by bjunter | Feb 4, 2014 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News
Google and Samsung have announced a substantial and long-term cross-licensing agreement. This agreement will allow the companies to use each other’s existing patents, and any new patents filed, for the next 10 years. [1] Cross-licensing is a contract between two...
by jbcham | Dec 4, 2013 | Legislation/Regulations
Patent trolls had an especially scary Halloween this year as Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) introduced Senate Bill 1612 – the Patent Litigation Integrity Act. The short and succinct bill has one purpose – “To deter abusive patent litigation by targeting the economic...
by rniemei | Nov 8, 2013 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology
Last week on October 31st, a nightmare scenario that Google hoped to avoid came to pass. Attorneys for Rockstar Consortium filed suit in the Eastern District of Texas against Google and seven handheld device makers that employ Google’s Android operating system...
by djschaff | Oct 10, 2013 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology
On September 28 of this year the Federal Trade Commission voted to seek public comments on proposed information requests to better understand patent troll practices. This move by the FTC marks the first step on the road to possibly regulating patent trolls. Patent...
by felleman | Dec 6, 2012 | Cases, Legal/Tech News, Technology
Since the establishment of the Federal Circuit three decades ago, the Supreme Court has tended to distance itself from the development of patent law. As the Federal Circuit holds exclusive jurisdictions over appeals arising from disputes involving patents, circuit...
