Kashishipr

MAY 5, 2021

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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Patent Troll Patent Inventor Intellectual Property 98

LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

A prudent IP strategy would therefore consider patent protection for more physical innovations and trade secret or copyright protection for software. Here, companies should consider which brands are most significant and file for registration of the trademarks relating to those brands. Here, too, not all lawsuits are created equal.

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Due Diligence IP Intellectual Property Ownership 52

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Volume of decisions by hearing officers: registrability decisions have first mover advantage. One of the risks of looking at only one side is that you can’t actually grant a “narrow” registration. Question to explore: is the large number of these connected to post-registration audit?) That’s of registrations w/a response.

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Kashishipr

MARCH 9, 2022

Furthermore, open-sourcing immensely helps companies and firms in tackling patent trolls. Open-source repositories such as GitLab and GitHub that are publicly available and verifiable have proved to be crucial resources in invalidating troll patents. In this scenario, obtaining patent protection may be a wise decision.

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Patent Patent Troll Licensing Invention 81