A common frustration of retailers is finding themselves one of many defendants in a series of suits brought by a patent troll in a district in which the retailer has at most very limited activity. It is a set of facts routinely repeated in the districts most favored by trolls, including D. Delaware and E.D.
September 2014
March 2014 Retail Patent Litigation Report
By R. David Donoghue on
Posted in Retail Litigation Report
March continued to be a pleasantly slow months for trolls. Repeat filers included Cascades Branding, Eclipse IP, Hawk Technology, Marshall Feature Recognition, and SFA Systems.
As usual, I prepared the report in partnership with and using Docket Navigator and its powerful database. Docket Navigator is a valuable resource, and the place to go if you …
Hurricane Alice: The broad impact of the Supreme Court’s Software Patent Decision
By R. David Donoghue on
Posted in Patent Litigation Tips, Patent Trolls
Reactions to the Supreme Court’s CLS Bank v. Alice decision were mixed on both sides of the debate. Everyone seemed to agree that software patents were not dead, but whether the decision would change the software patent landscape was unclear. Just three months later, however, there is good news for retailers. Both the Federal Circuit…