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Apple and Samsung reach Supreme Court in patent row
""That would be the understanding the majority of law professors would advocate for," suggested Prof Andrea Matwyshyn from Northwestern Universit…
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New Rules Mean It's Payback Time in Patent Cases
""There's no doubt that Octane Fitness has made a difference. It's increased the risk of bringing really frivolous litigation," Nazer sai…
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Patent owner balks at fee award, cites newly issued—and similar—patent
"In an e-mail to Ars regarding the reconsideration request, EFF lawyer Daniel Nazer pointed out that Garfum already argued this application was relevant to…
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Can Silly Patents Help Fight Frivolous Lawsuits?
"Daniel Nazer, the Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a high-tech civil liberties group, is amused by Rebe…
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Hacking the patent system: Open source and patents
"Recently, I caught up with Daniel Nazer of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to pose a few questions relating to software patents. Daniel is a staf…
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The 4 worst patents of 2015
"To give just a sense of just how out of touch the law has become, I askedDaniel Nazer, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, to highlight t…
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Prison Telecom Giant Securus Awarded Patent for Billing Inmate's Relatives
"“There’s this perverse thing where sometimes the more obvious a thing is, the harder it is to prove it’s been awarded a patent improperly because it’s so…
Stupid Patent Of The Month: Infamous Prison Telco Patents Asking Third-Parties For Money
Plenty of businesses rely on third-party payers: parents often pay for college; insurance companies pay most health care bills. Reaching out to potential third-…
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Patent reform group says new Texas patent office will have no effect on "patent trolls"
"“The trend of the Eastern District of Texas favoring patent plaintiffs more than other districts has lead to extreme forum shopping,” Daniel Nazer with EF…
From Internet Connected Drink Mixer To Any Remote Configuration On The Internet: August's Stupid Patent Of The Month
Imagine if the inventor of the Segway claimed to own "any thing that moves in response to human commands." Or if the inventor of the telegraph applied…
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How Can You Patent a Dating Website?
"So does the Spark Networks matchmaking patent hold up in a post-Alice world? It depends on how you look at it. From a theoretical legal perspective, “This…
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Patent Holders: Google Wants Your IP!
"Google's program "has some terms that are favorable to Google, such as requiring an exclusive offer and agreeing that the offer won't serve a…