A key group pushing for change to the US patent system has come out today against a reform bill called the TROL Act, saying the bill “falls far short” of its stated goal of fighting misleading patent ...

So-called “demand letters,”in which patent-holders assert that other businesses or even consumers infringe their patents, have become the focus of many recent efforts to defang patent “trolls.” Such ...

Patent licensing company Conversant Intellectual Property Management today launched an educational campaign against the use of extortionist demand letters that are victimizing thousands of small and ...

Draft legislation to crack down on abusive patent demand letters still needs work, some lawmakers and outside advocates said Thursday. They pointed to a number of potential flaws in the legislation, ...

Congress is on the cusp of passing legislation that is said to be designed to control the so-called “patent troll.” Of course, as belatedly recognized by the person who came up with the moniker “troll ...

Google just sent a letter to TKTK, promising to license Motorola’s patents related to various standards like 3G and H.264 fairly after it completes its planned acquisition of the company. Google just ...