The Federal Circuit Helps a Patent Troll Block Public Access to Court Records

For more than three years, EFF has been fighting for public access to court records in a patent case between Uniloc, one of the world’s most prolific patent trolls, and Apple, one of the world’s biggest tech companies. The district court has ruled...

$18,000 for Dominion Harbor sub, Redwood Technologies, prior art — Unified Patents

On January 28, 2022, Unified added 9 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Redwood Technologies, LLC, an NPE and entity of the Dominion Harbor Group . The contests...

Podcast Episode: Saving Podcasts from a Patent Troll

Imagine getting a letter in the mail—and then another, and then another—telling you that if you don’t pay $25,000 to a company you’ve never heard of, you’ll have to shut down the small business that you’ve worked for years to build. That’s exactly...

Podcast: Is the Albright-inspired judicial study a good idea?

Sources from the High Tech Inventors Alliance, the Senate Judiciary IP Subcommittee and NPE Dominion Harbor weigh in on the rise of the Western District of Texas

$2,000 for Guzik Technical Enterprises prior art — Unified Patents

On January 28, 2022, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,221,220 . The patent is owned by Guzik Technical Enterprises, an NPE. The '220 patent generally...

IPCom settles 15-year SEP dispute with HTC - JUVE Patent

IPCom and HTC have settled their dispute over standard essential patents, after both companies signed a licence agreement.

$4,000 for Big Will Enterprises prior art — Unified Patents

On January 4, 2022, Unified Patents added two separate PATROLL contests with an opportunity to collect up to $4,000 in cash for prior art on at least claim 1 of two patents - U.S. Patent 8,452,273 and U.S. Patent 9,049,558 . The patents are...

$2,000 for AutoBrilliance prior art — Unified Patents

On January 13, 2022, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,337,650 . The patent is owned by AutoBrilliance, LLC, an NPE. The '650 patent generally relates...

Lenovo gets access to InterDigital licensing info ahead of FRAND trial

The English High Court has handed down another judgment in the ongoing high-profile standard-essential patent litigation between InterDigital and Lenovo, clarifying certain confidentiality matters ahead of the next scheduled trial in January.

Rothschild entity Display Technologies patent challenged — Unified Patents

On January 6, 2022, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 9,300,723 . The ‘723 patent is owned by Display Technologies, LLC, an entity affiliated with prolific inventor and frequent plaintiff Leigh M....

Ericsson's Chief 'IP' Officer Kasim Alfalahi Has Become a Parasite and Patent Troll in Avanci

Trolls have ridden the latest wave of fronting for large corporations by taking their patents for so-called ‘assertion’ or ‘monetisation’ (trolling like MPEG-LA and many of Microsoft’s patent trolls)

Acer sues Volkswagen over handful of 4G patents, decries VW's hold-out tactics against Avanci including 'licensing negotiation groups'

Intellectual Ventures predicted an "IP reckoning" for the automotive industry and did its part to turn this into a self-fulfilling prophecy ...

First Patent Pool for 3GPP Infrastructure Launched to Help Accelerate 5G — Unified Patents

Alium , a joint patent pool venture between MPEG LA and Unified Patents , is supporting the development of Open RAN by providing a solution to the uncertainty and risk posed by the more than 100,000 essential patents already self-declared...

Albright picks IP litigator Derek Gilliland as new magistrate judge

Gilliland, a partner at Sorey & Gilliland in Texas, will start his new role at the District Court for the Western District of Texas on April 1

Livestreamed Hearing Monday: EFF Urges Appeals Court to Allow Public Access to Documents in Patent Troll Litigation

WASHINGTON, D.C.— On Monday, December 6, at 10 am ET, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), standing up for public access to courts and transparency in patent litigation, will urge a panel of judges to unseal documents that a notorious patent...

Take-Two Interactive Appears To Be Morphing From Game Publisher Into IP Troll

There is this thing that sometimes happens to companies that are wildly successful where they stop focusing so much on making the things that made them successful and turn instead to intellectual property trolling. Think Atari, for instance. Atari...

The Story Patents Tell About Your Business - IPwe

As a patent owner or a company driving innovation, you more than likely spend a bit of time researching or filling patents to protect ideas. Once granted, the value of a patent

Longhorn HD patent held invalid — Unified Patents

On November 9, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Longhorn HD LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,260,846 invalid. Longhorn HD LLC, an NPE, is an affiliate...