Posts Tagged: efficient infringement
More Dreck on Patent Trolls from Attorneys Cozying Up to Silicon Valley
Principe and Rudroff unfortunately regurgitate much of the misguided dialogue, which has done nothing to serve this country except to decimate its patent system in recent years. …
Amazon CEO Bezos is Knowingly Complicit in Online Sales of Counterfeit Goods, According to Report
Although Amazon is typically quick to reference its anti-counterfeit policy as proof of its commitment to weeding out inauthentic products from its retail platform, watchdog groups continue …
ECCO Accuses Skechers of Stealing Soles, Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit in Delaware District Court
Recently, Denmark-based footwear maker ECCO filed a suit alleging claims of patent infringement against Manhattan Beach, CA-based shoemaker Skechers. The suit, filed in the federal district for …
Google Changes Its Code of Conduct After Years of Being Evil Towards Patent Owners
However, in intellectual property circles, it would be easy question whether Google has lived up to the goal of not doing, or being, evil... Google’s efforts …
Lofgren Supported Eliminating BRI Before She Was Against It
Congresswoman Lofgren seems quick to forget that she was one of the original co-sponsors of the Innovation Act when it was introduced into the House back in …
Tech Giants Maintain Dominance By Copying Technologies
Although it’s not illegal to earn a profit, unfair business practices in the pursuit of holding a monopoly over an entire industry led to the breakup …
Tech Super Giants Maintain Standard Oil Sized Monopolies
Between 1882 and 1906, this market dominance reportedly brought Standard Oil a total of $838,783,800 in net income. On an annual basis, that would mean that Standard Oil earned nearly $35 …
What is on the Horizon for Patent Owners in 2018?
One of the questions that gets asked this time of year, when the world is busy flipping the calendar from one year to the next, is “What …
A Modest Patent Proposal
Just as Swift’s solution to the crises of his day was abhorrent, i.e., eating the children of the poor for nourishment, eating the issue of …
Misrepresentations in Service to Efficient Infringer Lobby
The world of intellectual property law has been abuzz in recent months leading up to oral arguments in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Oil …
Confessions of a Frustrated Patent Attorney: The Telephone Call
I used to receive telephone calls, quite frequently, asking about the procedure for preparing and filing a patent application. Today, I no longer receive these calls. I …
A patent without enforcement value has no licensing value
Enforcement of patents through litigation occurs when licensing has failed to result in an arms length negotiated resolution. In other words, patent owners resort to litigation when …
Theftovation: Facebook ‘Likes’ Copying Ideas
The Wall Street Journal explains ithat the Silicon Valley culture has long regarded copying as a good thing and necessary for rapid growth, first to market, first …
Congressman Darrell Issa: A well-financed ally of the efficient infringer lobby
With all of this money, it seems the efficient infringer lobby has managed to find an unlikely ally in Congress — someone who made his money as an …
Patent Quality Relies on a Fictitious Narrative
The facts are that the quest for the golden patent is misplaced. The real problem has been the shifting and artificial criteria of patentability, inventiveness and “obviousness.” …
