Sentences with phrase «of abusive litigation»

If Mr. Iancu wants to see the positive effects of IPR, he doesn't need to look any further than the small business survivors of abusive litigation.

Patent trolls have been in the spotlight of national attention in the past year, as President Obama addressed the problem in his Fireside Hangout and a White House report attempted to quantify the impact of abusive litigation.

Beyond the Judicial Hellholes, this report calls attention to seven additional jurisdictions (listed alphabetically) that bear watching due to their histories of abusive litigation or troubling developments.

Beyond the Judicial Hellholes, this report calls attention to seven additional jurisdictions that bear watching due to their histories of abusive litigation or troubling developments.

Not exact matches

While the goal of proposed legislation is to address abusive litigation, in the aggregate the bill has the potential to diminish the value of a patent by making it harder to enforce.

At a time when abusive patent litigation is stifling economic growth and putting companies of all sizes at risk, my Administration is taking action to protect innovators and keep our patent system strong.

We are also announcing an expansion of the PTO Edison Scholars Program, which will bring distinguished academic experts to the PTO to develop — and make available to the public — more robust data and research on the issues bearing on abusive litigation.

The deceptive and abusive litigation tactics used by the tobacco companies failed in the third wave of tobacco litigation.

The attorneys prosecuting the cases of the third wave of tobacco litigation also used a number of innovative legal devices, strategies or tactics designed to circumvent the tobacco industry's abusive discovery practices and to overcome the tremendous resource advantages enjoyed by the industry in previous litigation.

Over two and a half hours, we engaged in a rich discussion about how changes in family law in BC are playing out in the lives of mothers with abusive or harassing exes, and what strategies can help women cope with challenging legal situations like litigation harassment, denial of parenting time, parenting assessment reports, and the overlap between child protection and family law matters.

Abusive litigation is evil and don't even ask what I think of PETA.

Finally, by clarifying that fee awards are available in cases of litigation misconduct or abusive serial litigation, Kirtsaeng may encourage district courts to use such awards to police their dockets for «copyright trolls» or to deter chronic infringers.

Court of Queen's Bench Justice Denny Thomas is considering potential costs personally against Priscilla Kennedy, of DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, for advancing litigation that is «abusive and vexatious nature» and could potentially be a «serious abuse» of the judicial system.

Section 54.1 allows courts to impose sanctions against plaintiffs who have launched unfounded or abusive lawsuits at any stage of the litigation.

A welcome decision of the English High Court that potentially abusive litigation tactics can not prevail could prove short - lived as a result of Brexit uncertainty.

Among its findings is an explosion of abusive M&A litigation with multiple extortionate lawsuits filed within days of any major corporate announcement, a near doubling of False Claim Act qui tam litigation over just four years, and a questionable surge of lawsuits claiming that asbestos exposure resulted in workers developing lung cancer.

The story notes that, «the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, for one, has derided this activity as «a sophisticated scheme for gambling on litigation'that allegedly fuels abusive suits and creates conflicts of interest.»

$ 58,000 lien waived entirely by major health insurer where lien shown to be in violation of Georgia law and state law was not pre-empted by ERISA, health insurer threatened with abusive litigation lawsuit then dismissed claim altogether;

He also has particular experience in cases involving judicial control of vexatious and abusive litigation.

The Third Circuit's novel theory of injury - by - inefficiency departs from fundamental principles of Article III standing, and if left undisturbed, the decision below will invite abusive class action litigation.

Perhaps there is little abusive discovery in personal injury litigation, but in the subset of corporate and securities litigation, discovery requests are themselves a bludgeon for settlement.

The decision will perpetuate the kind of abusive, lawyer - driven litigation that will offer little in the way of relief for the class members and will provide an enormous windfall for the plaintiffs» lawyers who bring them.

We support strong litigation reforms that include shifting attorneys» fees to the losing party in certain cases to discourage abusive patent claims; ensuring a balanced and fair discovery process that addresses excessive discovery costs; and requiring greater specificity in pleading of patent claims and infringing products in patent litigation.

Preventing gamesmanship in litigation through choice of court, while not a comprehensive fix to problems within the patent system, would go a long way toward stopping a longstanding abusive practice that harms legitimate innovators, the economy, and the public.»

The witness testimonies spoke to the heart of the problem with America's outdated patent system, underscoring that the economic consequences of abusive patent litigation extend far beyond Silicon Valley and are increasingly affecting American innovation and job creators on Main Street.

Each year, abusive patent litigation drains tens of billions of dollars from the economy, creating tremendous deadweight losses as well as a great deal of uncertainty.»

Abusive patent litigation remains a serious threat for real estate professionals and other Main Street businesses of all sizes across the country.

These items would help to avert the threat of abusive patent litigation, by providing a more fair and balanced litigation process in patent cases.

Pomper thanked the subcommittee for their hard work in creating a bill «that sensibly targets abusive demand letter practices while respecting legitimate patent - related communications, which are integral to the functioning of the patent system and often allow for the resolution of patent disputes without the need for costly litigation.»

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Coalition for Patent Fairness (CPF) applauds Chairman Bob Goodlatte, Subcommittee Chairman Howard Coble, and the members of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet for holding today's hearing on the economic impact of abusive patent litigation in the United States.

Here at EFF, we've recently been talking a lot about how the flood of bad software patents has led to an explosion in abusive patent troll litigation.

We're hoping that, in addition to dealing with abusive litigation tactics, the key issue of patent quality is addressed.

As we have noted many times before, the Eastern District of Texas is a hotbed of abusive patent litigation.

A ruling that made it even easier to sue customers (by allowing suits against someone who performs just some steps of a patent) would encourage patent trolls to launch more abusive litigation campaigns.

We need to make sure we get real reform that stops the flood of abusive patent troll litigation.

However, when narcissistic personalities are involved in divorce and custody cases, I often see a toxicity, a malignancy, to these personality types that affects their ability to function as parents, to function under the stress of litigation, and to function without being abusive or toxic to the other spouse.

Even recourse to litigation or enforcement of orders is labelled as abusive.

He is a nationally and internationally recognized expert who regularly lectures in the areas of child sexual abuse, physical abuse and abusive head trauma (shaken baby), child custody litigation, expert witness testimony, courtroom psychology and trial procedures.

We will continue to work with the Senate to pass a package of reforms that provide REALTORS ® relief from abusive litigation.

However, this is bigger news than many may think: the next leader of the PTO will have the opportunity to strengthen patent quality and combat frivolous and abusive patent litigation.

NAR will continue to work with Senate to ensure that Congress enacts common sense patent litigation reform that puts an end to the abusive tactics of patent trolls who prey upon our members

WASHINGTON (December 5, 2013)-- «The Innovation Act of 2013, which passed in the U.S. House of Representatives today, will help curb abusive patent litigation and licensing schemes that are increasingly harming Realtors ® and main street business owners.

By making important reforms to the nation's patent litigation system, the Innovation Act would address abusive practices by patent trolls that bully American businesses, including many REALTORS ®, with deceptive and often illegitimate claims of patent infringement.