Patent Licensing: Delivering Proven Value to the U.S. Economy
To read the press today, you would think patent owners who do not make or sell products—called “non-practicing entities” or NPEs—are all “patent trolls” who corrupt the innovation-promoting benefits of the patent system. This was unfortunately also the message from the White House on June 4, 2013 when it issued executive orders and legislative proposals […]
Read more >
A Patent Prosecution Success Story: Pirelli’s Optical Networking Patents
Today’s post is authored by Abdul Zindani, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Patent Prosecution, Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. Conversant’s success in increasing the worth of the PGT Photonics portfolio is a perfect example of our Value Growth Strategy in action. We apply this strategy to our own IP assets – and those of our partners. In […]
Read more >How and Why the Founding Fathers Created Non-Practicing Entities
Legitimate NPEs are not anything new in our economy. In fact, NPEs and patent licensing were actually authorized by the U.S. Founding Fathers 233 years ago as a way to kick-start the development of the new American economy. Remember, at the time of its founding, America had a backward agrarian economy, almost wholly-dependent on imports, […]
Read more >