[Market Eye] Korean tech giants fall prey to patent trolling

Though the pandemic has driven record-breaking profits for tech firms as demand for at-home leisure and communication hardware rises, it has also stoked a growing threat coming from patent trolls. Companies specializing in exploiting patent...

$2,000 for Setala Juha prior art — Unified Patents

On January 4, 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 8,495,167 . The patent is owned by Setala Juha, an NPE. The '167 patent generally relates to data...

UK Government Consultation On Standard Essential Patents - Intellectual Property - UK

The UK government has commenced a consultation regarding standards essential patents and their impact on innovation.

UK IPO Launches Consultation On Standard Essential Patents - Intellectual Property - UK

The UK IPO has issued an open consultation with a call for views in relation to standard essential patents.

Patent splurging: how in-house would spend budget increases

Four lawyers tell Managing IP that they would invest in people, foreign filings and patent quality if their budgets went up by 20% or more

$2,000 for HY LIT Radio Tech prior art — Unified Patents

On January 4, 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 8,793,330 . The patent is owned by HY LIT Radio Technologies Inc., an NPE. The ‘330 patent generally...

$2,000 for Xperi Holding prior art — Unified Patents

On January 4, 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 11,012,720 . The patent is owned by Xperi Holding Corporation , an NPE. The '720 patent generally...

US Courts Realizing They Have A Judge Alan Albright Sized Problem In Waco

We've written a bit about Judge Alan Albright, the only judge in the US district court in Waco, Texas. Judge Albright, a former patent litigator, decided that, upon taking the bench, he'd become the friendliest court for patent cases in the...

UK review offers first test of SEP policy after Brexit

Implementers say the review gives them an opportunity to drive necessary change in the post-Unwired Planet patent stronghold

Links 27/12/2021: PostgreSQL-Related Project Releases, Microsoft's Patent Trolls Still Suing the Whole World

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Dallas Invents: 127 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 16 » Dallas Innovates

Check out this week's ranking for inventive activity in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington.

"It is transparency which is the secret of patent pool MPEG LA’s success" - JUVE Patent

Hisense has now taken a licence from MPEG LA’s AVC/H.264 patent pool. The Chinese smartphone, tablet and TV manufacturer joins telecom giants Huawei, ZTE and TCL and becomes one of over 6,000 licensees that MPEG LA has signed up since the 1990s....

Judge Albright Names Lawyer For Patent Trolls As New Magistrate Judge For Waco

With the transformation of his Waco courtroom into the venue for more than 25% of all patent cases in the United States, Judge Albright can’t keep up with all the business he’s “drummed up” for his courtroom...

$2,000 for Buffalo Patents prior art — Unified Patents

On December 10, 2021, 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 7,187,670 . The patent is owned by Buffalo Patents, an NPE. The '670 patent generally relates to a...

[Opinion] Can an AI system be an inventor ?

The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.