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PC Magazine July 4, 2008 Adam K. Cramer |
Giving Patents an Upgrade Lawsuits are hurting big tech companies, some of which are calling for an overhaul to the patent system.  |
HBS Working Knowledge August 20, 2014 Michael Blanding |
Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light New research by Lauren Cohen and colleagues shows that patent trolls are not just the stuff of fairy tales. Non-Practicing Entities bring tons of lawsuits accusing other companies of infringing on technology patents.  |
IndustryWeek December 1, 2008 Jill Jusko |
Litigation Nation: By the Numbers Patent infringement claims bedevil manufacturers, survey finds.  |
Information Today September 15, 2011 George H. Pike |
Congress Enacts Patent Reform Legislation In what is being described as the most substantial overhaul of U.S. patent law in nearly 60 years, Congress passed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, patent reform legislation that has been years in the making.  |
InternetNews January 30, 2007 Roy Mark |
Second Look For Dynamic Web Patents The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will review two patents held by EpicRealm, a Texas firm that has filed a number of infringement lawsuits against companies employing dynamic Web technology.  |
Bio-IT World June 17, 2004 Cathryn Campbell |
Patent Plaintiff Perils Suing for patent infringement may seem rewarding, but you could lose even more.  |
InternetNews April 18, 2007 Roy Mark |
Dems, Republicans Unite on Patent Reform Identical bills introduced in House and Senate to reduce infringement awards and to change Patent Office procedures.  |
InternetNews May 13, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
For IT Firms, Patent Reform Is All About Money As battle for patent reform continues on the Hill, tech companies are embroiled in an increasing number of intellectual property disputes, with damages awards all over the map.  |
IndustryWeek August 1, 2006 |
Patents: Eleven Issues To Consider... How patent savvy are you?  |
Information Today June 16, 2015 |
SIIA Comments on the Innovation Act The Software & Information Industry Association released a statement applauding the House Committee on the Judiciary's approval of H.R.9, aka the Innovation Act, which is designed to decrease patent infringement lawsuits.  |
InternetNews March 3, 2006 Roy Mark |
Trolling for Patents Patent infringement claims are easy to make and difficult to disprove.  |
Information Today May 2006 George H. Pike |
Feature: BlackBerry: Lawsuit and Patent Reform Whether through the courts or before Congress, the BlackBerry experience suggests that some modification of patent law is not only likely, it's necessary.  |
Entrepreneur October 2005 Chris Penttila |
Patent Pending Have an idea for the next big thing? You'll need a patent, but pay attention to big changes in store for U.S. patent law.  |
InternetNews February 16, 2007 Roy Mark |
Patent Reform: Beware of Unintended Consequences Is it fair to patent software?  |
InternetNews March 10, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Mr. Smith Went to Washington For Patent Reform Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith calls for patent reform at the American Enterprise Institute.  |
InternetNews September 7, 2007 Caron Carlson |
House Passes Major Patent Reform The U.S. House approved legislation today that seeks to overhaul and modernize over 55 years of patent law and address a patent-award system that bi-partisan groups have long argued is broken.  |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2011 |
What's Fueling the Tech Patent Bull Market? As companies amass patents to sue each other, is it time for the patent system to be reformed?  |
InternetNews February 1, 2007 Roy Mark |
Quality Checking Patent Reform Longtime allies Berman and Boucher team on the Patents Depend on Quality Act of 2006.  |
Entrepreneur September 2006 Jane Easter Bahls |
Toppling Trolls Patent trolls take a hit in a Supreme Court ruling.  |
InternetNews June 6, 2007 Roy Mark |
A Tech Difference on Patent Reform? InterDigital tells Congress that Microsoft and other large tech companies are only interested in reducing liability for infringement.  |
IEEE Spectrum March 2007 Steven Rubin |
Hooray for the Patent Troll! Patent owners who are often accused of being patent trolls are acting within the law. There is nothing wrong either with them or the law. Far from stifling innovation, trolls foster it. By creating market liquidity, "patent trolls" provide a valuable service to inventors.  |
InternetNews April 25, 2006 Nicholas Carlson |
RealNetworks Looks To Squash 'Trolls' RealNetworks secured a patent to protect some of its earliest streaming technologies.  |
Wall Street & Technology September 19, 2006 Paul Allen |
Patent Processing For both the patent holders and potential transgressors, technology patents can be a high-stakes game in the financial world, in both monetary awards and ongoing business feasibility.  |
The Motley Fool May 17, 2006 Rich Duprey |
A Patently Offensive Ruling? eBay vs. MercExchange was the wrong ruling in the right case. Rather than balancing the power between "patent trolls" and innovation, this ruling could end up tipping the scales against small-time inventors who lack the resources to challenge corporations that usurp a patent's advancements.  |
Information Today September 6, 2012 Paula J. Hane |
Apple-Samsung Case Highlights America's Troubled Patent System The jury finding in this case has triggered an onslaught of commentary and has also brought up many questions about the nature of the U.S. patent system. The comments have ranged from "software patents are evil" to the U.S. has a "broken patent system."  |
