 2023

Pat Muffo discusses the latest on the standoff between patent troll IP Edge and District of Delaware Judge Colm Connolly.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Idaho has urged a federal judge not to throw out Micron Technology's suit alleging that a patent holding company asserted bad faith infringement claims, saying the state's law to deter so-called patent trolls is "well within the police powers" afforded by the constitution.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

While banks and financial institutions have long been the subject of patent lawsuits, they have been increasingly targeted this year by a number of non-practicing entities. Non-practicing entities are those that acquire patents but do not actually practice the patented inventions. By: Thompson Coburn LLP

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 14, 2023

[link] Pat Muffo (Partner – Intellectual Property) discusses a patent troll named “Cloud Systems Holdco LLC”

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The assault on banks and financial institutions by non-practicing entities or “patent trolls” continues. Two weeks ago, we discussed a number of patent infringement suits being filed by Auth Token. based on their support of the mobile payment and digital wallet service, Samsung Pay.

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IAM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Saturday Opinion: North Carolina’s Abusive Patent Assertions Act survived a constitutional challenge this week because it puts focus where it should be – on bad faith behaviour, not business structure.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 27, 2023

IP Partner Pat Muffo discusses the patent troll impact of recent patent reform bills.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 5, 2023

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 a company named Web 2.0 Technologies, LLC. By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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