From their study of patent assertion entities (PAEs), scholars Christopher Anthony Cotropia (University of Richmond School of Law), Jay P. Kesan (University of Illinois College of Law) and David L. Schwartz (Illinois Institute of Technology – Chicago-Kent… Read More »
Gene Quinn is a US Patent Attorney, law professor and the founder of IPWatchdog.com. Prominent inventors have now joined the growing chorus of those opposed to the Innovation Act (HR 3309). Specifically, the letter and recommendations below… Read More »
Overly detailed pleading requirements, inflexible discovery limits, and broad provisions permitting stays against certain parties have the potential to undermine the enforceability of all patent rights, no matter how valuable the patent, and thus potentially incentivize infringement…. Read More »
CQ Roll Call reported last week that House Judiciary Chairman, Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), is fast tracking the Innovation Act (HR 3309) despite growing bi-partisan concerns of those on the House Judiciary Committee. Reportedly, a markup of… Read More »
A few months ago a venture capital company I consult for asked me to visit the offices of Baker–Calling, a Santa Monica–based start-up trying to build a better microphone for use in smartphones and tablets. Baker–Calling’s founder,… Read More »
One would think that developing, manufacturing, marketing and distributing a product and doing it well would ensure at least some measured degree of success. However, as products become increasingly digital, containing an amalgamation of patented technology, changes… Read More »
Bernard J. Knight Jr. is the former General Counsel for the US Patent and Trademark Office where he served from 2010 to 2013. Now a partner in the Washington office of McDermott Will & Emery, he counsels… Read More »
The current U.S. patent reform debate involves many different proposals, but most of them aren’t closely related to the specific problem of “patent trolls”, which merely serve as a bogeyman and pretext in some respects. One such… Read More »
Tech sector giants have been crying and moaning about how the patent system has run amok and needs to be scaled back, and continually beg for patent reform that would gut the patent system and weaken patent… Read More »
Tech sector giants have been crying and moaning about how the patent system has run amok and needs to be scaled back, and continually beg for patent reform that would gut the patent system and weaken patent… Read More »
