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Kilpatrick

Bring Back the Models – Shut Down the Patent Trolls

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Imagine your company is suddenly inundated with dozens of baseless patent infringement lawsuits. This scenario is becoming all too common as corporate America grapples with a post-COVID surge in frivolous patent claims,...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

One Judge’s Mission To Unearth Who Is Behind These Patent Trolls

Judge Colm Connolly in the District of Delaware has been pressing many of the patent trolls (LLCs that only own 1 asset - the asserted patent with nominal managers who are just strawmen) who sue in his court to reveal the...more

Williams Mullen

[Webinar] 2024 North Carolina CLE Institute - February 9th, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm ET

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Join us for the 2024 North Carolina CLE Institute, Hosted by Williams Mullen, a virtual legal education program designed to provide timely legal guidance and help you to secure your CLE credits....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

NPE Showcase – VirnetX

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VirnetX is a classic example of an NPE that does not qualify as a “patent troll.” How can you tell? Patent trolls leverage the litigation system to negotiate settlements for less than the cost of defending against a lawsuit....more

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NPE Showcase – Web 2.0 Technologies, LLC

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a company named Web 2.0 Technologies, LLC....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

NPE Showcase – Traxcell Technologies, LLC

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a company named Traxcell Technologies, LLC....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

NPE Showcase – District of Delaware Update

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will update our previous post explaining recent events at...more

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NPE Showcase – Sockeye Licensing

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a company named Sockeye Licensing TX, LLC....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

NPE Showcase: NPE Litigation in 2023 – What to Expect

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on NPE litigation as a whole, and what to...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

NPE Showcase – The District of Delaware

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a court where many patent trolls file suit,...more

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NPE Showcase – Foothills IP

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This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a company named Foothills IP....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Eighth Circuit Defends Use of Term “Patent Troll,” Vacates Injunction against Infringement Defendant

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The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated an injunction restraining defendants from engaging in certain allegedly harassing conduct because there was no evidence tying the defendants to the alleged misconduct and...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Delaware Court Denies Motion to Dismiss NPE’s Direct Infringement Claims Despite Sparse Allegations

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The number of Non-Practicing Entities (NPE) cases has increased in Delaware by almost 10% over the last year. If you or a client finds yourself the target of an NPE patent litigation suit, the next question is usually what...more

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[Webinar] Don’t Feed the Trolls: How and When to Respond to Patent Demand Letters - January 11th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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A number of small providers are receiving patent demand letters with a settlement or licensing offer to avoid litigation. How should you respond? Should you respond? Many of these letters are a typical part of the playbook of...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

VLSI Technology, LLC v. Intel Corp. (W.D. Texas 2021)

There is an undercurrent in patent law these days that litigation favors the defendant.  Rather than contending infringement of a few claims of one patent, plaintiffs are now advised to assert multiple claims across several...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The REAL Trending Litigation Topics Regarding COVID-19

A trend is emerging with recently filed litigation involving the COVID-19 pandemic. We are committed to providing information that allows businesses to react as quickly as possible to avert civil litigation threats or to...more

International Lawyers Network

Patent Troll Suits Down, Not Out in 2018

Over the past half-decade, Congress and the courts have made aggressive efforts to curb the worst abuses of the patent system. In 2013, Congress passed the America Invents Act (AIA), which established the Patent Trial and...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Patent Troll Akoloutheo Sues Oracle in Latest Chapter of its Cloud Software and IoT Patent Litigation Campaign

In its latest filing in February 2019, non-practicing entity Akoloutheo, LLC has expanded its Eastern District of Texas patent litigation campaign to include Oracle. Akoloutheo accuses the Oracle Analytics Cloud, Oracle...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Your Card’s Been Declined: Patent Troll Vindolor Continues its Year-Long Point-of-Sale Patent Litigation Campaign against Three...

With three new filings in February 2019 against household names like Macy’s, Best Buy, and Lululemon, Vindolor, LLC—a non-practicing entity—has expanded its contactless “tap-to-pay” point-of-sale patent litigation assault to...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Tinnus Enterprises, LLC v. Telebrands Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2018)

When the PTAB Attacks! - In the past few years, the public's perception of the patent system in the United States has been at a low point. One of the causes of this lack of confidence in the system has been the increase...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Cloud Computing Patent Litigation Trends – Competitor Cases, Open Source Targets, Cloud Customers

Since launching Cloud IPQ last year, we have focused on the intersection of cloud computing and intellectual property with a particular emphasis on the increasing number of patent lawsuits filed against cloud computing...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SCOTUS Upholds IPRs as Constitutional, May Leave Opening for Challenges to Certain IPRs

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Is inter partes review of a patent grant compatible with Article III and the Seventh Amendment? That was the question presented in Oil States Energy Services v. Greene’s Energy Group, and the U.S. Supreme Court this week...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

IP+T: Intelligence Newsletter - December 2017

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If you own trademark registrations in the United States, you are required to make certain filings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to keep your trademark registration(s) alive. In particular, prior to the sixth...more

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Fighting Patent Trolls

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When it comes to suppressing U.S. competiveness, no one does it better than patent trolls. A 2017 study concluded that 5,100 patent infringement lawsuits were filed in 2016. Patent Trolls account for about 67% of those. ...more

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GEMSA’s Patent Onslaught Against Cloud Computing Customers

Global Equity Management (SA) Pty. Ltd. (“GEMSA”), a foreign non-practicing entity (“NPE”) organized under the laws of Australia, filed almost 40 patent lawsuits in five batches in 2015 and 2016. The majority of these...more

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