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ICEdot Protects Your Skull, but Who Protects ICEdot?
Our U.S. patent system is broken, and it’s baffling as to why some conservatives are siding with what amount to high-tech ambulance...
Dec 3, 2015
Form 18 Is Dead. What’s Next for Patent Trolls?
It’s easy to file a patent complaint. All a patent owner has to do is say that they own a patent and that the defendant infringed it. The...
Dec 3, 2015
Patent Reform Must Level Playing Field for Small Businesses
Many lawmakers in Washington probably haven’t heard of my company ICEdot, but they have certainly heard of patent trolls. And,...
Nov 27, 2015
Texas Patent Law as If Roy Bean Were Still On the Bench: “Hang 'Em First, Try 'Em Later”
East Texas is really a very nice place. The people are friendly. Living is relatively easy amongst the “Piney Woods.” The region is more...
Nov 23, 2015
Stop Patent Trolls from Holding American Businesses Hostage
Groups on both sides of the battle over patent reform have been preparing as Congress considers whether to pass the Innovation Act in the...
Nov 20, 2015
Patents are Supposed to Encourage Innovation. Without Reform, They’ll do the Opposite.
Patent reform isn’t the kind of topic you’d expect to get much attention. It’s really boring — and I mean deep in the weeds wonky and...
Nov 19, 2015
A Third of the Economy is at Stake — and Patent Trolls are to Blame
Patent lawsuits have become a big business. Over six times as many patent lawsuits are filed today as in 1980, and businesses of all...
Nov 18, 2015
Draining the Swamp of Patent Trolls
One single federal court district in a remote part of the country accounts for nearly half of all patent case filings this year. Indeed,...
Nov 16, 2015
Hunting Patent Trolls Isn't "Witch-Hunting"
A “witch hunt” is generally considered a waste of time because there’s no such thing as witches (no mother-in-law jokes, please). But,...
Nov 13, 2015
Rhode Island Businesses Need Trolls Stopped
Unfortunately, in recent years patent trolls have used shakedown-style tactics to threaten businesses of all types with frivolous claims...
May 26, 2015
Opinion: Congress must thwart patent trolls, promote innovation
We absolutely respect the right of companies and individuals to legitimately protect their own innovations. However, patent trolls seek...
May 18, 2015
Opinion: National response to patent trolls
Vermont is a creative, innovative place with a strong history of entrepreneurial initiative. Despite difficult economic news, many...
May 18, 2015
New York Times Editorial Board: Curbing Abusive Patent Lawsuits
Congress is once again trying to reform patent law to reduce the number of frivolous lawsuits that have made a mockery of the protections...
May 6, 2015
Column: Conservative Merits Of Patent Reform Legislation
As if today’s economic climate wasn’t challenging enough, our innovators and job creators are being held back by another force which is...
May 5, 2015
Wall Street Journal Opinion Column: Patent Reform Won’t Hurt Professors
This could be the year that Congress finally passes patent reform. Last week, a bipartisan group of senators introduced the Patent Act, a...
May 3, 2015
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