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Jul 28, 2014

Lawyers hope court’s ruling limits patent suits

While everyone has been fixated on patent trolls, experts say a different breed of abusive intellectual-property litigants have been making a comeback: businesses that assert dubious patents for strategic reasons.

Jun 6, 2014

New US high court rulings could create problems for ‘patent trolls’

The U.S. Supreme Court has handed down a pair of decisions that could make it more difficult to bring patent infringement claims in some circumstances, further hampering suits brought by so-called “patent trolls.”

May 27, 2014

‘Raging Bull’ copyright ruling may KO common defense in patent, other cases

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling involving a classic Hollywood film may have dealt a knockout punch to a commonly used affirmative defense in a much broader range of cases, including patent litigation.

May 8, 2014

High court rulings could check ‘patent troll’ claims

U.S. Supreme Court rulings giving federal District Court judges more flexibility in awarding attorney fees to prevailing parties in patent suits could help curb the recent uptick in abusive patent litigation.

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