Intellectual Property

News and expert analysis on IP developments from the courts to the USPTO.

  • IP: Finding the factors in enforcement and monetization of patent assets

    By David E. Mixon, David Vance Lucas | March 4, 2014

    Almost all patent litigation settles before the outcome of a trial. This is ultimately a proper result since all patent disputes at their heart are business disputes.

    1 minute read

  • IP: We settled! Or did we…

    By John L. Strand | March 4, 2014

    The decision of Interthinx, Inc. v. CoreLogic Solutions LLC partially answered the question: The PTAB is willing to proceed to a final decision even after the parties jointly moved to terminate.

    1 minute read

  • IP: Keeping your company’s information confidential in today’s world of due diligence

    By Eric M. Brusca | March 4, 2014

    Due diligence in todays digital world presents particularly challenging questions arising from communications between companies throughout the due diligence process.

    1 minute read

  • IP: Searching for clues to maximize IP and business advantage

    By S. Farhan Mustafa | March 4, 2014

    The key to a robust IP portfolio is understanding of the technology landscape in which an organization operates and much of that can be delivered through an effective patent research strategy.

    1 minute read

  • Apple scores patent litigation victory in Germany

    By Rich Steeves | March 3, 2014

    IPCom GmbH & Co KG claimed that Apple infringed on two of its patents that related to technology that prioritized calls on mobile networks. A court in Mannheim, Germany tossed out the lawsuit.

    1 minute read

  • The top 10 businesses targeted by patent trolls

    By Amanda Ciccatelli | March 3, 2014

    Fortune recently published the 2013 list of top 10 patent troll targets, which include AT&T, fighting 70 active cases as of the publication date. Next in line is Google, which was hit with 43 suits last year.

    1 minute read

  • Supreme Court IP hearings at an all-time high

    By Juliana Kenny | February 28, 2014

    The court is only hearing 70 cases this nine-month term ending in June, so IP cases are taking up 11.4 percent of the courts time.

    1 minute read

  • Quiz: Test your knowledge of February’s top legal news

    By Zach Warren | February 28, 2014

    Recapping the most significant or just plain strangest news stories of the past month

    1 minute read

  • Supreme Court to rule on software patents

    By Rich Steeves | February 27, 2014

    In an upcoming case, Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, the Court will determine whether claims to computer-implemented inventions including claims to systems and machines, processes, and items of manufacture are directed to patent-eligible subject matter.

    1 minute read

  • Supreme Court hears cases that could affect patent trolling

    By Juliana Kenny | February 27, 2014

    Who should pay whose fees is a much-belabored point in patent legislation, but the Supreme Court is hearing two cases in order to get closer to a determining ruling on assessing attorneys fees in patent legislation.

    1 minute read

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