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On May 5th Europe jumped one of the last major hurdles on the way to implementing the EU Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court (UPC). The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) handed down its verdict rejecting two legal challenges filed by Spain against the…
Every year numerous articles are written about intellectual property protection in China. Usually coverage is from the perspective of the damage done to foreign businesses who are having their IP rights infringed upon in China. However, it is not only…
The “smartphone wars” have become a watchword when discussing US and global patent litigation issues. The conflict between Apple and Samsung began almost five years ago and escalated into a full scale litigation war costing more than a billion…
As China has grown and developed it has drawn regular controversy over international intellectual property protection issues. The Office of the United States Trade Representative publishes a watch list for intellectual property rights protections…
The new USPTO post grant review procedures under the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) are rapidly approaching the two and a half year mark. Over that time they have been the subject of extensive analysis and discussion looking at the different types of…
In the past we’ve written pretty extensively on some of the problems plaguing the patent system, from the USPTO to NPE s, and some possible solutions for them. Aside from promoting and protecting innovation, an auxiliary goal of the patent system is…
A main goal of the patent system is to incentivize innovation within an economy. Investment in the research and development of inventions can be substantial. Without some form of recompense for the time and money spent on research for a particular…
A certain patent-holding company wants to enforce its patent--that is, prevent another company from making and selling the invention described in that patent. That company has a few choices, the first and most obvious being the US district courts. In the…
Whenever it comes time to scapegoat someone in the IP world, “patent troll” is the pejorative of choice. Even in polite company, “non-practicing entities” (NPEs) are seldom held in favorable light. The “dark side,” with…
Now that the maps debacle of the iPhone 5 has died down, you may feel the need to update your destination for GPS-based schadenfreude . Simply trace the route of Apple partner TomTom, and you'll soon spot (driving at an inconsistent speed on a frontage…
Too much standardized technology is being held up on shipping docks and in courtrooms, according to the International Telecommunication Union. The ITU recently gathered tech heavyweights together to address the surge in litigation involving…
One recent case that seems to have thus far avoided the troll-watcher's spotlight is Unifi Scientific Batteries v. RIM et. al. Perhaps this is because the case is simply flying under the radar, or perhaps because the patent in question is more…
