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Obama Drinks the Kool-Aid on Weaker Patents, “Trolls”
The President’s confusion about innovation and what needs reform will likely undermine American competitiveness. In a recent Fireside Hangout on Google+ President Obama said that the
U.S. Cong. Research Service Wants Some Patent Holders to “PAE”
Flawed IP Report Attempts to Legitimize Assertion Label If the Congressional Research Service’s distorted findings on the impact of patent holders are not bad enough,
Patents – The Rights We Love to Hate
A Misunderstood Symbol of Control, Patents are the Rodney Dangerfield of Assets: “They Can’t Get No Respect” – Recent record prices for patent sales and
New Patent Litigation Survey Confirms NPE Growth
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
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
Another "IP Insider" Speaks Out
What Patent People Are Saying Apparently IP Insider readers can’t keep their ears to themselves. This time a reader is offering the top ten
Patent “Plot” Thickens
EDN Takes a Fresh Look at NPEs In the current Electronic Design, Strategy, News, contributing editor Tam Harbert cuts to the heart of the NPE matter with a timely
Patent Troll Defense
Insurer Must Provide Defense Coverage To Hyundai in “Troll” Dispute In a story that received scant media coverage, an appeals court has decided that two
Patent Litigation Trends
NPE Impact is Focus of PwC Study A very useful study was recently released from PwC. “A Closer Look –Patent litigation trends and the increasing
CEO Guide
BW (yawn… ) on Patent Trolls Business Week recently ran a special report under the heading “CEO Guide to Patent Trolls.” Much of the five-article
