PATENT TROLL
Any time you see a blog post with a picture of Alfred E. Neuman in it - you know it has to be good.
This time it is the Patent Prospector blasting away at the "over-credentialed chowderheads" who have been huffing and puffing about the havoc patents are inflicting on the economy and innovation.... read more
It is getting very "springy" here in Oklahoma and folks are getting a bit goofy - so, I guess it should come as no surprise that we have been chuckling about this snippet from my RSS reader tonight...
If you were wondering what this is about - have a read over at Politico for the full angst,... read more
A couple of months ago I came across Mike Dillon’s blog – The Legal Thing – covering all things legal from the perspective of General Counsel at Sun.
As GC for Sun, Mike’s daily routine must entail a significant amount of attention to... read more
Mr. Michael Schade did an excellent job for the first round of poems. Now, it is time for my creation.
Everyone loves a good limerick….especially when it involves a little bit of “trolling”.
There once was a troll from the city,
who opened the trial with... read more
Well, when you are wrong – the best thing to do is to acknowledge the error and applaud the person who pointed it out to you.
Well, kudos to Lawrence Ebert at the IPBiz blog who spent some time talking about patent trolls in a recent blog post. With respect to my error, Lawrence kindly... read more
I guess he could be – he didn’t commercially exploit his patented technology, afterall.
That “patent troll” definitional thing is a bit tricky when you actually think about it.
But who is and who isn't exploiting the system is a grey area. Abe Lincoln obtained a patent,... read more
Ahh… someone finally put into print what a lot of us patent practitioners have wondered for awhile – when would someone claim that universities are patent trolls?
The managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation – i.e., WARF – does a nice job battling the... read more
So last week we asked ya'll to give us your best shot at a litmus-test definition for the term "patent troll." It's an understatement to say that the response was somewhat underwhelming. We received a grand total of......zero definitions.
We've decided to take that as an indication... read more
What is a patent troll?
Everyone in the patent community has a general idea of what makes a patent owner a troll, but I can't find a litmus test definition anywhere. If you've got one, please put it in the comments. I'm looking for a definition that allows me to... read more
Well, it appears that it isn’t just tax cuts, immigration and hurricane Katrina rebuilding that threaten congressional members these days – now they have to worry about trademark infringement.
“Conservative activist Grover Norquist is seeking a trademark on “K Street... read more
Maybe, just maybe, RIM versus NTP isn’t about the evil patent trolls after all… read more
Sometimes you get a sort of zen when reading through your RSS aggregator. Something similar to randomly listening to your iPod and getting opera followed by glam metal from the 80s. It just fits together so well that you smile and think “that’s good”.
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Well, another month has come and gone and the community of folks reading PHOSITA continues to grow. On average, about 1250 people visit our little blawg each day. Thanks for stopping by and please drop us an email if you have any questions, concerns or “rants”.
If you missed... read more
To answer the question of whether trolling is good or bad, David G. Barker has published TROLL OR NO TROLL? POLICING PATENT USAGE WITH AN OPEN POST-GRANT REVIEW. In this Duke Law & Technology Review article, he proposes any transfer of patent ownership be subject to government intervention.... read more
"Patent trolling" involves finding and procuring patents, then suing infringers of those patents.
Some claim that this is an unfair, extortion-like practice, often exercised by those who are not even producing the "patented" invention. This position is somewhat intuitive. It doesn't seem fair that... read more