TDR Files SCOTUS Amicus Brief for AIPLA in Oil States

Case Addresses Constitutionality of Inter Partes Review

Do inter partes review proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) violate the U.S. Constitution by extinguishing private property rights through a non-Article III forum without a jury?

That’s the issue the U.S. Supreme Court will consider in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, et al., No. 16-712 (2017). read more

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TDR Files Brief for IPLAC at SCOTUS

Amicus Curiae Support Petition for Certiorari in Synopsys v. Mentor Graphics

This spring Tabet DiVito & Rothstein submitted a brief on behalf of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) as amicus curiae, in support of a petition for writ of certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in Synopsys, Inc. v. Mentor Graphics Corp., No. 16-1288 (2017). read more

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Uncertainty is the Enemy of Investment. Even Large Tech Firms Say So.

Stable Patent System Underpins a Successful Economy

Still more voices are attesting to the instability of patent policy in the U.S., noted Steve Brachman on IPWatchdog.com last week, reporting on the May 8 discussion, “The Impact of Uncertainty and Negative Attitudes Towards IP Rights on U.S. Business,” which was part of an International IP Commercialization Council (IIPCC)-sponsored event in Washington, DC. read more

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Amici Join Fight for Evolutionary Intelligence

U.S. Inventor, Inc. and IP Lodge BVBA Submit Briefs In Support

Last month I requested amici to support a combined petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc at the Federal Circuit in Evolutionary Intelligence LLC v. Sprint Nextel Corp., et al., which Evolutionary Intelligence had filed on April 19, 2017.

On behalf of Evolutionary Intelligence, I am extremely pleased that both IP Lodge BVBA and U.S. Inventor, Inc. submitted briefs on May 3, 2017. read more

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Behemoth-Tech and the Little Innovators —  This Tale Ends, But the Story’s Not Over

Part IV of A Four-Part Tale: The Demise of Innovation, Or, Perhaps, the Birth of Hope

Once in a while, it’s fun to get creative about something you feel passionate about, and that’s how this “fairy tale” came to be. Over the course of the first three installments, the big and powerful B-Techs became frustrated when the New Innovators threatened their dominance, so they hatched a pernicious plan to bring down the pesky patentees. read more

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Behemoth-Tech and the Little Innovators — The Fable Continues

Part III of A Four-Part Tale: The B-Techs Hatch a Pernicious Plan

You may already be following this “fairy tale”—an allegory that came to me during a Sunday morning at home. The first two installments introduced the big and powerful B-Techs, and their frustration when the New Innovators came on the scene to threaten their dominance. Now the fable continues, as the B-Techs strike back … read more

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Behemoth-Tech and the Little Innovators — The Story Unfolds

Part II of A Four-Part Tale: The Path of Innovation Leads to Competition

So, yes: I wrote “a fairy tale.” Well, sort of. As I noted in the “first installment” on Monday, a bunch of things came together all at once—including a Sunday morning when I had a little extra time. So I cued up this story of how the Behemoth Tech companies became big and powerful because of their imaginative use of chips. But as time passes, innovation can be hard to replicate. read more

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Behemoth-Tech and the Little Innovators

A Fairy Tale That’s All Too True (For Aren’t They All?) — and Patently Allegorical

“A fairy tale?” you ask. Well, yes. Because every once in a while, even though the work has piled up, you feel energized and spirited about something enough during breakfast on a Sunday morning that ideas just well up and the words spring onto the page. And if you have a couple of spritely, cheerful teenage daughters who occasionally read stories, narratives intersect and you just have a little fun with things. And that’s what happened here. So, a fairy tale … of a sort. And here goes. read more

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Doomsday for Patents? Readers Agree.

Readers React to Post on IPWatchdog; Patents In “A Sad State of Affairs”

In posts here on my blog on March 27 and April 3, I described how in Evolutionary Intelligence v. Sprint et al. the district court for the Northern District of California invalidated a valuable pair of what had been durable software patents—a decision that in February the Federal Circuit upheld.

Both courts erred in overlooking valid claims, although in the wake of the wacky Alice ruling, such a decision might not have been unexpected. read more

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One Way to Make America Great Again? Protect Patented Innovation!

I have a hard time listening to Washington politicians these days. All I hear is obfuscation and finger-pointing. Nothing seems to get done. And while the finger-pointing seems worse than ever, the inability to get anything done is par for the course.

If neither Congress nor the President can provide results, how can we get this country back on track? read more

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