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Technology Sector Non-Practicing Entities

Womble Bond Dickinson

Revival of the Non-Practicing Entity Preliminary Injunction?

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A recent filing by the U.S. government in a pending Eastern District of Texas litigation signals a renewed interest by the current administration in potentially reviving the ability for non-practicing entities (“NPE”) to...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Sound View Escalates Patent Assault on Open Source Software with New Wave of Lawsuits

Sound View Innovations, an IP licensing company that is quickly becoming a prolific Non-Practicing Entity (NPE), has ramped up its litigation campaign by filing seven more lawsuits in 2019. Similar to the patent lawsuits that...more

Hogan Lovells

How to secure the right type of IP protection for wearable-technology products

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From wristbands that count your steps, to skin patches that measure your sun exposure, a wide range of products are entering the wearable-technology market and raising new questions about intellectual property (IP) claims and...more

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How Will Smart Devices Impact IP Litigation?

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Patent filings reveal the untapped potential of Google and Amazon smart devices Big companies have been filing patent applications on smart devices for many years.  While it is unlikely that old patents can be stretched to...more

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Emerging issues in the connected cars and autonomous vehicles market are influencing standard-essential patents and IP...

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In this hoganlovells.com interview, Hogan Lovells partner Celine Jimenez Crowson addresses the relationship between standard-essential patents (SEPs) and the connectivity technologies used in connected and autonomous vehicles...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

GEMSA’s Patent Onslaught Against Cloud Computing Customers

Global Equity Management (SA) Pty. Ltd. (“GEMSA”), a foreign non-practicing entity (“NPE”) organized under the laws of Australia, filed almost 40 patent lawsuits in five batches in 2015 and 2016. The majority of these...more

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ITC Opens the Door Wider To Non -Practicing Entities

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In a recent ruling, the International Trade Commission permitted a non-practicing entity to rely on the activities of its licensee to establish the “economic industry” prong of the domestic industry requirement. In...more

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