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

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These two largest services merged their platforms a couple of years ago, which influenced the taxi market in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and several other Commonwealth of Independent States countries. These mobile services have significantly expanded the market, transferring most of Kazakhstanis from public transport to taxis.

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We Need Patent Reform To Free Markets Of Abusive Litigation

IP Law 360

With patent trolls accounting for more than half of all U.S. patent litigation annually, the country needs commonsense reforms that allow innovators and entrepreneurs to bring their products to market free of meritless legal actions, says former Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.

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

IPilogue

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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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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marketing may be material even to very expensive/complex business purchases

43(B)log

Appian disseminated the report through its sales team, social media, and other marketing. patent trolls, paid content promoted as ‘unbiased truth,’ and sometimes just blatant lies. Were the remaining Pegasystems marketing materials disseminated broadly enough to be “commercial advertising or promotion”?

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Never Too Late: if you missed The IPKat last week

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Katfriend Konstantin Voropaev analysed a patent trolling case from Kazakhstan, where a local patent troll threatened the market of taxi aggregators (platforms, where passengers connect with drivers). This InternKat reviewed ‘The Transformation of EU Geographical Indications Law’ by A.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

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PATENTS Permakat Prof. Wilkof discussed patent trolling and the long debate about it and whenever this topic might still be relevant and deserving of attention. COPYRIGHT The Government of Hong Kong recently released a public consultation paper on updating the national Copyright regime (the "Copyright Ordinance").