I am pleased to have the following guest post from David Balto. David Balto is the former Policy Director of the Federal Trade Commission. He represents retailers in IP and antitrust issues before the courts, Congress and regulatory agencies.
December was a busy month in the fight against patent trolls. Retailers represented their interests in
Professor Colleen Chien from Santa Clara Law spoke at the December 10 DOJ/FTC troll conference. As a follow up to the conference, she offered IAM Magazine her thoughts attempting to put our current troll situation, which she acknowledges is “disruptive” for business, with two other historical periods of increased troll activity involving railroads and sewing
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,
