2022: Patent Litigation Mid-Year Review As the first half of 2022 concluded, rulings from the Federal Circuit courts and the United States Supreme Court altered the application of existing law by expanding the scope of estoppel claims, broadening the requirements…
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Patent Market Update 2022 Inventors and patent owners interested in entering the patent marketplace typically find out rather quickly that the market is heavily opaque and difficult to navigate. This is in part due to buyers’ prevalent use of cloaked…
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2021: Highlights From Patent Litigation Patent litigation was front-and-center in 2021. Following the cessation of jury trials due to Covid-19, 2021 saw a (mostly) return to business-as-usual in patent law. The United States Supreme Court issued multiple important opinions in…
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Your Patents Could Be Worth A Lot More (Or Less) Than You Think From their origins as the blueprints for innovation, patents have evolved into tangible, increasingly important financial assets for large companies and startups alike, complete with their…
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How Long Does It Take the USPTO to Grant a Patent Application Lengthy delays in granting patent applications have been a hallmark of the application process for many years. Several factors are contributing to the delay including: – The complexity…
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How Much Is My Patent Worth? Where to Begin with Patent Valuation Determining the potential value of a patent portfolio can feel like a complex, even impossible, task. Though businesses and inventors alike rely on innovation to remain competitive, the…
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How a Patent Broker Can Increase the Value of Your Portfolio The patent market is a very opaque and inefficient marketplace. Most transactions are confidential, and most companies don’t provide insight into whether they have interest in buying patents or…
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The Patent System Has Abandoned Inventors The American patent system was hijacked by large tech companies, who have become so unstoppably big that the government is stepping in. Yet it didn’t need to happen this way. . They are not…
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Collaborative Messaging Patent Portfolio (SOLD) The Collaborative Messaging patent is directed to messages with respect to changes or creation of shared files. A message can be related to edits performed on a synchronized file by a user. The editor may…
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Advanced Driver Assistance Patent Portfolio Vitek IP, LLC announced that they are the exclusive representative to sell a broad portfolio of patents related to driver assistance, vehicle connectivity, vehicle safety, and eco-friendly fuel savings. The Advanced Driver Assistance patent portfolio…
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Enhanced Networking Patent Portfolio (SOLD) Vitek IP, LLC announced that they are the exclusive representative to sell a broad portfolio of patents from Circadence, a leading network cybersecurity provider. The Enhanced Networking patent portfolio contains 45 patents within 5 patent families…
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. Patents Have Entered the Upside Down In a landscape of amorphous patent rights, shifting legal precedence, toothless expert opinions, fluctuating patent values, and deafeningly silent Supreme Court justices, the U.S. patent system has been a display of the absurd.…
Continue ReadingTargeted Advertising Patent Portfolio (SOLD) Portland, OR, September 4, 2019 Vitek IP, LLC announced that they are the exclusive representative to sell the patent portfolio of Jericho Systems, a pioneer in using data from attribute-based access control (ABAC) to personalize…
Continue ReadingMobile Payment Patent Portfolio (SOLD) Portland, OR, June 5, 2019 Vitek IP, LLC announced that they are the exclusive representative to sell the patent portfolio of mobile payment provider Fonwallet, a pioneer in the mobile wallet space. The Mobile Payment patent portfolio…
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