Europe has long been a leader in the development and deployment of both open standards as well as the technologies these standards drive. Everyone agrees that open standards play a critical role in interoperability, innovation, and competition. Open standards enabled me to build an ICT consulting firm in Alicante, Spain [...]
We’ve talked about patents a lot recently and one of our main points has always been that the best place to address patent quality is at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The USPTO plays a key role in promoting innovation by granting quality patents. The USPTO [...]
While the law allows courts to grant attorney fees to the winning party in a patent infringement case, many federal courts have opted not to award those fees. Courts have interpreted the standard for awarding fees, "exceptional circumstances" (35 U.S.C. §285), so high few, if any, cases have been able [...]
Apple patents being upheld will force industry toward innovation and differentiation. That's a good thing. Patents not only protect the investments of innovators, they create incentives for the rest of the industry to innovate instead of copying the work of others. Apple's win today reaffirms the importance of patents to [...]
Jonathan Zuck highlights today in Science Business that while recent progress has been encouraging, the MEPs’ decision not to vote on the single European Patent leaves innovative businesses without the historic breakthrough they so desperately need. The EU patent is a critical step towards a more innovation-friendly business environment that [...]
