IP Close Up

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The author of a new book who was previously accused of employing junk economic science says that software ownership is damaging innovation and impeding U.S. competition. Continue reading.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

IP Ownership Nearly all purchase agreements require the seller to warrant that it owns or licenses the intellectual property necessary for operation of the business. A settled “patent troll” lawsuit is typically not the end of the world and is very common for any company in the middle market or larger.

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Due Diligence IP Intellectual Property Ownership 52

LexBlog IP

MAY 11, 2023

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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IPilogue

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Individuals and companies commonly engage in the strategic purchasing of critical blocking patent portfolios. For example, the rise of patent trolls, who litigate cheaply-bought patents, use the IP system as a legal weapon. Moreover, damage demands in litigation cases involving IP are rising.

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Intellectual Property IP Patent Troll Technology 111

43(B)log

OCTOBER 11, 2022

patent trolls, paid content promoted as ‘unbiased truth,’ and sometimes just blatant lies. Pegasystems argued that its statements that Appian’s total cost of ownership is “higher” couldn’t be literally false because “[h]igher than what is not specified.” “But There was also a triable issue on falsity.

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