The Patent Risk Digest provides a monthly update on market activity, policy, and legal developments related to patent litigation.
Most venture capitalists have portfolio companies that have received demands from patent trolls alleging infringement. A suit or even a threatening letter from a troll can have catastrophic effects, delaying research and development, draining cash reserves for legal bills, and killing funding. Data shows how this cost can outsize—and quickly overwhelm—earlier-stage businesses. Read the full November issue.
Read moreThe volume of patent troll litigation through Q3 2015 remains on track to surpass that of 2014, and a new spate of suits demonstrates why smaller companies are prime targets. Read the full October issue.
Read morePatent trolls have added nearly twice as many new defendants to infringement lawsuit campaigns in the first half of 2015 than during the second half of last year—despite court decisions and reforms thought to be deterrents. Read the full September issue.
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