What is a Patent Troll?
[cross-posted at Prawfsblawg] I plan to write a couple posts about my forthcoming article called Patent Troll Myths. Â The article… Read More »What is a Patent Troll?
Patent Law
Mary Wong Named Director of UNH’s New Franklin Pierce IP Center
Press release here. Congratulations, Mary! It’s very well deserved.
Australian Federal Court on Patent Novelty Requirement
For patent folks interested in some comparative reading, the Australian federal court just handed down a decision clarifying the “novelty”… Read More »Australian Federal Court on Patent Novelty Requirement
Black Box Search vs. Black Hat Publicity Hounds
J.C. Penney was on top of the web world last holiday season, showing up at #1 for dozens of retail search queries on Google. Type “dresses,” “area rugs,” “bedding:” you’d get Penney’s items as your first search result. Had the venerable retailer become a “Wikipedia” of online shopping, reliably providing the “people’s choice?” Or was something more troubling going on?
The New York Times has related an excellent study (which I had worried was impossible to do) examining the issue. The study “suggests that the digital age’s most mundane act, the Google search, often represents layer upon layer of intrigue.” For J.C. Penney was using “black hat” search engine optimization, a definite no-no in search engine land.
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Life After Bilski at Stanford Law School
I spent the last couple of days at the Stanford Law Review symposium called The Future of Patents: Bilski and… Read More »Life After Bilski at Stanford Law School