PWC has published the latest installment of its yearly patent litigation survey. This year’s study has a focus on recent changes and how those changes are affecting patentees. In particular, the PWC study provides eight key observations:
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
Patent reform has been moving quickly. The following links are key commentary about the reform bills or reform effort that will be valuable for retailers:
In late January, I had the opportunity to attend Michigan’s 40th Annual Intellectual Property Law Summer Institute on Michigan’s Mackinac Island (a great location). As with every time I have attended Michigan’s IP Summer Institute, it was an excellent conference. One particularly interesting session was a judge’s panel including Hon. Robert Holmes Bell of
At the end of this month, I will be heading to the Colorado Rockies for the Annual Rocky Mountain IP & Technology Institute. It will be my fourth year in a row attending and presenting at the Institute, which is consistently one of the two best CLE programs that I attend. I will be speaking
Last month, I chaired a day-long PLI program discussing troll cases. The day was an excellent dialogue on changes in the law impacting troll cases and trends in defending against trolls. We heard from the general counsel of a start-up with a unique perspective on dealing with troll suits in young, growing businesses. And we
Late last month, I attended the 11th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute. I have attended and spoken at the Institute for the last three years. In part because the excellent team running the Institute finds ways to reinvent it each year, it remains one of the top two legal CLE conferences
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,
