The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled on January 6 that Google infringed Sonos’ patented innovations in wireless speaker technology. This may sound like an obscure legal ruling about a complicated fight over intellectual property. But it confirms a problem… Read More »
Sophisticated, internet-enabled audiovisual technologies, once a niche reserved for gamers and videophiles, have been gaining mainstream acceptance for some time, but the outbreak of COVID-19 kicked adoption into overdrive. Now, grandparents use videoconferencing to show up for… Read More »
In a recent letter to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), eleven Members of Congress sounded an electrifying alarm, stating that the USPTO has been “frequently” denying petitions for inter partes review (IPR), which “has made… Read More »
Sophisticated, internet-enabled audiovisual technologies, once a niche reserved for gamers and videophiles, have been gaining mainstream acceptance for some time, but the outbreak of Covid-19 kicked adoption into overdrive. Now, grandparents use videoconferencing to show up for… Read More »
Over the past several years, Congress has raised a long overdue microscope to Big Tech and its worst practices and as a result, the relationship between Washington, DC and Silicon Valley has changed tremendously. Rather than being… Read More »
For years, special interests have used the specter of the so-called “patent troll” in their never-ending attempt to vilify innovators and undermine the patent system. This campaign was done to advance the agenda of big companies who wanted to use patented technologies without paying… Read More »
To hear it from some critics, the U.S. patent system is buckling under the weight of frenzied and unprecedented patent litigation. The explosion in disputes—so the narrative goes—greatly increases transaction costs and significantly depresses innovation. A scary… Read More »
A looming review of U.S. policy for patents covering standardized technologies such as cellphone communication shines a spotlight on an arcane but consequential area of law at a time when the technology innovation it fosters is a… Read More »
Google suffered a major defeat in its legal battle with Sonos in August, when a U.S. International Trade Commission judge ruled that Google infringed on five of Sonos’ audio technology patents. If the ruling is upheld, Google… Read More »
In a highly anticipated decision, a judge of the United States International Trade Commission ruled in August that Google infringed five patents owned by speaker maker Sonos. The case charged Google with copying Sonos’ patented technology in its Google Home smart… Read More »
