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With the transformation of his Waco courtroom into the venue for more than 25% of all patent cases in the United States, Judge Albright...

For years, you may recall that we would write about the insane nature of forum shopping for patent trolls, in which the trolls would...

Any long-time SparkFun reader may know that we really enjoy writing about the whacking legal entanglements weve experienced, whether it’s cease-and-desist letters from Sparc International, tossing out 4,000 DMMs, or dealing with counterfeit ICs. Unfortunately, now it’s time we talk about patent trolls. Since a few of my international friends looked at me funny when I mentioned it, a patent troll is a company that is specifically set up to purchase the rights to a handful of patents and th...

Fri, Jan 29th 2021 2:30pm — Josh Landau As the Iancu era at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office comes to a close, one of the USPTOs initiatives has focused on promoting diversity in patenting. The newly established National Council on Expanding American Innovation, and the associated USPTO request for comments on a national strategy for expanding innovation, focus on having under-represented groups more involved in creating patentable inventions. Thats a laudable goal.  But we shouldnt be a...