This interesting article in the New York Times regarding a so-called “patent troll,” raises the obvious question: If the patents are obviously no good and the claims of infringement clearly frivolous, how is it that supposedly top-notch lawyers must charge
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Be Careful What You Wish For…
The eyes of the patent world were on Seattle this week as an Order denying injunctive relief was handed down in the ongoing Microsoft v. Motorola heavyweight title bout.
While I will leave it to others to discuss the minutiae…
I Resemble That Remark
It is always amusing to watch the intellectual gymnastics of clever people trying to defend the intellectually indefensible. Seventh Circuit Appellate Judge Richard Posner’r recent, article, “Patent Trolls Be Gone” (You talkin’ to me, Judge?) is entertaining in this regard,…
Flying Coach
Or, “Those Who Live By The Sword…”
Here’s an amusing little class action case filed in Seattle this week. Seems Coach, Inc., well known purveyors of high end handbags and such, in their never-ending zeal to protect innocent consumers from…
Who’s Driving Up The Costs of Litigation? (Or, “Maybe The Recession’s Worse Than We Think!”)
As contingent-fee lawyers and supposed “patent trolls” to boot, my colleagues and I are blamed for many of the ills that plague society. It is we — who do not get paid unless we are successful — who file merit-less…
And the beat goes on…
A few years back I wrote about what I saw as a developing “War on Juries” in patent cases. A couple of recent incidents suggest that the war continues.
Last week we lost a hard-fought case on summary judgment. …
The Layoff List
http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202425647706…
Seen and Unseen Cost of Patents
http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker126.html…
That Unsettling Feeling
The overwhelming majority of cases settle. What varies is when, how and on what terms they do. Maybe it has to do with a weakening economy, but we’re seeing a definite trend for defendants (or more likely their lawyers) to…
Houston, We Have A Problem…*
Count me among the latest to question whether the Eastern District of Texas is still THE venue for bringing plaintiff’s patent cases. A “Rocket Docket” it ain’t.
We’ve filed a fair number of cases in the Eastern District over the…