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PATENT TROLLING

A patent troll is a non-practicing entity or patent owner who does not manufacture or use the patented invention, but enforces the patent against one or more alleged infringers. This topic covers the latest news on the practice of patent trolling.

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Supreme Court to Study Patents on Business Methodsmore

Microsoft Corp., Bank of America Corp. and L.L. Bean Inc. are just some of the companies that have flooded the Supreme...

Do Patents Hinder or Help Innovation?more

Some time ago I received a newsletter that had 10 wacky patents. Here's my favorite: Apparatus for Facilitating the...

Lawsuit: Copyright Filtering Technology Infringes | Threat Levelmore

Copyright filtering technology is a form of copyright infringement, according to a lawsuit against document service...

US execs write Obama for support of patent reform | Markets | Markets ...more

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - The chief executives of Google, Cisco, Micron, Palm and 24 other executives have...

Let's Stop This Patent Trollingmore

It seems like every few months, some obscure company is awarded a patent for some relatively mundane idea, then turns...

Patent Models Record Inventions in Miniaturemore

Above: This model shows some improvements to the “ruling pen,” which was used to line paper. Below: The wonderfully...

Google Patents Its Homepagemore

Google just received a design patent for Google Search’s homepage. It took the US Patent Office over five years to...

Are Patent Problems Stifling U.S. Innovation?more

Chief executives from 28 large corporations, including Google (GOOG), Cisco (CSCO), Research in Motion (RIMM), and...

Start-Up Takes on 'Patent Trolls'more

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How Patent Attorneys can play a role in open innovationmore

Patent attorneys can do much more than just doing the administrative activities of patenting and general advisory.

Has the US patent system gone too far?more

This article discusses some heavy woes facing the flooded patent system and recent reform efforts.

Patents Being Abused To Put Your Life In Dangermore

Patents Being Abused To Put Your Life In Danger from the dangerous-consequences dept For years we've been writing about...

Peer-to-Patent: A System for Increasing Transparencymore

Open innovation. Crowdsourcing. You hear about these ideas a lot in the management literature and business press, but...

To Patent, Or Innovate, That Is the Question…. more

On my never ending march across the web, I came across an interesting blog post on CNET highlighting that patent...

EETimes.com - Senate kicks off patent reform debatemore

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The U.S. Senate will kick off a national debate on patent reform Tuesday (March 10) as five industry...

Legal quirk lets anyone sue over patentsmore

Look carefully at the lid to your coffee cup or the handle of your disposable razor. A recent ruling on an obscure,...

Patent Legislation Will Stifle Innovationmore

Patent Legislation Will Stifle Innovation By Barry Chapin Special to the Worcester Business Journal 06/22/09 In the...

Intellectual Capitalism: Nathan Myhrvold, Founder and CEO, Intellectua...more

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Simulation shows the benefits of a more open approach toward patentingmore

A simulation conducted among college students has results in potential effects of closed vs. open systems on...

Nathan Myhrvold on patent mongers and businessmore

July 11, 2007, 04:59 PM — IDG Now — The basic framework of Nathan Myhrvold's story is well known. Born in Seattle in...

Pass the Patent Reform Actmore

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) engage in a war of written words over U.S. patent law

Defensive Patent Portfolio No Help Against Patent Trollsmore

The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that RPX Corp will take on patent trolls. The trouble is that what RPX wants...

If you can’t beat patent trolls, join them - 9/9/2008more

If you can’t beat patent trolls, join them Is patent trolling the scourge of the universe or a valid business model?...

Patent Flexibilitymore

Around the world today, most patents provide a monopoly for 20 years, with the clock starting on the date the...

Law Blog - WSJ.com : Halliburton: Patenting Patent Trolling to Block P...more

November 12, 2008, 10:39 am Halliburton: Patenting Patent Trolling to Block Patent Trolls Posted by Dan Slater Watch...

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