software patents: trolls and other bullies (lca 2105)
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Software Patents: Trolls & Other Bullies
Deb Nicholson Open Invention Network LCA, January 14th, 2015
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300,000 patents were granted in the US
in the last year
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U.S. Utility Patents Issued Over Time, courtesy of www.patentfreedom.com
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I got 99 problems but an invention ain't one
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aka “Functional claiming”
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“...annual wealth lost from NPE lawsuits was about $80 billion...”
(Bessen, Meurer and Ford. The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls 2011)
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Patent suits involving “NPEs”
Source: PatentFreedom © 2013. Data captured as of January 18, 2013.
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"...patent trolls... are increasingly targeting users and adopters,
rather than makers of the technology: this tactic is used an estimated
40% of the time."
Colleen V. Chien: Tailoring the Patent System to Work for Software and Technology Patents
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So, is this just a US problem?
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From lens.org: software and software-related patent applications
US 1,843,260
Australia 160,672
European Patent Office 125,604
China 67,265
Japan 55,403
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Patenting in China went up 32% annually from 1999-2006
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Trolls are bringing 11% of UK suits
Source: Stefania Fusco, Markets and Patent Enforcement: A ComparativeInvestigation of Non-Practicing Entities in the United States and Europe,
20 M ICH . T ELECOMM . & T ECH . L. R EV . 439 (2014)
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Foreign inventors are very successful in the US courts
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The troll business model is pretty lucrative.
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It's not just trolls anymore.
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Practicing entities have been selling their
patents to subsidiaries
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Cross-licensing “requests”
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Universities produce patents and need money
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Intellectual Ventures has “relationships” with
over 300 schools
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Isn't there any good news?
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New Zealand and Germany have put strict limits on
patentability
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Congratulations!
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Federal legislation is (was?) being talked about in the US
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Better transparency is being required in some
jurisdictions
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Courtesy of patentprogress.org
States Acting Against Bad Faith Patent
Infringement Assertions (as of 10/08/2014)
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Alice v. CLS Bank ruling: generic computer implementation
isn't patentable
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Nautilus v. Biosig ruling: vague patents aren't enforceable
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Soverain v. Neweggthis is obvious subject matter
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"It's a really tough time to be a patent owner."
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Sorry not sorry!
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Lower courts finally have some tools
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"The Supreme Court recently reaffirmed that fundamental concepts, by themselves, are ineligible abstract
ideas. Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank"
Federal Circuit, Digitech Image v. Electronics for Imaging, Inc. June 2014
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More experience with patent suits makes judges less likely to rule for
patent-holders
Does Familiarity Breed Contempt Among Judges Deciding Patent Cases?, Mark A. Lemley, Su Li, and Jennifer M. Urban, 2013
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Getting sued still sucks, even if you win
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What can we do?
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Follow New Zealand's lead!
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Join the Open Invention Network
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Do some patent-bustinghttp://linuxdefenders.org/https://trollingeffects.org/
http://patents.stackexchange.com/
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Strategic reforms for countries with a more broken democracy
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Strategic reforms for countries with a more broken democracy
Complete transparency when suits are brought
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Strategic reforms for countries with a more broken democracy
Complete transparency when suits are brought
Much shorter lifespans for software patents
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Strategic reforms for countries with a more broken democracy
Complete transparency when suits are brought
Much shorter lifespans for software patents
Eliminate functional claiming by requiring less fuzziness in patent applications
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Strategic reforms for countries with a more broken democracy
Complete transparency when suits are brought
Much shorter lifespans for software patents
Eliminate functional claiming by requiring less fuzziness in patent applications
Don't financially incentivize your patent office
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For your reading “pleasure” Patent Assertion and Startup Innovation,
by Colleen V. Chien with OTI/New America Foundation,2013
Markets and Patent Enforcement: A Comparative Investigation of Non-Practicing Entities in the
United States and Europe by Stefania Fusco (2014)
Understanding the Realities of Modern Patent Litigation by Allison, Lemley and Schwartz (2014)
Does Familiarity Breed Contempt Among Judges Deciding Patent Cases?, Mark A. Lemley, Su Li, and
Jennifer M. Urban, 2013
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Picture CreditsCC.0 from Blendswap
Dromaeosaur Raptor, by Animaniac888
CC.BY from FlickrMushroom and Moss, by Jason Pratt – Packhorse Bridge, by Alan
Cleaver - Bucket of Trolls, by grenade – Gold by Jeremy Schultz – Butterfly In Bed, by maxintosh – Merchant of Dreams, by Ray Ceasar -
Bridge Over Wey, by Steve Parker – Chalk Flag by Eric Herman
CC.BY.SA from FlickrBad Boss, by noii – Giraffe Huddle, by infomatique – Monkey With
Guitar, by schatz, Money by Nick Ares
CC.BY.SA:Bergen Troll, by Deb Nicholson
Fair use: Benedict Cumberbatch,American Gothic by Grant Wood, Leaving the Shire
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