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Whither goest the patent troll?

The IPKat

A decade ago, patent trolls were all the rage in the patent world. If there was a rock-star matter in the patent world, it was the debate over trolls. It got this Kat to wonder: has patent trolling become such an ""oh so yesterday" subject? Patent Trolls, ?nd

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[GuestPost] Opinion: Patent trolling threatens the market of taxi aggregators in Kazakhstan

The IPKat

Merpel does not like this form of taxi Friend of the Kat and Legal Head of Delivery for Gett in Moscow, Konstantin Voropaev has been following some developments out of Kazakhstan relating to an uptick in litigation in the taxi-app space. The subject matter of the patented invention must be new at the time of filing a patent application.

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Google’s dialogue in the conversation of improving the US Patent System

IPilogue

Google’s contribution to the US patent system. Healthy patent systems can sometimes be described as a way to incentivize creative inventions, encourage building on existing ideas, and avoid frivolous litigation. Concern with the US patent system. Google also helped discover the License on Transfer Network.

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Patent Assertion Entities: A Boon or a Bane?

Kashishipr

The term ‘Patent Troll’ originated in 1994 in an educational video by Paula Natasha Chavez called the ‘Patents Video.’ ’ A patent troll is a term used for describing a company that uses Patent Infringement claims to win arguments and court judgments for profit or to stifle competition.

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Non-practicing entities increasingly are targeting banks and financial institutions in patent litigation

JD Supra Law

While banks and financial institutions have long been the subject of patent lawsuits, they have been increasingly targeted this year by a number of non-practicing entities. Non-practicing entities are those that acquire patents but do not actually practice the patented inventions.

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NPE Showcase – InvesTrex, LLC

LexBlog IP

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”). And there is nothing more to the invention that would transform the abstract idea into a patentable invention based on the guidance already provided by the courts.

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AI and IP Law: Podcast with Yuri Eliezer

LexBlog IP

He suggests that the standard might need to change in instances where AI is used for patent examination, as what is “obvious” to an AI might not be obvious to a human. Impact on Patent Litigation and Licensing : Yuri predicts that AI could reduce the number of contested patents and therefore the amount of litigation.

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