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Litigation as a Source of Profit? Non-Practicing Entities and Patent Litigation

IPilogue

Litigation is almost always recommended to be avoided , whether because of the sheer amount of time needed to get a court date, the expensive costs for the client and law firm, or the risks associated with receiving an unfavorable judgement. They do not practice, develop, manufacture, or otherwise commercialize the patent.

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NPE Showcase – Stormborn Technologies

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”). This installment will focus on a company named Stormborn Technologies, an IP Edge entity. Stormborn Technologies is one such entity. 35 U.S.C. §

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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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Osgoode Welcomes Professor Ruth L. Okediji: “The Paradox of Intellectual Property Injustice”

IPilogue

The paradox is outlined as followed: while the existence of intellectual property (IP) protection is often justified by its contributions to improving human welfare (such as incentivizing innovators to create public goods), the benefits of technological improvements protected by these same systems are, in reality, not, experienced equally.

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Government Must Reform the ITC to Keep Pace with Innovation and Curb Trolls

IP Watchdog

In 2001, six years before the iPhone appeared, a futurist named Ray Kurzweil wrote that humankind would cram 20,000 years of technological progress into the century that had just begun.

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NPE Showcase: NPE Litigation in 2023 – What to Expect

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”). This installment will focus on NPE litigation as a whole, and what to expect in 2023. “Everyone infringes” is an NPE’s dream.

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Opinion: Growing Misuse of Patent Protections Threatens U.S. Competitiveness and Security

IP Watchdog

inflation is at a 40-year high and hitting consumers hard, and China continues its aggressive push for economic and technological dominance. America needs to lead the world in cutting-edge products and new technologies, and those are made possible by policies that support the innovation economy.