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Startups And Patent Trolls Report Issued
SCU Professor Colleen Chien who is rapidly becoming a “go-to” authority on Patent Trolls, er, Patent Assertion Entities, has just published a 36 page report. Her conclusion from her research: “I find...
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Original NPE Back In The Arena
Very interesting article in Corporate Counsel by writer Susan Hansen about Anthony Brown, the original Patent Troll. I particularly liked this part: “Back in 1998, when the former corporate partner at...
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Senior MS Attorney Joins Acacia
Robin Wauters reports at thenextweb.com that Paul Bawel, recently a Senior Attorney at Microsoft, has joined Acacia:...
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RPX & Acacia Get In Bed
There is a fascinating article at seekingalpha.com regarding the RPX and Acacia relationship including this nugget: “Acacia, whose business model centers around investing in patents through acquisition...
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2nd Draft NPE List Available
Please see the attached document for the 2nd draft of the NPE list which includes more information and more NPE’s. Please feel free to supply me with corrections, improvements, and more NPE...
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New Paper Slams NPE’s
In a paper just published researchers Robin Feldman, Sara Jeruss, and Joshua Walker report on patent monetization entities (oh no another name for patent trolls!) and their effects on litigation....
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IV = Dark Empire?
Well, that’s how writer Jeff John Roberts refers to IV in a post at money.cnn.com: ”For the unfamiliar, IV is the dark empire of Nathan Myhrvold, a former Microsoft executive who gamed the patent...
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New NPE Defense = Terminal Disclaimers?
Wilson Sonsini has issued a Client Alert reporting a most interesting decision from District of Nevada decision in Email Link Corp. v. Treasure Island, LLC et. al holding “…that a patent subject to a...
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October 28, 2012 NPE Newsclips
Vringo Litigation Against Google Looking Good (Georgi Dimitrov / seekingalpha.com) Forbes weighs in on Vringo Litigation (Richard Finger / Forbes) Nathan Myhrvold – Humanitarian Technologist? (Tom...
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October 29, 2012 NPE Newsclips
The Scourge Of Patent Trolls (Nathaniel Borenstein / mimecast.com) Digimarc Reports Increased Revenues From IV (Digimarc.com) IV Hiring For Global Good Position (linkedin.com) Mobile Health Market Ripe...
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