Drew Curtis of FARK: How I beat a patent troll
“You need to know that the average patent troll defense costs 2 million dollars and takes 18 months when you win. That is your best case outcome when you get sued by a patent troll.” Tweet Tags:...
View ArticlePatent troll vexes municipal transit agencies
Greater Greater Washington covers a story we linked a while back: Jones doesn’t actually develop or sell any technology relating to real-time vehicle tracking, but that hasn’t stopped him (and his two...
View ArticleIntellectual property law roundup
Deborah Gerhardt on the ruling in favor of an artist who paints Crimson Tide sports highlights without University of Alabama say-so [Deborah Gerhardt/Eric Goldman, earlier here, etc.] Posner throws...
View ArticleIntellectual property roundup
This is getting serious: “Patent troll targets Minecraft” [Rob Beschizza, BoingBoing] Are mainstream tech companies joining the patent-troll brigade? [WSJ Law Blog] Bessen-Meurer have another study of...
View ArticleSeptember 26 roundup
I suppose it will be said to “politicize” the Florida Supreme Court races to point out that Justices Quince and Pariente joined awful, politicized rulings on everything from liability suits to Bush v....
View ArticleIP and technology roundup
“Conservatives awkwardly stumble toward tackling copyright” [Tim Carney, TechDirt, Cato forum last Thursday with Jerry Brito and Tom Bell, Mike Palmedo summary] Virginia Postrel on copyright reform...
View ArticleObituaries for man who invented bar code scanner
Daniel Fisher notes that they had little to say about the inveterate patent asserter who claimed in court to have invented the revolutionary device [Forbes]: But [Ropes & Gray attorney Jesse]...
View Article“How Newegg crushed the ‘shopping cart’ patent and saved online retail”
Backed by big-firm lawyers, a non-producing company that claimed its patents underlay the online shopping cart sued dozens of retailers and extracted tens of millions of dollars in settlements and...
View ArticleTechnology and intellectual property roundup
The term “space marine” dates way back in sci-fi writing, but Games Workshop says it’s now a trademark [Popehat] “Site plagiarizes blog posts, then files DMCA takedown on originals” [Ars Technica;...
View ArticleObama on patent trolls
The president has some opinions on the subject [TechDirt]: Obama: A couple years ago we began a process of patent reform. We actually passed some legislation that made progress on some of these issues....
View ArticleIntellectual property roundup
Sounds promising: “Peeved politicians want ‘loser pays’ rule for patent trolls” [Joe Mullin, Ars Technica] Defense of patent trolls in Wired mag [Michael Risch] Scènes à Faire: the copyright exception...
View ArticleContribute to small firm’s patent defense…
… get “I Beat Trolls” t-shirt. [Ditto.com] In other news, “Vermont Declares War On Patent Trolls; Passes New Law And Sues Notorious Patent Troll” [Mike Masnick, TechDirt] Tweet Tags: patent trolls,...
View ArticleApple: “Betrayed by its own law firm?”
Lawyer in Apple’s law firm turns out to have been secretly advising and investing in patent-holding entity (repped by Hagens Berman) preparing a legal onslaught against Apple. “Why didn’t Morgan Lewis...
View ArticleObama unveils plan to curb patent trolls
The White House report (“Patent Assertion and U.S. Innovation,” PDF) is here. Reactions: Bloomberg, Ronald Bailey, Andrew Sullivan and more, Daniel Fisher, Business Insider. Background: NPR “This...
View ArticleIntellectual property roundup
“Make patent trolls pay in court” [Judge Randall Rader, Colleen Chien, and David Hricik, NYT] “Let’s play”: Nintendo claims “monetization rights” to fans’ videos on YouTube [Doctorow, BoingBoing] I...
View Article“Patent troll that sues public transit systems gets hauled into court”
We’re previously noted the activities of ArrivalStar and related entities, which have filed numerous suits against enterprises over alleged infringement on vehicle-tracking technology. Now one of its...
View Article“Once you go thug, though, you can’t unthug”
The owner of IPNav, which has sued 1,638 companies charging patent infringement, explains his methods to the New York Times. “Mr. Spangenberg has been called ‘a costly nuisance,’ ‘one of the most...
View ArticlePatent trolls roundup
“The Web’s longest nightmare ends: Eolas’ patents are dead on appeal” [Joe Mullin, Ars Technica] Another E.D. Tex. jury: “Lawyer Explains How To Bag A Patent Troll At Trial” [Daniel Fisher] Practical...
View Article“Everyone’s so damn afraid of coming forward”
– against patent trolls. But Kevin O’Connor, CEO of a startup named FindTheBest, went ahead and did so [Joe Mullin, Ars Technica] Exploding and escalating-on-response demands, threats of criminal...
View ArticleState AGs vs. patent trolls: whoops
A buzzed-about scheme for state AGs (of all people) to wade into the patent troll controversy might have hit a snag in Nebraska. [John Steele/Legal Ethics Forum, earlier] Tweet Tags: attorneys general,...
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