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The Economic Crisis: Impact and Toll on IP
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| Light at the end of the tunnel: Will tough times bring on boom times for
| patent acquirers?
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| That’s what Joff Wild concludes in another article on this subject. Here’s
| the equation: Recession equals (patent-owning) companies going out of
| business equals auctioning off of these assets as companies try to raise cash
| to pay creditors equals more opportunities to acquire patents (both from
| bankruptcies and solvent companies that want to raise cash).
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| While this may be a patent troll/NPE’s (Non-Practicing Entity) modus operandi
| for building up a portfolio, any company that develops and sells products,
| seeks new technologies, and is willing to spend cash can do the same.
| According to Wild, it’s a great way to save R&D time and money.
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| Yes, tough times can sink a business. But just like in any other enterprise,
| IP investors can look for the silver lining – opportunities to turn financial
| turmoil to financial success.
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http://www.bpcouncil.com/apage/804.php
Some Patent Lawsuits Getting Moved Out Of East Texas
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| However, it does look like the Federal Circuit is at least somewhat paying
| attention to this issue, and recently transferred a patent infringement
| lawsuit out of Marshall, Texas, to Ohio, after noting that Ohio was "far more
| convenient."
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090104/1722453277.shtml
“Staff at the European Patent Office went on strike accusing the organization
of corruption: specifically, stretching the standards for patents in order to
make more money.”
“One of the ways that the EPO has done this is by issuing software patents in
defiance of the treaty that set it up.”
--Richard Stallman
Recent:
Report calls for restructuring patent office
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| The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office needs to be overhauled if it is to come
| to grips with rising backlogs and a perception of declining patent quality,
| according to a report the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent to President-elect
| Barack Obama. The report available online calls for sweeping changes in the
| leadership and structure of the patent office
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http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212501438
The Economic Impact of Software Patents
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| The UK's Patent Office – which now goes by the awful name of UK Intellectual
| Property Office, which means it's really the UK Intellectual Monopolies
| Office – is a curious beast. On the one hand, as its name suggests, it's tied
| into one of the biggest confidence tricks around, dressing up conceptual
| mutton as intellectual lamb. On the other, there are odd outbreaks of sanity
| that suggest someone in there understands some of the deeper issues
| concerning software patents.
|
| [...]
|
| It's not coincidence that Microsoft still maintains that GNU/Linux infringes
| on some 200 of its sacred software patents – and yet is strangely coy about
| naming them, since it doesn't want its bluff called.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1492&blogid=14
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