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The America Invents Act 500: Effects Of Patent Monetization Entities On Us Litigation, Robin Feldman
The America Invents Act 500: Effects Of Patent Monetization Entities On Us Litigation, Robin Feldman
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Any discussion of flaws in the United States patent system inevitably turns to the system’s modern villain: non-practicing entities, known more colorfully as patent trolls. For many years, however, discussions about non-practicing entities have been long on speculation and short on data. In 2011 Congress directed the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office to study the effects of non-practicing entities on patent litigation. At the request of the GAO, we collected and coded a set of patent lawsuits filed over the past five years. This article presents our analysis of the data and its implications. The data confirm in a dramatic fashion …
The Giants Among Us, Robin Feldman, Tom Ewing
The Giants Among Us, Robin Feldman, Tom Ewing
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