Patent litigation from non-participating entities (casually known as patent trolls) is the bane of a technology firms legal department. Fighting patent lawsuits from firms that subsist completely on licensing and legal action is a frustrating waste of resources, and one that often stifles innovation indirectly. Now, a new partnership between Canon, Dropbox, Google, Asana, SAP […]
Patent trolls can claim a major victory today thanks to Sen. Patrick Leahy. The Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman has removed patent reform legislation from the agenda, citing a lack of sufficient support behind any comprehensive deal. In a statement, Leahy said that despite working for nearly a year on legislation, theres been no agreement on […]
The US Supreme Court just gave judges a little more leverage to punish patent trolls: it defined the word exceptional. A provision of federal patent law hinged on the definition of the word, stating that the court could charge a lawsuits losing party with the winners attorney fees in exceptional cases. It sounds straightforward: if […]
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