Professors John Allison (University of Texas at Austin McCombs business school), Mark Lemley (Stanford), and David Schwartz (Chicago-Kent) have published an interesting article looking at empirical patent litigation data for cases filed in 2008 or 2009 as compared to similar data for cases filed in 1998-99 — Understanding the Realities of Modern Patent Litigation.
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Patent Trolls a “Modern Day Mafia?”
By R. David Donoghue on
Posted in Patent Trolls
In a recent Washington Post article, Vivek Wadhwa, a Stanford University fellow, identifies patent trolls as “modern day mafia.” Wadhwa focuses on software patents, the trolls’ favorite type of patent and the scourge of every retailer. Wadhwa looks briefly at the argument to eliminate software patents, advanced by tech giant Brad Feld, and then quickly …