Don’t Let Europe Turn its Back on Open Standards by Legalizing Patent Trolling

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 [...]

Recent Supreme Court Decisions Highlight the Need for Fee Shifting Legislation

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 [...]

By |2014-06-27T15:47:33-04:00May 1st, 2014|Blog, Innovation and IP, Patents|

ACT emphasises the need for an EU Patent

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 [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:14:34-05:00July 26th, 2012|Blog, European Union, Innovation and IP, Patents|
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