Sentences with phrase «against patent trolls»

This week brings promising news in the fight against patent trolls.

This has allowed even small companies to fight back against patent trolls wielding weak software patents.

Even if regulations change to defend against patent trolls, IP and trademarks will continue to play an important and strategic role in large corporations.

There has also been movement in the courts against patent trolls.

In other words startups, no matter how small, can now buy protection against patent trolls.

The tide has turned heavily against patent trolls as of late.

We've made considerable progress in our fight against patent trolls.

This could be the year Congress takes serious action against patent trolls, non-practicing entities that buy up patents and virtually extort companies to pay up for violating frivolous patents.

We thank Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Grassley, Senator Feinstein, Senator Cornyn, Senator Schumer, Senator Hatch, Senator Lee, Senator Klobuchar, and Senator Blumenthal for their strong and effective leadership on this issue and for taking a powerful stand against patent trolls.

One problem is that the pledge will have little effect against patent trolls like Intellectual Ventures, which buy up old patents and use them to file lawsuits against productive companies.

From litigation against patent trolls to software copyright analysis and licensing, our IP lawyers help our clients to maximise the value of their IP, both in the UK and internationally.

In fact, in 2014 when the last major cases involving such infringements were decided, the court ruled unanimously against patent trolls.

Even after a recent Supreme Court win against patent trolls, startups must remain engaged in patent reform.

The Internet giants warned against patent trolling, which refers to instances when companies that had no involvement in the creation or invention of a patent demand licences or other payments from legitimate companies by relying on dubious patents.

The State of Vermont filed a lawsuit against a patent troll company for allegedly violating the state's consumer protection laws.

«We accumulated over 22 litigation victories against patent trolls,» Huang said.

Others laud it as a powerful weapon in the battle against patent trolls.

That is why EFF has filed an amicus brief [PDF] urging the court to uphold fee awards against patent trolls (and their lawyers) when they assert software patents that are clearly invalid under the Supreme Court's decision in Alice v. CLS Bank (which held that an abstract idea is not eligible for a patent simply because it has been implemented on a generic computer).

Many tech companies will file several patents regarding a new device so that they're more protectable against patent trolls.

In addition to announcing an investigation, Chairwoman Ramirez affirmed that the FTC stands ready to enforce antitrust laws against patent trolls.

Just last month, Vermont filed a groundbreaking consumer protection complaint against against a patent troll.

A measure like this would have effectively stopped EFF from engaging in our Save Podcasting campaign against the patent troll Personal Audio.

NAR took a forceful step against patent trolls last week by filing a petition with the U.S. Patent Office challenging the validity of patent claims by a company that's been threatening infringement lawsuits against several real estate companies.

The IPLC's job was to collect data on patent litigation so that it could be studied and help to fight back against the patent trolls.

«One of the business models many NPEs leverage is offering a settlement that will cost less than at trial,» said Michael Strapp, a patent lawyer at Goodwin Proctor, who has written a guide to defending against patent trolls.

Courts have a key part to play in the fight against patent trolls, by penalizing patent trolls for bringing frivolous claims, Ramirez said.

EFF filed comments today urging the Federal Trade Commission to take action against patent trolls.

We again thank Chairman Goodlatte for his strong and effective leadership on this issue, along with so many members of the House who took a powerful stand against patent trolls.

Several states passed laws in the last year to go on the offensive against patent trolls, following in Vermont's footsteps.

In the article, «Patent Trolls Take Their Toll,» Lorelli discusses how the Leahy - Smith America Invents Act protects companies against patent trolls, as well as ways that patent trolls have continued to impact companies across all industries.

«You have been an inspiration to us all in the fight against patent trolls!»

I have previously said that the problem with some of Apple's arguments in the Samsung litigation (design patent damages, for example) are even against Apple's own interests with respect to other litigation, especially where Apple has to defend itself against patent trolls.

To promote continuing growth in our startup economy, we need comprehensive patent reform legislation that will provide small companies the tools to fight back against patent trolls and will curb the worst behavior of the most egregious actors.»

The Innovation Act takes important steps to discourage abusive behavior and provide productive businesses with the tools they need to defend themselves against patent trolls.

The suit will almost surely raise constitutional issues concerning state power and patents but, for now, businesses will welcome a big new ally in the fight against patent trolls; others include Google (s goog) and patent scholars like Mark Lemley and Brian Love.

Alice is a crucial tool for fighting back against these patent trolls.

We think this proposal — which is also one of the reforms proposed at our Defend Innovation project — is a great first step in the fight against patent trolls.

Two years in, we can say that while Alice has not solved all problems with software patents, it has given productive companies a valuable tool for fighting back against patent trolls.

Twitter has been especially active in this space — both by fighting back against patent trolls and in giving its own developers a voice through its Innovator's Patent Agreement (IPA).

To our knowledge, this is the first time a state attorney general has taken action like this against a patent troll.

In recent months, similar sentiments have been expressed on Capitol Hill, where Congress is debating patent litigation reform, and even in the White House, where President Obama has come out against patent trolls.

Minnesota is the latest state to join the fight against patent trolls.

Numerous bills are pending before Congress and key policymakers have spoken out against patent trolls.

It also gives the agency a tool to fight back against patent trolls, or entities that often use low - quality patents to fuel abusive litigation and win extortionate settlements from productive American companies.

In 2016, NAR also acted forcefully with technology partner Move Inc. to protect its members intellectual property rights and pushed back against patent trolls.