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PATENT TROLLS

PATENT TROLLS. When The Hunters Become the Hunted. John L. Capone, Esq. About The LEGAL TECH 2013 Series

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PATENT TROLLS

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  1. PATENT TROLLS When The Hunters Become the Hunted John L. Capone, Esq. About The LEGAL TECH 2013 Series It’s a regulated world out there, especially at the intersection of IT and the law. Don’t go it alone. This series of breakfast seminars sponsored with the law firm of Duffy & Sweeney and designed to address the most compelling legal issues that impact technology. Moderated by Chuck Schmidt, a partner in the IP and technology law practice, the seminars will offer big-picture insight and best-practices as well as answers to your specific questions.

  2. OVERVIEW

  3. PATENTS 101 • What is a Patent? • Traditional Purposes/Benefits • “When Bad Things Happen to Good Patents” • “Patent Trolls” Defined

  4. George B. Seldon

  5. ENTER THE TROLL 2004 2006 2011 2012

  6. THE HUNT BEGINS

  7. AIA - America Invents Act

  8. COURTS

  9. STATE ACTIVISM

  10. FEDERAL LEGISLATION The Innovation Act - key provisions include a variety of previously proposed amendments to the U. S. Patent Act: • Real Party-in-Interest* • Discovery* • Joinder* • Customer Suits • Pleadings* • Attorneys’ Fees* • Covered Business Methods

  11. ARMING YOURSELVES

  12. MITIGATING THE RISK

  13. WHITHER THE TROLL

  14. “There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.”  ―J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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