Patent Law 
Another View: Patent law needs to be brought into digital age – Press Herald
Congress rewrote patent law last year to reduce the number of unwarranted patents and curb abusive lawsuits by “patent trolls,” but the federal courts have done significantly more than lawmakers to strike a better balance among innovators …
Putting patents in their place – Merced Sun-Star
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, June 28: Congress rewrote patent law last year to reduce the number of unwarranted patents and curb abusive lawsuits by “patent trolls,” but the federal courts have done …
Ultratech snaps up IBM semiconductor patents – ZDNet
Summary: In pursuit of the progression of Moore’s Law, Ultratech snaps up IBM patents related to the manufacture, composition and structure of semiconductors. San Jose, Calif.-based Ultratech announced yesterday that it has acquired to several …
Patents weren’t designed to stifle innovation and take a massive toll on holders – Extreme Tech
Like any good party though, it only takes a bit of riffraff to ruin the fun. In this case, its name is Patent Law. A recent study by a pair of law professors at Boston University School of Law sheds … Continue reading
Overland Storage Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits on Tape Storage Technologies – Yahoo Finance
The two patents in the Overland Storage lawsuits represent fundamental improvements in media access and virtual storage in the tape storage marketplace and were recently found to be valid by Chief Administrative Law Judge E. Charles Bullock of …
Overland Storage Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits on Tape Storage Technologies – msnbc.com
The two patents in the Overland Storage lawsuits represent fundamental improvements in media access and virtual storage in the tape storage marketplace and were recently found to be valid by Chief Administrative Law Judge E. Charles Bullock of …
When patents protect Apple, are they okay? – ZDNet
The reason I ask is that so many of you have disdain for the patent-law system. In a recent debate about software patents, 89% of the ZDNet audience was opposed to them. Granted, this is not a software patent — … Continue reading
Putting patents in their place – Los Angeles Times
Congress rewrote patent law last year to reduce the number of unwarranted patents and curb abusive lawsuits by “patent trolls,” but the federal courts have done significantly more than lawmakers to strike a better balance among innovators …
‘Patent trolls’ cost tech companies $29B last year, study says – Computerworld
… practicing entities” (NPEs), better known as “patent trolls,” cost U.S. software and hardware companies $29 billion in 2011, according to a study from the Boston University School of Law. NPEs are individuals and firms that own patents but …
Business Costs Quadruple on Patent-Owner Claims: BGOV Barometer – Businessweek
Business costs have risen more than fourfold since 2005 over royalty demands filed by patent owners seeking quick profits, a study by Boston University School of Law researchers shows. The BGOV Barometer shows companies face $29 billion in …
