Posts Tagged: sec
IP Lessons Learned from WeWork: A Unicorn in Pursuit of Technology
In an article we published on this blog in November 2015, we documented the findings of a study of Unicorns (startups with valuations of over $1 billion) and their …
Federal Circuit Rules Momenta Has No Standing after Ceasing Development of a Biosimilar
Earlier this month, the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) where the Board upheld the patentability of a biologics patent. …
Amazon’s Counterfeit Problem is a Big One—for Shareholders, Brand Owners and Consumers Alike
On February 1, Amazon.com, Inc. filed a Form 10-K annual report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Along with reporting its year-end earnings for the 2018 …
Cisco’s IoT Blockchain Merely Scratches the Surface of Distributed Ledger Technologies
The invention improves authentication of devices operating on the Internet of Things, while also detecting anomalies in device sensors. This IoT blockchain innovation merely scratches the surface …
Turning Your Patent into a Business: A Practical Guide to Equity Crowdfunding
Once your patent has been awarded you may still need additional capital to turn that patent into a business. Fortunately it is not as difficult to find …
How blockchain is critical to the securitization of IP
Liquidity in markets for cryptocurrencies like bitcoin is opening a new door for musicians and athletes to issue digital tokens in exchange for money. The tokens are …
The SEC Defines Blockchain, But Did They Get it Right?
The SEC has landed on a definition which includes both permissioned distributed ledgers and permissionless distributed ledgers in the term “blockchain.” This is not surprising, nor is …
Is HTIA’s general counsel John Thorne a patent troll?
John Thorne was VP and deputy general counsel for Verizon during its legal battle against former American cable television company Cablevision where Verizon asserted a series of …
Real estate tech firm Redfin has successful IPO under shadow of potential patent suit
Seattle, WA-based real estate tech firm Redfin went public after an initial public offering that exceeded expectations, reaching $15 per share and a total valuation of $138.5 million. The …
Infringe at Will Culture Takes Hold as America’s Patent System Erodes
Perhaps when the Senate Banking Committee convenes to consider the nomination of Wall Street attorney Jay Clayton as the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission …
Financial CHOICE Act could presage Congressional action on administrative abuses at PTAB
One of the effects of this bill, were it enacted by Congress as currently written, would be to modify the enforcement activities of the U.S. Securities …
Loan fraud charges filed by SEC target notable patent troll Jay Mac Rust
The patent trolling by MPHJ and owner, Texas lawyer Jay Mac Rust, are well known. But now the SEC is going after Jay Mac Rust in federal …
GoDaddy IPO could bring a nearly $3 billion valuation thanks to IP holdings
Publicly traded shares of stock in the company will initially be priced in a range from $17 to $19 each. If each of the 22 million shares which the company …
Patents are Important: Bursting the Twitter Patent Mythology
Twitter is a perfect case study to demonstrate just how important patents, particularly software patents, are to a start-up company that has aspirations of going public... In …
The Impact of the Alice Decision on Corporate Patent Assets
While impairment analysis exists for reported intangible, there is no process whatsoever for writing off non-reported intangibles, which include all internally created patents as previously discussed. Since …
