Posts Tagged: demand letters
FTC Bars Patent Assertion Entity From Using Deceptive Tactics
The settlement with MPHJ is the first time the FTC has taken action using its consumer protection authority against a patent assertion entity (PAE). PAEs are companies …
Dear Patent Troll: Drop Dead
In 2012, Mr. Rust bought five patents from an inventor named Laurence Klein for exactly $1. He then set up 101 separate limited liability companies (LLCs), each with bizarre six …
Extortionist Demand Letters are Wrecking Public Confidence in the U.S. Patent System
The greatest long-term threat to the U.S. patent system does not come from its professional opponents – those large businesses and their political allies who stand to …
Ethical Licensing vs. Bad Practices Damaging the Industry
Acknowledging that many of the problems facing the licensing industry was brought about due to bad actors dominating the discussion, Shaer explained that the absence of legitimate …
CAFC Can’t Review Vermont Demand Letter Enforcement
The Federal Circuit, per Judge Newman and with Chief Judge Prost and Judge Hughes, found that the Federal Circuit lacked jurisdiction to hear the appeal from a …
Taking Aim at Patent Troll Demand Letters
Bad demand letters are a big problem for U.S. small businesses, costing them millions of dollars in settlement fees and legal costs annually. Patent trolls often …
House Subcommittee Takes up TROL Act on Demand Letters
Congress is moving forward with at least some patent reform efforts this year, taking up the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2014, which is scheduled to …
FTC Testifies on Legislation to Prohibit Deceptive Patent Demand Letters
The Federal Trade Commission testified on consumer protection issues involving patent demand letters, patent assertion entities (PAEs), and proposed legislation to prohibit deceptive patent demand letters. Delivering …
Identifying the Real Patent Extortionists: A Review of the Extortionist Demand Letter
Congress is on the cusp of passing legislation that is said to be designed to control the so-called “patent troll.” Of course, as belatedly recognized by the …
Sued by a Patent Troll? How to Respond to Demand Letters
Also rising at an alarming rate are the number of infringement assertions, which can often take the form of a threatening letter that goes over the top …
“Main Street” Patent Coalition Wants Patent Litigation Reform
The Main Street Patent Coalition may be the entity with the single most misleading name in the history of misleading organization names…. According to the LA Time, …
