Posts Tagged: "spes"

Marathon Patent restructuring will put Fortress subsidiary in charge of patent monetization

Marathon is transferring certain parts of its intellectual property portfolio to newly created special-purpose entities (SPEs), which would give greater control over patent monetization strategies to a financial partner of Marathon… DBD’s parent company Fortress Investment Group LLC, who has been making interesting forays into patent licensing operations in recent years. Marathon is only one of several patent monetization companies in which Fortress made investments through its DBD subsidiary.

Steve Brachmann

August 15, 2017

Breaking through the culture of Examiner v. Applicant at the USPTO

Somehow a culture of Examiner v. Applicant has evolved. There doesn’t seem to be much in examiner training to pit them against external stakeholders. No evidence there of USPTO-endorsed nefarious agenda! Examiner training directives regarding external stakeholder interaction are in-line with what the stakeholder should reasonably expect. Still, it seems every patent practitioner has a story of examiner absurdity to tell.

Raina Haque

July 28, 2016