EFF has been fighting
abuse of the patent system for years — doing everything from getting bad patents invalidated, to working to stop bad patents from issuing in the first place, to trying to fix imbalances in the law.
Not exact matches
However, rather than compete
for market share on the merits or fulfill its statutory obligation to enable competitors to practice its invention after its
patents expired, Green Mountain has
abused its dominance in the brewer market by coercing business partners at every level
of the K - Cup distribution
system to enter into anticompetitive agreements intended to unlawfully maintain Green Mountain's monopoly over the markets in which K - Cups are sold.
The Court conceded that its decision would increase the risk
of liability
for indirect infringement claims amid public concern about perceived
abuses of the
patent system, including infringement actions by
patent - assertion entities and deceptive
patent demand letters.
For the past week, the U.S. National Public Radio has broadcast a series
of shocking reports about corruption and
abuse in how the US
Patent system is set up, and who is
abusing it to the detriment
of everyone else and innovation.
The news comes at a time that Congress is working on a law, the Innovation Act, intended to curb
abuse of the
patent system through measures like fee shifting and new legal discovery rules that would make it harder
for patent trolls to swamp their targets with litigation costs.
«Through the mass mailing
of bad faith demand letters, some bad actors have
abused an otherwise legitimate
patent enforcement practice
for the purpose
of extracting payment from small «mom and pop» businesses and other groups
of people generally unfamiliar with the
patent system,» according to the letter.
The Coalition
for Patent Fairness has long advocated for reforms that will thwart abuses of the patent system, and we thank Representatives Farenthold and Jeffries for their su
Patent Fairness has long advocated
for reforms that will thwart
abuses of the
patent system, and we thank Representatives Farenthold and Jeffries for their su
patent system, and we thank Representatives Farenthold and Jeffries
for their support.
And ultimately, it is workers and consumers who pay the bill
for abuse of the broken
patent litigation
system.
The Coalition
for Patent Fairness has long advocated for reforms that will thwart abuses of the patent system, and Senator Cornyn's legislation will help advance that e
Patent Fairness has long advocated
for reforms that will thwart
abuses of the
patent system, and Senator Cornyn's legislation will help advance that e
patent system, and Senator Cornyn's legislation will help advance that effort.
Congress should enact the bipartisan
Patent Reform Act of 2009 to encourage innovation and job creation and end the abuse of the patent system,» the Coalition for Patent Fairness
Patent Reform Act
of 2009 to encourage innovation and job creation and end the
abuse of the
patent system,» the Coalition for Patent Fairness
patent system,» the Coalition
for Patent Fairness
Patent Fairness said.
The testimony that NPEs, or
patent trolls, account
for 88 %
of all suits filed against technology companies is an alarm bell about
abuse of the
patent system.
In the past, President Obama and his Administration have voiced support
for reforms that would address ongoing
abuses of the
patent system by
patent assertion entities, otherwise known as
patent trolls, which currently cost America's economy roughly $ 29 billion each year.
And
abuse of the
system leaves parties who are in no position to monitor or search
for patents left facing lawsuit threats and licensing demands.