What: US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance hearing: «Demand Letters and Consumer Protection: Examining Deceptive Practices
by Patent Assertion Entities»
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.
«Instead of creating new jobs and investing in new technologies, businesses large and small across many industries... continue to be forced to divert scarce resources to fighting frivolous lawsuits and overly broad claims made
by Patent Assertion Entities, or «patent trolls».»
«Despite the passage of the America Invents Act (AIA), many of America's most innovative companies are still plagued
by patent assertion entities (PAEs), commonly referred to as «patent trolls.»
«Instead of creating new jobs and investing in new technologies, businesses large and small across many industries — from national realty, construction, and technology businesses to Main Street retail shops, hotels, grocers, convenience stores, and restaurants — continue to be forced to divert scarce resources to fighting frivolous lawsuits and overly broad claims made
by Patent Assertion Entities, or «patent trolls».»
CPF believes that Chairman Goodlatte's draft legislation, if enacted, would help address the abuse of our current patent system
by patent assertion entities, commonly referred to as patent trolls.
On Monday, executives from high - profile tech companies, including [company] Apple [/ company] and [company] Microsoft [/ company], put their names to a public letter that sought to safeguard an upcoming IEEE decision from «smoke and mirrors» tactics
by patent assertion entities (commonly known as patent trolls).
Estimations reveal that 62 percent of all patent litigation matters are initiated
by the patent assertion agencies.
Defended patent infringement actions brought
by patent assertion entities (commonly known as patent trolls).
Not exact matches
The White House's
Patent Assertion and Innovation report of June 2013 found that since 2005, the number of defendants sued by patent trolls had quadr
Patent Assertion and Innovation report of June 2013 found that since 2005, the number of defendants sued
by patent trolls had quadr
patent trolls had quadrupled.
Equitable estoppel does not bar
assertion of
patent claims later amended
by reexamination when those new claims differ in scope from earlier claims in the
patent that...
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.
Greg's experience further includes a broad range of IP enforcement experience, including enforcement of
patent and trademark rights through
assertion letters, administrative proceedings, arbitration and litigation, and is supported
by vast experience in a broad range of pre-litigation analysis and counseling.
The last claim - narrowing step scheduled
by Judge Koh to occur before the SJ hearing and decision is a reduction of the parties»
assertions to ten claims, from five different
patents, per side.
According to Dennis Crouch at Patently - O, Menezes filed for
patent protection claiming a method of «
patent acquisition and
assertion by a (non-inventor) first party against a second party.»
AGs Support Federal Information - Gathering Project on «
Patent Trolls» NAAG sent comments signed by 43 state and territorial attorneys general to the Federal Trade Commission in support of a proposed federal project to collect data and information about Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), also known as patent t
Patent Trolls» NAAG sent comments signed
by 43 state and territorial attorneys general to the Federal Trade Commission in support of a proposed federal project to collect data and information about
Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), also known as patent t
Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), also known as
patent t
patent trolls.
One would be hard pressed to imagine a more troubling instantiation of this model than the one practiced
by Lodsys Group, LLC... Lodsys burst onto the
patent assertion scene in 2011
by firing off a spate of demand letters to app developers, many of whom are individuals with extremely little revenue, alleging that they were using software related to «in - app purchasing» that was covered
by a handful of Lodsys - owned
patents...
The Innovation Act,
by contrast, specifically addresses certain abusive
patent assertion activities.
The undersigned organizations strongly encourage Congressional efforts to address abuses of the legal system
by certain
patent assertion entities, commonly referred to as
patent trolls.
[School name] pledges not to knowingly license or sell the rights of inventions, research, or innovation made possible
by this institution to
patent assertion entities, or
patent trolls.
In a more recent case, Globetrotter Software, Inc. v. Elan Computer Group, Inc., the court elaborated on the decision in Zenith
by holding that an allegedly «bad faith»
patent assertion must pass the «objective baselessness» standard to survive federal preemption of state - law counterclaims for tortious interference with prospective economic advantage and unfair competition.
The White House also announced the release of a new paper
by the National Economic Council and the Council of Economic Advisers, called
Patent Assertion and U.S. Innovation.
More recently, President Obama has also taken up the issue, calling out «
patent trolls» rather than using the polite name — Patent Assertion Entities, — used by Ra
patent trolls» rather than using the polite name —
Patent Assertion Entities, — used by Ra
Patent Assertion Entities, — used
by Ramirez.
Musk's observation is corroborated
by a study released today
by MIT's Catherine Tucker on «The Effect of
Patent Litigation and
Patent Assertion Entities on Entrepreneurial Activity» [PDF].
and Rockefeller (D - W.V.) introduced the Transparency in
Assertion of
Patents Act, an important piece of legislation that would really protect consumers and small businesses
by curbing the
patent demand letter problem.
Reclaim Invention asks universities to focus on
by bringing their inventions to the public, rather than selling or licensing them to
patent assertion entities whose sole business model is threatening other innovators with
patent lawsuits.
Interestingly, Mr. Almonia pushed things to the next level
by using the «
patent troll» phrase that is typically not mentioned
by senior executives since it's a fairly loaded term: «The claims we dismissed were that Nokia would be tempted to behave like a
patent troll or — to use a more polite phrase — a
patent assertion entity.»