What’s Fueling Higher Awards? Damages awards for NPEs (non-practicing patent owning entities) are on average triple those of practicing entities, according to handy 2010 Patent
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IBM Files Patent on Patenting Process
Is Big Blue Co-Opting Innovation? It was reported in early 2011 that an application has been published for an IBM patent that apparently attempts to
USPTO Chief Lists Challenges at Columbia Gathering
Kappos: Make Patents More Relevant United States Patent and Trademark Office Commissioner David Kappos said last week at a Columbia University Technology Ventures gathering that
Sale of Telco Patents May Change Tech Power Balance
Bidding Frenzy Likely for Nortel Rights Reuters broke a story that bids for the remaining Nortel Networks patents worth up to $1 billion are due
Legendary French Film Director Aids Music Pirate
“There are no Copyrights,” says Godard Few filmmakers have been more influential than Jean-Luc Godard. Godard directed such French New Wave classics as Breathless, Weekend and Band of
Letter to The Intangible Investor
CEO Addresses Patent Tax Credit The following letter by Tessera CEO Henry Nothhaft (NASDAQ: TSRA) is in response to “Patentomics,” a column written for The
European IP Leaders Meet at 4th Summit
Vision is Focus for Brussels IP 2010 Leading figures in European intellectual property business, regulation and finance, as well as several prominent Americans, will be
Latest SF Tech Boomlet Fuels Jobs & More
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs — & IP Deals, Too! If a recent news article about the San Francisco economy is any indication, politicians may soon be
Facebook Success Dissected in “Social Network” Movie
Flash of Anus – The Social Network is currently the top grossing movie in the land. It’s the story of how Facebook, now with 500
Patent System Proposals Show Promise But
The Devil is in the Details A plan to resolve significant numbers of patent disputes quickly and cheaply, and another to use patents to create more U.S. jobs are
Former Chief Judge Takes off Robes and Gloves
Anti-Patent Trash Talk Hurts Economy – Hon. Paul Michel, Chief Judge for the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), who left the bench recently
Patent “War” Launched by Billionaire Allen
MSFT Founder Sues Over Web Rights – Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is claiming in a suit filed in filed on Friday in Seattle that patents owned by a company that he once
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