Posts in Business
ITC and Trade Secret Cases Against Apple Over Pulse Oximetry Tech Highlight Need for Better Ways to Rein in Big Tech
In late June, medical technology firm Masimo Corporation and its consumer device subsidiary Cercacor Laboratories filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) asking …
Doing it Their Way: Leaders Share Tips for Helping Women to Make it in the IP Game
Panelists on yesterday’s IPWatchdog webinar, “We Did it Our Way: Women IP Trailblazers Share Their Incredible Journeys” explained that, while the challenges they have had to …
Antitrust Suit Filed by 36 State AGs Targets Google Anticompetitive Practices on Android App Distribution
Last week, the attorneys general of 36 U.S. states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California against internet services and …
Will Trump Class Actions Against Social Media Platforms Revive Section 230 Debate?
Former President Donald J. Trump announced today that he is suing Facebook, Twitter and Google/YouTube in separate class action suits, claiming, among other allegations, that the …
Standard Essential Patents and Legal Risks Across Industries
The next industrial revolution will not only impact the smartphone and computer world but will spread to many more industrial verticals. Automotive, manufacturing, energy, health care, and …
How Organizations Must Protect Themselves from Ransomware Attacks
When one thinks of cybercrime, it can be easy to imagine a mysterious figure in a dimly lit room sending out various phishing emails to unsuspecting victims. …
Patent Procurement and Strategy for Business Success Part III: Prosecution – Wielding an Invisible Hand
In the United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO’s ) patent academy (or today’s version of such), patent examiners are taught that the objective of the …
Using AI to Valuate and Determine Essentiality for SEPs
One of the major challenges when licensing, transacting, or managing Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) is that there is no public database that provides information about verified SEPs. …
Patent Procurement and Strategy for Business Success Part II: Claims – Targeting the Right Infringers
To protect the inventions that are important to a company's current and future success, the claims of the patents covering those inventions must accurately define the subject …
The DOJ Antitrust Division: Regulatory Capture at the Expense of U.S. Interests
Historically an esoteric area of law, in recent years, antitrust policy is drawing broader attention as a tool to curb the exercise of monopolistic market power, especially …
Patent Procurement and Strategy for Business Success: Building and Strategically Using Patents that Target the Right Infringers and Thwart Competitive Countermeasures
Successful patent strategies for business are inexorably tied to the quality of the patents upon which the patent strategies depend. The quality of a patent depends upon …
Patent Litigation Likely to Rise with More Litigation Financing Opportunities
From increasing damage awards into the billions of dollars, to a new hot patent court for plaintiffs in West Texas, to increased financing available from litigation funders …
Thriving in Turbulent Times by Unleashing the Full Potential of Innovation Data
A decade of consecutive, annual growth in patent application activity worldwide came to a sudden halt in 2020. The pandemic has upended many aspects of business, including patent …
The IP Challenge for Medical Research Centers
As we scan the press attention around medical intellectual property (IP) during these pandemic times, an impassioned debate centers on whether there should be a reprieve on …
Unpacking 5G SEPs and Standards Contribution Data
With multiple reports published by many different entities on 5G leadership, it is hard to know who to believe, as there is little transparency about where the …
