Patent lawsuits are common in Silicon Valley, but the one that NVIDIA filed over graphics technology will make many in the smartphone and gaming industry take notice. Read more »
The U.S. is about to get a new czar to oversee piracy and intellectual property. If the country must have a czar, why can’t the person look at other IP-related problems… Read more »
There’s another piece of good news on the patent troll front as a new Patent Office appeals system appears to be doing its job. This month, it agreed to invalidate a… Read more »
Intellectual Ventures, which has been the scourge of the tech industry for years, may be in trouble after reportedly laying off 20 percent of its staff. Read more »
Personal Audio believes it has a right to collect patent royalties from every podcaster in the country. A comedian stopped the patent troll in its tracks but did not go through… Read more »
Two law professors used a supercomputer to analyze patent applications against a database of examiner records and found that not only do grant rates increase with pay rates, but rejections for… Read more »
Ready for some good news for a change on the patent troll front? Here’s a start-up that was able to fight off a troll with the help of law students. Read more »
Bose just fired a major shot across the bow of Apple-owned headphone-maker Beats, accusing it of infringing on five patents related to noise-reduction. Read more »
The Obama Administration has backed away from an unpopular plan to name a Johnson & Johnson executive and patent reform opponent as head of the US Patent Office. Read more »