Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
Over the past few years, patent reform has rapidly escalated from a niche debate to a hot topic making headlines in the US and around the world. Fervor surrounding the business models of so called “patent trolls” and major lobbying efforts from…
It seems like they are everywhere, little two wheeled electric scooters. They get referred to as hoverboards, or Segways without sticks. No one really seems to know what to call them, or exactly where they came from, just that they’ve clearly gone…
On June 2nd WiLAN purchased the Qimonda patent portfolio from Infineon, which they followed immediately with an announcement that they had already signed a licensing deal for the portfolio with Samsung. WiLAN purchased the portfolio for approximately…
With a number of reform options on the table in the House, the Senate proposed PATENT Act has been the hot topic over the past weeks. The PATENT Act was introduced by by Senator Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Leahy (D-VT) on April 30, 2015. It is comprised of…
Welcome to the sixth installment in Patexia's IP Matters Webinar Series: Defensive Publication - Advanced Strategies with Felix Coxwell, Research Disclosure, Product Manager at Questel SA. Felix Coxwell has been helping corporations with their…
Welcome to the sixth installment in Patexia's IP Matters Webinar Series: Patent Strategies for Startups with Lang McHardy, CEO and principal of Vested IP. Lang McHardy: "Startups are not smaller versions of large companies. Because of this, wise…
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…
Welcome to the fifth installment in Patexia's IP Matters Webinar Series: Patent Enforcement in China with Michael Lin, Partner at Marks & Clerk, Hong Kong. Michael Lin is a US patent attorney with over 13 years of experience handling patent matters for…
Welcome to the fourth installment in Patexia's IP Matters Webinar Series: Patent Monetization with Peter Kim, Principal at Irvine Pointe. Peter Kim is an expert in monetizing patents. He's is a principal at Irvine Pointe and former Director of IP…
Welcome to the third in Patexia's IP Matters Webinar Series: Patents and Patent Types This webinar focuses on the different types of patents available through the USPTO: There are actually three different basic kinds of patents What is most commonly…
Welcome to the second in Patexia's IP Matters Webinar Series: Defensive Publication with Felix Coxwell from Questel. This webinar focuses on defensive publication : an intellectual property strategy used to prevent another party from obtaining a patent…
Xiaomi is one of China’s rising stars in the smartphone industry and beyond and it has been drawing global attention as it grows. However, as it has tried to build on its successes in China and take its products global, Xiaomi has started to hit…
