tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post6740723651950503734..comments2023-11-05T06:06:12.057-06:00Comments on The 271 Patent Blog: PatentFreedom To Offer Subscription-Based Reexam Service to Attack NPE PatentsTwo-Seventy-One Patent Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02481083706071978817noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-85511659174770683972009-10-07T15:22:05.244-05:002009-10-07T15:22:05.244-05:00Joff’s article is interesting and thought provokin...Joff’s article is interesting and thought provoking. It’s war is it? Mr McCurdy and PatentFreedom’s initiatives should be resisted strongly as they are trying to stifle true competition in the IP market. Why? Because they only serve the needs of the anonymous Patent Dragons whom they serve. Patent Dragons are like the mythical creatures of old that hoarded gold (patents) for their own use and would not share it. They believe that as practicing entities they have the only legitimate right to patents and associated exploitation rights ....hogwash! Most of these Dragons have split personalities and are full of troll like practices. <br /><br />The cost to the Patent Dragons in the US, at between $7-$10 billion, is a measure of how much the NPE’s of old have been ripped off by these Dragons. In the past they could simply ignore small NPE’s and steal their innovation because of the financial imbalance between the parties. All they can do now is whine that their MAD approach to IP (a peculiarly US Practice) is ineffective as they have a large number of bombs but no target to bomb!<br /><br />How is PatentFreedom able to pull together a secret cartel of major US patent holders and to use their collective financial weight to a) undermine the legitimate patent rights of NPE’s and b) to attack the legitimate service provision of large numbers of US attorneys? Is this not anti-competitive behaviour?<br /><br />Oh and Mr McCurdy...publish a list of your subscribers please!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-48058222047457862412009-09-10T10:20:09.415-05:002009-09-10T10:20:09.415-05:00Call it what you will...patent hoarder, patent tro...Call it what you will...patent hoarder, patent troll, non-practicing entity (NPE), etc. It all means one thing: “we’re using your invention and we’re not going to pay”.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-74280965683420639522009-09-09T14:41:39.670-05:002009-09-09T14:41:39.670-05:00Sounds like this is set up to insulate their cliei...Sounds like this is set up to insulate their clieints from teh estoppel provisions of inter partes re exam. Although given the pathetically slow rate at which reexams are disposed of (so much for "special dispatch"), I'm not sure that really matters - the NPEs will have them in court long before the reexam is decided.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-39251122141967755602009-09-09T14:13:04.827-05:002009-09-09T14:13:04.827-05:00I for one am excited about this market solution to...I for one am excited about this market solution to the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-63882125497512030032009-09-09T12:47:49.980-05:002009-09-09T12:47:49.980-05:00How is McCurdy licensed to practice law or before ...How is McCurdy licensed to practice law or before the PTO???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-88597367359935697202009-09-09T09:11:20.226-05:002009-09-09T09:11:20.226-05:00Perhaps McCurdy/Patent Freedom is just looking to ...Perhaps McCurdy/Patent Freedom is just looking to make money.<br /><br />Sounds like they are beating the drums a little too hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-6127931463849158302009-09-09T08:20:10.262-05:002009-09-09T08:20:10.262-05:00Likely, the reason they won't allow subscriber...Likely, the reason they won't allow subscribers to pick patents targeted for reexamination is to avoid estoppel issues for subscribers in the event that the patent is upheld. I wonder how long it's going to be before an NPE that has been targeted sues McCurdy/PatentFreedom for tortious interference with contract?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com