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45 Law and Economics Professors Sign Letter Supporting Venue Reform
Chairmen Goodlatte and Grassley and Ranking Members Conyers and Leahy: The undersigned patent law academics and economics experts write...
Jul 12, 2016
Unanimous SCOTUS Ruling in Cuozzo Reaffirms PTO’s Broad Authority to Review Questionable Patents
"The Supreme Court today reaffirmed the U.S. Patent and Trademark’s Office’s broad authority under the America Invents Act to review the...
Jun 21, 2016
Supreme Court Ruling in Halo/Stryker Case Will Lead to More Lawsuits from Patent Trolls
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling this week in the controversial Halo/Stryker case will lead to more patent lawsuits being filed against...
Jun 14, 2016
An Open Letter to Sen. Chuck Grassley: Don’t Give Up on Venue Reform
Dear Sen. Chuck Grassley, I work at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an organization that fights for digital rights in the U.S....
May 20, 2016
Senator McConnell, Don't Ignore Kentucky's Small Businesses
Those who follow Congress are rarely optimistic about what changes the legislative branch can make in an election year. However, this...
May 17, 2016
Broad Coalition Supports Bill to Curtail Forum Shopping in Patent Litigation
On behalf of the undersigned civil-society and public-interest organizations, we write to express strong support for S.2733, the Venue...
May 11, 2016
The Growing Problem of Patent Trolling
The last decade has seen a sharp rise in patent litigation in the United States; 2015 has one of the highest patent lawsuit counts on...
Apr 29, 2016
Patent Trolls: Evidence from Targeted Firms
We develop a theoretical model of, and provide the fi rst large-sample evidence on, the behavior and impact of non-practicing entities...
Apr 24, 2016
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