As discussed in Gene Quinn’s excellent IP Watchdog blog, a recent study by professors at the Hastings school of Law and Stanford Law School concluded that patent licensing doesn’t actually lead to new innovation. However, as Quinn discusses, the study is seriously flawed. The working paper by professors Robin Feldman and Mark Lemley is entitled…
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Open Source – Not Open and Shut
Many companies (and their programmers) use open source code in their products without thinking too much about it. Open source code is often seen as a free public benefit – like water from a public fountain. Drink all you want – no charge, and no strings attached. Some companies may not even know which open…
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Post Patent Expiration Royalties for Spider-Man Toy?
The inventor of a glove that allows users to shoot foam string – in the manner of Spider-Man – has asked the US Supreme Court to overrule a previous decision that an agreement that includes royalties for the use of a patented invention after the expiration of the patent is unlawful per se. Background In…
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Court Says Patent Owner Can’t Sue Company Making Products for Licensee
In a case from the Northern District of California, a federal judge ruled that a patent owner could not maintain a patent infringement action against a company that was making products for the patent owner’s licensee. In 2012, Asetek, a Danish company, entered a licensing agreement with Corsair in which Corsair was permitted to practice…
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