Intellectual Property

Design Patents May Be Next Troll Target

Non-practicing entities currently focus on asserting business method or software patents, but soon they may turn to design patents. The […]

Trade Secret Strategy Might Look Better After Myriad Genetics

The recent Supreme Court decision disallowing patents on “genes and the information they encode…

The Biggest Trade Secret In Earth

Trade secrets vs. public disclosure in the fracking industry.

A Pitch For Patent Arbitration

Arbitrations in patent disputes are uncommon and underrated…

Patent Troll Success With Exclusion Orders Will Be Tested

NPEs that filed lawsuits with the International Trade Commission have been able to obtain…

Vermont Has Passed Its Own Patent Reform Law

It allows companies that have been targeted by patent trolls to recover legal costs and damages if…

Expert Comment On The President’s Patent Proposals

Google’s GC approves, but an IP law professor questions whether knowing the plaintiff’s identity will really affect the number of […]

A Patent Trading Exchange Is Launched

The Intellectual Property Exchange International (IPXI) is up and running.

White House Targeting Patent Trolls

The non-practicing entities, the President said, “essentially leverage and hijack somebody else’s idea…

Variety Of Bills To Target Patent Abuse On The Table

Fee-shifting and more disclosure by the plaintiff at initial filing are among the provisions under consideration.

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