August 22, 2013

Teleforum Panel on End-User Lawsuits in Patent Law on August 29 (free and open to the public)

Adam Mossoff

The Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property is hosting a teleforum panel on end-user lawsuits in patent law on Thursday, August 29, at Noon (EST). Here’s the announcement with…

Intellectual Property

August 19, 2013

Anti-Patent Bias in Applying Injunction Test Results in Another District Court’s Reversal – Aria Diagnostics v. Sequenom (Fed. Cir. Aug. 9, 2013)

Adam Mossoff

[Cross Posted to the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property] In its recent decision in Douglas Dynamics v. Buyers Products Co. (Fed. Cir., May 21, 2013), the Federal Circuit…

Intellectual Property

August 12, 2013

The Myth of the “Patent Troll” Litigation Explosion

Adam Mossoff

[Cross posted at The Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property] In a prior blog posting, I reported how reports of a so-called “patent litigation explosion” today are just wrong.…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 10, 2013

Richard Epstein Critiques Obama Administration Veto of ITC Exclusion Order in Samsung v. Apple Dispute

Adam Mossoff

Over at the blog for the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Richard Epstein has posted a lengthy essay that critiques the Obama Administration’s decision this past August 3…

Intellectual Property

July 25, 2013

The Value of Injunctions — Douglas Dynamics v. Buyers Products Co. (Fed. Cir. May 21, 2013)

Adam Mossoff

Over at the blog for the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property, I posted a short essay discussing the Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Douglas Dynamics v. Buyers Products…

Intellectual Property

July 23, 2013

Why the ITC is actually a good place to adjudicate standard-essential patents

Geoffrey A. Manne

Interest in patent cases — particularly those involving standard-essential patents — at the U.S. International Trade Commission has increased lately, especially in light of recent attention from the White House and Congress.

Intellectual Property

June 29, 2013

The FTC and Innovative Business Models for Patented Innovation

Adam Mossoff

The Federalist Society has started a new program, The Executive Branch Review, which focuses on the myriad fields in which the Executive Branch acts outside of the constitutional and legal limits…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

June 24, 2013

“A Line in the Sand on the Calls for New Patent Legislation,” by Wayne Sobon

Adam Mossoff

Over at the blog for the Center for the Protection for Intellectual Property, Wayne Sobon, the Vice President and General Counsel of Inventergy, has posted an important essay that criticizes the…

Intellectual Property

April 6, 2013

How Copyright Drives Innovation in Scholarly Publishing

Adam Mossoff

[Cross posted at the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property blog.] Today’s public policy debates frame copyright policy solely in terms of a “trade off” between the benefits of…

Intellectual Property