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

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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?

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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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NPE Showcase – Leigh Rothschild

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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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M&A Checklist — How to Prepare Your IP for the Legal Due Diligence Process

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A prudent IP strategy would therefore consider patent protection for more physical innovations and trade secret or copyright protection for software. Branding is protected by either registered or common law trademarks. This might include brand names, product line names, style names, or even unique packaging or product design.

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A Closer, Evidence-Based Look at ‘Patent Quality’ Advocacy

IP Watchdog

They dedicated a week-long campaign to questioning "patent quality,” which its constituents regard as a huge problem. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Andrei Iancu left the building. Advocates have taken advantage of the vacuum left after U.S.

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Patent Suits Drop 33% from 2013; 2021 Damages Awards are More Than $1 Billion less than 2012

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Despite the high economic relevance of innovation and explosive invention growth reflected in the number of patents issued annually by the United States Patent and Trademark Continue reading.

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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.