News & Updates on Retail Patent Litigation
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:
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The following is a blog post by Varun Shah, Aruba Network’s Director, Intellectual Property — full disclosure, I previously represented Aruba. Shah has an interesting alternative patent reform proposal that seeks to target the patent troll problem. It is interesting for retailers because it is under-inclusive. On the one hand, that is less …
Patent trolls, and patent plaintiffs generally, were active on Wednesday. April 23. 184 cases were filed on Wednesday, by numerous plaintiffs, including Signal IP, various Joao Bock entities, Interface IP, PanTaurus, Olivistar, TQP Development, eDekka, and c4cast. Of course, it could just be a bizarre coincidence, but as Dennis Crouch points out at Patently-O,…
The Main Street Patent Coalition has formed as a group of trade associations representing main street-type businesses has come together to give voice the epidemic of patent trolls targeting retailers and other Main Street businesses and to push Congress for necessary reforms. The Coalition includes key retail trade associations including:
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After the House passed the Innovation Act, the Senate was expected to act in the first two months of the year. Then in February, the Senate slowed down and their were rumors that a full bill would not make it to a vote before Congress went home to campaign for mid-term elections. But late…
This morning, the House of Representatives passed the Innovation Act (also known as the Goodlatte bill) by a vote of 325-91. A number of amendments that would have gutted or watered down the bill were defeated.
Key provisions of the Innovation Act, as passed, include:
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