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Patent Litigation And The Internet, John R. Allison, Emerson H. Tiller, Samantha Zyontz
Patent Litigation And The Internet, John R. Allison, Emerson H. Tiller, Samantha Zyontz
John R. Allison
Using both univariate comparisons and multiple regression techniques, we find that: (1) Internet patents and their two subtypes, broad Internet business models and narrower Internet business techniques, were litigated at a far higher rate than other (non-Internet patents, or NIPs)—they were between 7.5 and 9.5 times more likely to end up in infringement litigation, depending on the model we used. (2) Within the category of Internet patents, those on business models were litigated at a significantly higher rate than those on business techniques. (3) Across both Internet patents and NIPs, patents issued to small entities, especially individuals and small businesses, …