Not long after one “patent troll” took a bite out of Apple in court in September, another filed suit against 14 media companies for allegedly infringing on its Web autoplay technology, even though the original patent was for television and doesn’t mention the Internet or
Last week, “patent trolls” notched another legal win against Apple in 2016. A Delaware federal jury ruled that the multinational technology company infringed on Mobile Media Ideas LLC’s mobile phone ring-silencing patent and should pay $3 million. One could say that Apple got off “cheap”
Siri, how much did Apple agree to pay Marathon Patent Group, Inc. over your voice-system technology? 24.9 million. According to documents recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Apple has agreed to settle with the patent troll. In turn, Marathon Patent Group will split
In January 2015, we blogged about Washington State’s effort through the proposed Patent Troll Prevention Act to protect the rights of legitimate patent holders by cracking down on deceptive and predatory claims of patent infringement. (It was then signed into law that April.) Now, we
Earlier this week, we brought you news of patent reform legislation out of Washington State. Now, we share the renewed reform efforts taking place in Washington, D.C. As The Washington Post reports, patent trolls are no longer a “tech-sector problem.” Department stores, restaurant chains, search
While Seattle Seahawk Russell Wilson continues to wipe away tears of joy (and Cheeseheads, tears of despair), we bring you news of patent troll legislation out of the Evergreen State. What’s a patent troll? A company that acquires “exceptionally broad patents” and then accuses another
On March 31, the Supreme Court of the United States began hearing oral arguments for the notable patent case of Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank and the application of patent protection on software, specifically computer-implemented inventions, and whether it is appropriate under Section 101 of
The countdown to January 1st has begun and so have the year-end reviews. We want to kick off the new year with you by sharing our 13 most popular blog posts from 2013 covering everything from the FRCP to trademark infringement to e-discovery to data
In a 2012 Intellectual Property Magazine article, DeAnna Allen, partner at Cooley, brought up an important question about content providers and patents: “What degree of financial responsibility should a content provider reasonably expect to bear for patent infringement when it has little or no hand
Patent trolls have another trick up their sleeves that could hurt small startups and entrepreneurs, and it involves crowdfunding. For those of you who aren’t sure what this means, the names Kickstarter and Indiegogo may ring a bell. Basically, crowdfunding is a feel-good way to
GE and the 4 year-old product development company Quirky have come to an agreement that will allow the public to use many GE patents to spur invention and innovation. The initial deal will make 200 patents available to the public, but will eventually include thousands.