The following post is from my Holland & Knight colleague Anthony Fuga. Anthony regularly works with me defending retailers and their supply chains against patent infringement demands, and he is a period contributor to the Retail Patent Litigation Blog. Also, please note that one of the articles Anthony discusses references RPX. In the interest
James Bessen
Inventors Get Small Portion of Publicly Traded Patent Troll Revenues
By R. David Donoghue on
Posted in Industry Issues, Patent Trolls
Boston University School of Law Professors James Bessen and Michael Meurer wrote an insightful article at Patently-O looking at the ten publicly listed patent trolls from 2005 until 2010, including many well known to retailers such as Acacia. Here are some of their findings:
- Licensing revenues for the six year period was $68B. The mean
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Can Massive Troll Costs Prompt Meaningful Patent Reform?
By R. David Donoghue on
Posted in Industry Issues, Patent Litigation Tips
Last week, I wrote about the findings in an article from Boston University analyzing some excellent and thought-provoking data from RPX and the Coalition for Patent Fairness. I also looked at takeaways for retailers. While the data identifies some interesting trends, the most valuable role of the article is acting as a wake up call …
Trolls Cost Society $29 Billion – With a “B”- in 2011
By R. David Donoghue on
Posted in Industry Issues, Patent Litigation Tips
The scholars of Boston University have provided another thought-provoking analysis of the costs of patent troll litigation. The article is backed by some excellent and thought-provoking data from RPX and the Coalition for Patent Fairness. For context, this is what the article says about the state of patent troll litigation:
- There were 5,842 patent troll
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