Trial Of A Major Patent Aggregator Opens In Delaware Court

Intellectual Ventures is seemingly the aristocrat of trolls. It presents itself as responsible, and it rarely litigates, explain Jeff Matsuura and Craig Blakeley of the Alliance Law Group. “Given this stance,” they write, “it is important that when IV does choose to litigate, it must win.” IV is about to be tested, in a trial opening in a federal district court in Delaware. The company is  up against the Motorola Mobility unit of Google, Inc., alleging infringement of multiple patents involving technologies used in smartphones. There is a lot money at stake and more, according to Matsuura and Blakeley.This case is being closely watched by the tech industry and probably by many policy makers, as well, and it will help establish the place of aggregators, and  how and to what extent they have a place, in the intellectual property market place.