In two weeks, I will be heading to the Colorado Rockies for the 2015 Rocky Mountain IP & Technology Institute where I will be moderating a panel called “Innovation & Disruption: How Crafty Micro-brews are Shaking Up the Beer Industry.” If the subject matter does not sound interesting enough, it is being book-ended by a

RPX has begun a new, free program – OPEN – that seeks to increase transparency in the patent marketplace, while also reducing transaction costs and shrinking the troll marketplace.  Members of OPEN agree to provide RPX and OPEN members 45 day notice before selling any patent to a troll.  That gives OPEN members and/or RPX

At the end of this week, I will be heading to the Colorado Rockies at for the Annual Rocky Mountain IP & Technology Institute where I will be moderating a panel called “Damages Models: What Are We Seeing After the Federal Circuit’s Changes.”   William Sloan Coats, with Greenberg Traurig and Matthew Sarboraria, with Oracle Corp.,

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice are teaming up to look at the patent troll problem.  Initially, the FTC and the DOJ are seeking public comment regarding the impact of trolls (or “patent assertion entities”).  You can send public comments to ATR.LPS-PAEPublicComments@usdoj.gov until March 10, 2013. In addition to seeking public comments,