The IPKat

AUGUST 16, 2021

The second question is whether G-Taxi aimed to protect their intellectual property rights and market, or to obtain IP protection in order to obtain licence fees? A patent or trade mark troll’s strategy consists of finding potential defendants who find it less expensive to negotiate a settlement rather than litigate.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 24, 2022

The second kind, private parties, often use the patents they acquire for profit through damage or settlement awards, or royalties and licensing rights. NPEs who acquire patents solely for profit (and not commercialization) are also called “Patent Trolls” or “ patent assertion entities.”

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2023

VirnetX is a classic example of an NPE that does not qualify as a “patent troll.” Patent trolls leverage the litigation system to negotiate settlements for less than the cost of defending against a lawsuit. VirnetX, on the other hand, licenses its patents for eight and sometimes nine figures.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 4, 2023

This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). Technologies is similar to other NPEs, asserting two patents against well-known companies for technology that has been around since the turn of the millennium.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a court where many patent trolls file suit, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). Sockeye owns a pair of patents broadly related to controlling a “display device” with a mobile phone. So what happened?

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Licensing Settlement Patent Troll Confidentiality 40

LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). The challenge would fail despite the weakness of the patent and result in nothing but wasted attorneys’ fees.

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