Patent Auctions are where patents go to die.

I was just reading the New York Times article by Steve Lohr about how exciting it is that Zoltar Satellite Alarm Systems will be placing their patents up for auction as if a patent auction were some new and exciting forum where valuable patents can be made available for the public to benefit from them. … Read more

Black hats and white hats in the patent law system (summary)

Pasted below is a summary version of the article posted on JD Supra on “Black hats and white hats in the patent law system” that I wrote on 8/16/09. Within patent law and the patent litigation system, there are good ways and bad ways to make use of the rules and laws that have been … Read more