Intellectual Property
Oct. 15, 2014
Reining in patent trolls, state by state
Over the course of 2014, efforts to crack down on "patent trolls" have dramatically increased. On the federal level, such efforts have had little success; but in states, the situation is markedly different. By David B. Sandelands
In State of Vermont v. MPHJ Technology Investments LLC, 14-1481 (Fed. Cir., Aug. 11, 2014), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that it lacked jurisdiction to hear a case alleging bad faith patent assertion brought by the state of Vermont against a patent assertion entity, pursuant to the state's consumer protection statute.
Over the course of 2014, efforts to crack down on "patent trolls" ...
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