News & Updates on Retail Patent Litigation
After an increase in May, NPEs headed for summer breaks in June as filings slowed down. Frequent filers included Coding Technologies, Hawk Technology, Internet Media Interactive and Landmark Technology.
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…
May saw an uptick in NPE filings. Frequent filers included Coding Technologies, CXT Systems, eCeipt, Flectere, Hawk Technology, Landmark Technology, Symbology and Tangelo IP.
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 want…
In late May, I attended the sixteenth annual Rocky Mountain IP Institute. I also spoke at the Institute about best practices for communicating between in-house team and outside counsel (more on that later). The Rocky Mountain IP Institute has grown to be one of the largest two IP conferences in the country. More importantly than…
April continued the 2018 trend of very slight increases, while NPE activity remained slow, presumably waiting for an Oil States decision to determine whether PTAB proceedings were constitutional (spoiler alert – they are constitutional, at least on the narrow ground put before the Supreme Court). Frequent filers included CXT Systems, Grecia, Hawk Technology, Internet Media…
March again saw a very slight increase as the NPEs continued waiting on Oil States. Frequent filers included Aeritas, Electronic Receipts Delivery Systems, Grecia, Finjan, Hawk Technology, Hybrid Audio, Internet Media Interactive, Landmark Technology, Lit, Location Based Services, Tangelo IP, and Uniloc.
As usual, I prepared the report in partnership with and using Docket…
February saw a slight uptick in NPE activity, although it remained light presumably as everyone waited for the Supreme Court to decide Oil States. Frequent filers included Codec Technologies, Epic IP, Location Based Services, Spider Search Analytics, and Tangelo IP.
As usual, I prepared the report in partnership with and using Docket Navig…
The NPEs kicked off 2018 with a slow month. Frequent filers included Epic IP, Internet Media Interactive, LBS Innovations, PersonalWeb Technologies, Rothschild, and Symbology.
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 want…
This analysis is being cross-posted at my [Chicago IP Litigation blog/Retail Patent Litigation blog].
Lex Machina recently published its comprehensive 2017 patent litigation year in review. As usual, it is full of fascinating data and charts, which I commend for your consideration.
Most of us in the space know the biggest…
December was typically slow, as NPEs presumably took time away for the holidays. Frequent filers included Coding Technologies (in a declaratory action), Hawk Technology Realtime Data, Spider Search Analytics, and Symbology.
As usual, I prepared the report in partnership with and using Docket Navigator and its powerful database. Docket Navigator is a valuable resource, and…
On February 2, 2018 at 4:00 pm the John Marshall Law School is offering what promises to be a very interesting CLE presentation by the former Director of its Center for Intellectual Property Law, Richard S. Gruner. Gruner is also former in-house counsel for IBM and the co-author of Transactional Intellectual Property: From Startups to…
