Patent Law

U.S. patent law confers a monopoly (in the sense of a right to exclude competitors), generally for 20 years, on an invention that is patented, provided the patent is valid — that is, that it is genuinely novel, useful, and … Continue reading →

Mark Lemley, a patent expert and Stanford Law School teacher, said the ITC could cite reasons of “public interest” as a reason for turning down a product ban that infringe essential patents. “If they (smartphone makers) had taken the …

… against HTC were invalid and that the Taiwanese device manufacturer had not been guilty of infringing on a fourth patent. Technology law expert Luke Scanlon of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, said that the ruling could affect … Continue reading →

Mark Lemley, a patent expert who teaches at Stanford Law School, estimated the cost to the companies of the smartphone patent wars at “conservatively $15 to $20 billion dollars.” (Reporting By Diane Bartz; Editing by Tim Dobbyn)

A United States Circuit Court judge has declared that both these firms and other tech firms are indulging in a ridiculous abuse of intellectual property law. This is a dimension of how patent wars are playing out within the commercial … Continue reading →

With this information, portfolio managers will know: Whether it is statistically more or less expensive to obtain patents for a given business unit or technology area Whether certain attorneys or law firms obtain patents more quickly than others Whether …

a patent expert who teaches at Stanford Law School. But since licensing negotiations take place behind closed doors, it is nearly impossible to know which party is being unreasonable in any given fight, he said. The single thing that every … Continue reading →

a patent expert who teaches at Stanford Law School. But since licensing negotiations take place behind closed doors, it is nearly impossible to know which party is being unreasonable in any given fight, he said. The single thing that every … Continue reading →

a patent expert who teaches at Stanford Law School. But since licensing negotiations take place behind closed doors, it is nearly impossible to know which party is being unreasonable in any given fight, he said. The single thing that every … Continue reading →

Companies believe this serial RCE process is less costly than filing an appeal, because an appeal frontloads significant costs at the early stages of patent prosecution. According to information from the American Intellectual Property Law …