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Nimitz Techs. LLC v. CNET Media, Inc., No. CV 21-1247, 2023 WL 8187441 (D. Del. Nov. 27, 2023) - On November 27, 2023, U.S. District Judge Connolly ruled that patent...

After battling patent trolls for years, Shopify has announced plans to fight back by seeking to uncover the identity of people and organizations funding patent trolls suing Shopify.

This article originally ran in Law360 on February 10, 2023. All rights reserved.  Patent litigation brought by nonpracticing entities, or NPEs, has seen exponential growth. These cases...

Delaware’s chief judge postponed a hearing in which an entity linked to IP Edge and its lawyer were set to fight threatened sanctions for flouting a November disclosure order, saying the company has now turned over documents that must be reviewed.

Nimitz Technologies LLC, an affiliate of prolific patent-assertion entity IP Edge, produced documents in a Delaware federal court—though not publicly—after months of resisting turning over files including bank statements and the content of litigation-related discussions.

Third-party litigation financing (TPLF) is an arrangement by which plaintiffs finance litigation costs through a non-party, typically a private firm that obtain funds from other...

Introducing Dechert Re:Torts, a monthly publication that offers a summary of significant cases, rules and pertinent issues, brought to you by Dechert’s Product Liability and Mass Torts...

The Federal Circuit ruled that both requests are premature, indicating that the mandamus threshold that it had just laid out "has not been met".

The internet can be a powerful tool for communicating, collaborating, and finding community. But lawsuits and threats from patent trolls have been an obstacle to the dream of a free and open internet. That’s why EFF has been fighting back against them for more than 15 years. Patent trolls are...

Patent assertion entities make up a significant portion of patent litigation practice today. Many of these entities form just days or weeks before acquiring a patent and filing a...