World of Warcraft beats trolls in fight over 1996 “virtual worlds” patent
An obscure company claims to own the rights to talking avatars, and is suing many game makers. Its plans received a big setback this week. Read more »
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An obscure company claims to own the rights to talking avatars, and is suing many game makers. Its plans received a big setback this week. Read more »
The medical practice of blood-letting persisted for decades in the face of evidence that it was a bad idea. Today’s patent system is experiencing the same difficulty. Read more »
The problem of patent trolling is rooted in economics: there is little downside to filing outrageous lawsuits since it often costs the other side more to defend than settle. The Supreme… Read more »
The government and the media are taking an increasingly dim view of patent trolls. The biggest of the trolls is responding with new lobbying efforts. Read more »
All three branches of government are trying to fix America’s broken patent system. Today, the White House unveiled a series of new measures that will help — though not enough. Read more »
Two major tech industry players say their cross-licensing deal is an example of how to extract value from a patent portfolio without resorting to controversial trolling techniques. Read more »
The debate over patent reform is likely to crest this spring as all three branches of government move to fix a troubled innovation system. On Tuesday, the call for reform got… Read more »
Boston University reached a license deal with Apple, Amazon and others over a 17-year-old patent. A closer look at the deal raises questions about the school’s use of legal tactics that… Read more »
In an unbelievable act of chutzpah, an infamous patent troll that demands money from small businesses for using scanners, is suing the Federal Trade Commission for trying to stop its activities… Read more »
Google says its rivals have “placed a cloud” on the Android eco-system through a wave of lawsuits based on old Nortel patents. Now, it’s filed a lawsuit of its own to… Read more »