By Cheryl Milone Crowdsourcing has been an area of growing use and recognition in the IP industry. Where the recent White House and USPTO initiatives are successful, the quality of patents issued in the future will increase. This in turn, should reduce patent litigation based on patents of questionable validity. In the meantime, litigation is […]
Crowdsourcing Risk Reality Check
May 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Marshall Phelps Since stepping into my new role as CEO at Article One, I’ve spent time speaking with prospective clients about our unique crowdsourcing approach to prior art research. Recently, I’ve started hearing an argument I never expected, because I never shared the belief as a practitioner – prospective clients are hesitant to use […]
Myths of the Patent Wars: The ITC and Excessive Patent Damages Myths
May 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
David Kline and Bernard J. Cassidy What if (Almost) Everything You Thought You Knew About America’s “Broken” Patent System Was Wrong? What follows is the third installment in the four-part “Myths of the Patent Wars” series. The necessary legislative effort to curb bad actors in the patent industry has been “hijacked” by a small handful of […]
Myths of the Patent Wars: Are Non-Practicing Entities The Problem?
May 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By David Kline and Bernard J. Cassidy What if (Almost) Everything You Thought You Knew About America’s “Broken” Patent System Was Wrong? What follows is the second installment in the four-part “Myths of the Patent Wars” series. The necessary legislative effort to curb bad actors in the patent industry has been “hijacked” by a small handful […]
Myths of the Patent Wars: An “Explosion Of Patent Litigation” Greater Than Any in History?
May 12, 2014 by 1 Comment
By David Kline and Bernard J. Cassidy What if (Almost) Everything You Thought You Knew About America’s “Broken” Patent System Was Wrong? What follows is the first installment in the four-part “Myths of the Patent Wars” series. Four months ago, the House of Representatives passed the “Innovation Act” (H.R. 3309), which would impose sweeping changes […]
The Trouble with Trolls
April 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Marshall Phelps The motivation behind the patent troll problem is obvious. As with anything involving a great deal of money, people will always find a way to get around anything that lies in the way. It does not matter the industry, the parties involved or even the problem at hand – if money is the […]
The Rise of NPEs in Patent Litigation
January 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Marshall Phelps Patent litigation is in the midst of a great fluctuation. For most of its history, patent litigation was largely between competitors in a particular industry. This is no longer the case. It is now estimated that some 60% of patent litigation is driven by entities which do not compete in any particular […]
Operation Ninja S.T.A.R. – Help fight patent trolls
December 16, 2013 by 1 Comment
By Peter Vanderheyden from Article One Partners. Introduction Imagine you’re a startup that just created an exciting new online game. But then, just as it gains popularity (and a little revenue), you get a letter claiming your new game infringes a mysterious company’s patent. The company demands that you pay a sizable settlement fee or […]
Crowdfunding 101: Don’t forget to protect your idea
November 27, 2013 by 1 Comment
By Mary Juetten and Efrat Kasznik The ‘Jumpstart Our Business Startups’ Act, otherwise known as the JOBS Act, hit another milestone with the recent lifting of the 80-year ban on solicitation. At our last count, there were over 1,000 crowdfunding platforms awaiting the US-wide equity crowdfunding ‘Title III’ SEC regulations, anticipated to be released in […]
Intellectual Property Risk Mitigation
June 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By Donal O’Connell Risk Risk is the chance of something going wrong, and the danger that damage or loss will occur, whereas risk management is the process of analysing exposure to risk and determining how best to then handle such exposure. Intellectual Property (IP) By its very nature, there are both rewards and risks associated […]
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