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Will The Patent Act Survive 2110?, Severin De Wit
Will The Patent Act Survive 2110?, Severin De Wit
Severin de Wit
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The Case Ebay Inc. Vs. Mercexchange Llc, It's Impact On Npes And Patent Enforcement, Severin De Wit
The Case Ebay Inc. Vs. Mercexchange Llc, It's Impact On Npes And Patent Enforcement, Severin De Wit
Severin de Wit
The article describes the impact of US court decision eBay vs. MercExchange on patent injunctions, seen from a European perspective. It deals with European equivalents of injunctive relief. Debates about Patent Reform have a tendency to evolve also around the issue of patent trolls and whether they constitute a threat to the patent system or to innovation (or both). As patent trolls produce no goods, nor do they "practice" the patented invention themselves, trolls have been labeled a "threat" to operating companies. Authors defends that NPEs have gone through considerable effort to locate and acquire patents that remain undervalued, unused …