07.10.13
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Constitutionality and CJEU as Barriers, the UPC Agreement (UPCA) is Already Moot in the United Kingdom
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) isn't going anywhere and the UK merely "explores" what to do about it; for Team UPC, however, this means that the UK "confirms intention to remain in Unitary Patent system after Brexit" (clearly a case of deliberate misinformation)
It's Not About EPO 'Backlog' But About Faking 'Production' by Lowering Standards
Remarks on the EPO dropping all pretenses of genuine care for patent quality; it's all about speed now, never mind if wrongly-granted patents can cause billions in damages across Europe (a lot of that money flows towards patent law firms)
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The Anti-35 U.S.C. § 101 Lobby Pushes Old News Into the Headlines in an Effort to Resurrect/Protect Software Patents
The software patenting proponents (law firms for the most part) are still doing anything they can -- stretching even months into the past -- in an effort to modify the law in defiance of Supreme Court (SCOTUS) rulings
Thomas Massie and Marcy Kaptur Are Promoting the Interests of Patent Trolls and Patent Lawyers While Calling That “Innovation”
Remarks on the ongoing effort to promote patent trolls’ interests under the guise of “helping small businesses” — a very misleading propaganda pattern that we have been finding in Unified Patent Court (UPC) lobbying at the EPO
Links 12/7/2018: Mesa 18.1.4 RC, Curl 7.61.0
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Texas: When Trade Secret 'Damages' Are Almost 1,000 Times Higher Than Patent 'Damages'
It's possible to deal with conflicts and disputes using means other than patents; a new trade secret misappropriation case and a new study from Ofer Eldar (Duke Law) and Neel Sukhatme (Georgetown Law) bring examples from Texas
Cellspin Soft Will Likely Need to Pay the Accused Party's Lawyers Too After Frivolous Litigation With Patents Eliminated Under 35 U.S.C. § 101
Pursuing bogus (questionable) patents and going even further by asserting them in court can be worse than a waste of time and money; it can actually cause the target of assertion to be compensated (legal fees) at the plaintiff’s expense — a critical fact largely ignored by the patent ‘industry’
The Lack of Genuine, Honest Discussion About Patent Quality Means That Under António Campinos Software Patents Will Continue to be Granted, Campinos Strives to Make Them 'Unitary'
The agenda of the litigation 'industry' is still being served by the existing EPO administration; this is a problem because not only do they grant patents on just about anything but they also attempt to broaden litigation jurisdiction
Links 11/7/2018: Xen 4.11, Ubuntu Infographics, Lockbox and Notes
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Links 10/7/2018: Wine 3.12, FreeNAS 11.2 Beta, GNU Helps Journalism
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Patent Trolls Rally/Advertise Thomas Massie's Bill to Abolish PTAB and Promote Software Patents in the US
Vocal patent maximalists (or think tanks of the litigation 'industry') want us to think that the US is too restrictive when it comes to patents (the opposite is true) and tries to change the law so as to plague/saturate the system with patent lawsuits they stand to gain from at the expense of practicing companies
The Demise of East Texan Courts and the Ascent of PTAB, Alice and a SCOTUS-Compliant CAFC May Mean That US Software Patents Are Officially 'Dead'
Companies come to grips with the need to divest and distance themselves from abstract patents; such patents are simply not tolerated by courts anymore (even if patent offices continue granting many such patents for the sake of profit)
Signs of Upcoming Changes at EPO: Raimund Lutz, Željko Topić and Other 'Team Battistelli' Folks Are Being Replaced
Vice-Presidents of DG1, DG4 and DG5 are being replaced just over a week after the Campinos tenure began (decisions actually made last week); Might this suggest the imminent implosion of so-called 'Team Battistelli'?
Polaris Innovations is a Patent Troll and Polaris Industries is a Patent Aggressor
A look at the ongoing activity at the USPTO, which is still granting some abstract patents, and some of the resultant shakedowns and lawsuits
Actions -- Not Mere Words -- Are Needed to Improve Patent Quality and Climate at the European Patent Office
The new President of the European Patent Office is more of a "public relations" expert (saying nice words), but his policies and actions have thus far shown no divergence from Système Battistelli
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Apple Has Far More to Lose Than to Gain From Patent Maximalism; Apple Needs to Fight for Patent Sanity
It might be time for Apple to rethink its legal strategy; patents are costing the company a great deal of money and have yielded almost nothing for the company's bottom line (unlike the company's lawyers, perpetrators of this misguided strategy)
Project Battistelli: Documenting the Ugly and Illegal Things Battistelli Did at the EPO
The efforts to shed light on what Battistelli did when he was in charge of the European Patent Office (both told and untold stories)
Battistelli's 'Legacy' Up in Flames as Britain is “Ending the Jurisdiction of the CJEU in the UK, With No More Preliminary References from UK Courts…”
The far-reaching and deeply damaging impact of Battistelli (e.g. on the image of France, Europe, Dutch/German parliaments and ILO among others) means that the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is already in the ashtray of history along with his sponsored 'studies' that tell nothing but lies
In Spite of Resistance From the Patent Microcosm the USPTO Strives to Improve Patent Quality
Efforts to thwart PTAB have been met with apathy from USPTO officials, who seem to recognise the value of quality assurance in this era of growing uncertainty about the validity of US patents
The Term 'Life Science' Has Outlived Its Usefulness
People who merely explain what's in nature pretend to have just invented the wheel; discoveries are not inventions, however, especially discoveries of what has always been around; therefore patents are entirely misplaced in the domain, even if one calls that a "science"
Links 8/7/2018: Jonathan Corbet Interview, LLVM 6.0.1
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IAM Keeps Promoting Brian Yates and His New Patent Troll, iPEL, Which is About to Become Very Aggressive
For the second time in about a week IAM is posting advertising puff pieces for a new patent troll which "promises a big litigation play within a fortnight" (that's basically a threat, penned by IAM)
Alice and Mayo (Inspiring § 101) Untouched for the Foreseeable Future, Meaning That the Patent Microcosm Now Smears the US Supreme Court
Frustration among the patent ‘industrialists’ (litigation ‘industry’) as guidelines maintain that abstract patents — such as software patents and business methods — are bunk and nothing is going to change any time soon (if ever)
In Motorola (MSI) v Hytera a Reminder That the ITC Does Not Honour PTAB
The 'embargo agency' (ITC), prior to a proper assessment of the underlying patents (their validity, irrespective of alleged infringement), lets Motorola push around a rival
AIPLA, IPO and NYIPLA Lobby Against Section 101 and Thomas Massie Wants to Stop PTAB
The lobby of the litigation 'industry' is desperately trying to derail patent reform -- to the point of paying millions of dollars to American politicians who try to pass anti-PTAB legislation
One Week of António Campinos at the EPO: Early Uncertainty
António Campinos completes a week's work at the European Patent Office, but our main concern or reservation is that he is not doing anything to assure staff and stakeholders that the Office takes justice seriously
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Team UPC Suggested Changing Constitutions to Facilitate the Unconstitutional UPC. It Didn't Go Well...
With European constitutions under the microscope, it's becoming clearer that the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is simply unconstitutional and needs to be buried; but spinners from Team UPC would have us believe that no such issues exist and UPC is just around the corner
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