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● 10.30.16

●● FTC Slams Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), Effectively Patent Trolls, Which Are a Growing Problem in Europe

Posted in America, Europe, Patents at 3:43 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: A look at remnants of coverage of the recent FTC report as it relates to a new report from European officials

SEVERAL weeks ago the FTC released a very important report that criticised patent trolls, specifically the patent assertion (PAE) type.

=> FTC released a very important report that criticised patent trolls

Watchtroll protects patent trolls, as usual, saying that this report is “Doing More Harm Than Good”; then again, did we expect anything else from proponents of trolling and their denialists?

=> ↺ “Doing More Harm Than Good” | their denialists

Here is the coverage from IP Watch (behind paywall). What this article means by “some” is the patent microcosm, e.g. trolls’ front groups and clients/representatives (patent lawyers).

=> ↺ coverage from IP Watch

“The EPO and UPC certainly make the patent trolls lick their lips.”Well, citing this article that we mentioned on Wednesday early in the month, “The behavior of Litigation PAEs is consistent with nuisance litigation” says FTC, according to this tweet.

=> ↺ this article that we mentioned on Wednesday early in the month | ↺ according to this tweet

Carlo Piana (European lawyer, mostly for Free/Open Source projects) says this “means ask settlement money https://twitter.com/carlopiana/status/786315398874537986 ↺ says this

The problem is, as we noted in our previous post, that PAEs have come to Europe and this one person says “Patent Assertion Entities (aka patent trolls) in Europe http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC103321/jrc103321%20online%20version.pdf …”

=> noted in our previous post | PAEs have come to Europe | ↺ this one person says

This is actually the report that we wrote about yesterday in relation to Battistelli. It’s a 149-pages long report.

=> we wrote about yesterday in relation to Battistelli

The EPO and UPC certainly make the patent trolls lick their lips. █

=> ↺ EPO

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