InternetNews May 17, 2007 Roy Mark |
House Panel Approves Patent Reform Bill Patent reform wobbled out of a U.S. House subcommittee Wednesday afternoon with even those voting for it demanding changes before a full House Judiciary Committee vote.  |
Bank Systems & Technology May 24, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Banks Need Patents, Experts Say In light of recent patent litigation, banks must understand the importance of protecting their innovations.  |
InternetNews March 16, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
Patently Unfair? Overworked patent examiners and outdated rules are just two of the reasons critics of some tech patents say the process needs fixing.  |
InternetNews May 22, 2007 Roy Mark |
A Rocky Road to Patent Reform A member of the House Judiciary Committee overseeing the Patent Reform Act of 2007, said he was optimistic "we'll finally pass patent reform this year."  |
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Steven J. Frank |
Patent Reform Cacophy The Patent Reform Act may, in the end, merely contribute another layer of cost, delay, and uncertainty.  |
InternetNews April 1, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Is Patent Reform Fight Almost Over? Many in the tech industry support sweeping patent reform effort.  |
IndustryWeek December 1, 2007 Jill Jusko |
Trying Times for IP Protection Intellectual property disputes appear on the upswing as other litigation declines.  |
Information Today October 16, 2006 K. Matthew Dames |
The Patent System on Tilt: IBM Seeks to Change the Game IBM wants to change the way the patent system works, holding itself out as an exemplar of openness.  |
Chemistry World April 2012 Darren Smyth |
Be Careful What You Wish for The struggle for a single unitary European patent may be close to an end, but we must still hold out for an agreement that performs as it should.  |
InternetNews September 19, 2007 Caron Carlson |
Same Patent Fight, New Patent Challenges NTP finds itself back in the patent-litigation spotlight, except it might not be as bright.  |
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 William Sweet |
Keeping Score in the IP Game Quantity and concentration of patents strengthen the case for legislative reform.  |
The Motley Fool February 13, 2008 Stephen Albainy-Jenei |
One Privileged Position Biomedical Patent Management sued the California Department of Health Services, claiming patent infringement, but the State of California can claim immunity from patent suits.  |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2005 Dave Mock |
BlackBerry Still Getting Squeezed Research In Motion's litigation with NTP may not be over. The companies' ongoing patent battle matters to investors for a number of reasons. Investors, take note.  |
IEEE Spectrum February 2006 Lee A. Hollaar |
Patents 2.0 There are big problems with patents, especially software patents. A new type of patent is needed -- Congress should create a new, limited protection that protects against knockoffs without overreaching.  |
Bio-IT World November 2005 Patrick R. Scanlon |
Patent Term Extension Primer U.S. patent law includes provisions for extending the patent term of medical devices and pharmaceuticals in instances when lengthy FDA approval is taking place during the term.  |
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2011 |
A Rule of Thumb Gets Shot Down The Federal Circuit court continues its trend in tightening the standards for establishing patent damages by leapfrogging a stalled legislative process.  |
IEEE Spectrum December 2007 Kirk Teska |
The Foreign Patent Money Trap You may well need patents in many countries, but that doesn't mean you can afford them.  |
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 Lorraine Woellert |
Look Who's Fighting Patent Reform VCs, trade groups, and universities have taken up the fight against Big Tech's efforts to rewrite U.S. patent law.  |
IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Kirk Teska |
The Story Behind the BlackBerry Case A single filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1991 has caused one of the largest patent disputes in recent memory, threatening to sever more than 3 million BlackBerry subscribers from their wireless e-mail service.  |
Bank Technology News March 2001 John Hackett |
In Pursuit of Patents Bankers and their suppliers fear fallout from an over-burdened Patent and Trade Office...  |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2008 Dave Mock |
Have Patent, Will Sue As reforms and regulation slowly trickle in, the telecom industry is still subject to patent abuse.  |
InternetNews April 26, 2005 Roy Mark |
Tech Wants Patent 'Trolls' Tamed Intel's top patent attorney urged a Senate panel Monday to crack down on "trolls" who manipulate the patent system for large profits.  |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2011 Anders Bylund |
Riddle Me This: Do Patent Trolls Create Wealth or Destroy It? Patent trolls destroy more wealth than they create, says a new study. It should come as no surprise that 62% of the wealth-destroying lawsuits are brought on software patents, while only 2% involve chemicals or drugs.  |
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Tam Harbert |
The Troubled Life of Patent No. 6,456,841 Tracing the tortured legal trail of a simple smartphone patent  |
InternetNews June 12, 2007 Roy Mark |
Republicans Seek Delay in Patent Reform Bill Two days before a scheduled Senate Judiciary Committee markup of the Patent Reform Act of 2007, four Republican members of the panel are seeking a delay in the vote. The lawmakers said the controversial measure deserves further hearings.  |