Month: April 2014
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Patent troll statistics, a correction
In a post on Friday I mentioned that in 2012, businesses and individuals targeted by patent aggregators and patent holding companies accounted for fifty-six percent of all patent defendants. That number should actually be 37.8% of…
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Some measured thoughts on patent trolls
This post expands on the remarks I made today at the Chicago Tech Roundtable meeting on Patent Trolls and Chicago’s Tech Community. The meeting was attended by a number of elected officials…
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Garcia v. Google amicus briefs with very brief summaries
Due to the level of interest in Garcia v. Google, the Ninth Circuit has a dedicated page providing information and key court documents to the public. I have listed the Amicus briefs…
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ABC v. Aereo Supreme Court Law Professor Amicus Brief
This amicus brief was written by David Post and James Grimmelmann on behalf of 36 law professors in the pending case of ABC v Aereo, now before the Supreme Court (oral argument…