In our last post, we noted that the passage of the America Invents Act hasn’t had a noticeable positive impact on the NPE problem. While the joinder provision in the new law has had the expected impact of causing a decrease in the number of defendants per suit, the overall number of suits is up sharply compared…
Read full postRecent commentary trumpeting the benefits of the America Invents Act look to be premature. The overall trend is clear: no matter how you look at it, the NPE problem is getting worse. 2011 is already the biggest year ever for growth of NPE suits. Total NPE suits year-to-date are up 71% and the number of unique defendants is up…
Read full postAsk 12 people to describe a non-practicing entity and you are likely to get a dozen different definitions, ranging from the dismissively pejorative (“patent troll”) to the unabashedly admiring (“defender of intellectual property rights”). Most observers have a firmly held opinion or an axe to grind, but from a neutral perspective, here’s a broad-based, fairly…
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