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Capitol Records V. Redigi, United States District Court For The Southern District Of New York
Capitol Records V. Redigi, United States District Court For The Southern District Of New York
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Does The Us Patent System Need A Patent Small Claims Proceeding?, Colleen Chien, Michael J. Guo
Does The Us Patent System Need A Patent Small Claims Proceeding?, Colleen Chien, Michael J. Guo
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Patent litigation is expensive. The primary motivation for the creation of a patent small claims proceeding is to make enforcement more affordable. However, in the twenty or so years since the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) first endorsed the idea of a small claims patent court through Resolution 401‐4, the patent litigation landscape has drastically changed. Although patent litigation costs are still high, the equities have shifted. The marketplace for patents has developed, providing more options than previously existed to monetize and assert patents. However, the cost of patent defense has not gone down, and small companies cannot afford …
Software Patents & Functional Claiming, Colleen Chien, Aashish Karkhanis
Software Patents & Functional Claiming, Colleen Chien, Aashish Karkhanis
Faculty Publications
On Feb 12, 2013, the PTO held a roundtable about software patents at Stanford. Software patents have received a lot of attention and we don't believe it is undue: software patents are behind a disproportionate share of patent litigations -- more specifically, over half (55%) of all patent defendants and 82% of PAE ("patent troll") defendants are there because of a software patent, applying the Graham-Vishnubhakat definition to data provided by RPX Corporation. In this presentation, we more rigorously apply 35 USC 112(f) in accordance with the proposal Mark Lemley outlines in his WIRED oped "Let's Go Back to Claiming …
Masck V. Sports Illustrated, United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Michigan
Masck V. Sports Illustrated, United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Michigan
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