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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

The court disagreed with this argument, stating that a description of its features and associating them with any structural elements was not required and held that Yadex.Taxi had infringed the patent. Analysing this decision, first of all, the question arises as to how it was possible to register this patent? of the proceeds.

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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. Source: RPX.

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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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A Tale of Two Googles: Patent System Champion or Crux of the Problem?

IP Watchdog

Prado portrays Google as a strong supporter of the patent system, citing their history in initiatives to spur new inventions and technologies. For example, Google was a key player in 2013 in starting the Open Patent Non-Assertion Pledge (to not sue on open-source software).

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NPE Showcase – Leigh Rothschild

LexBlog IP

Others have accused him of being a “patent troll” based on the broad interpretation of his patents and his litigious enforcement activity. His entities have filed a whopping 1,249 patent infringement lawsuits with 23 of those pending. This certainly qualifies as a high volume patent troll.

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Osgoode mooters recognized for their oral and written advocacy at the Harold G. Fox Intellectual Property Moot

IPilogue

The students explored an interesting and complex moot problem about infringement of a patent protecting a novel method of using W-band frequencies for telecommunications. 57 of the Patent Act is the usual remedy that upholds the bargain theory of patent law.