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As one commentator noted, “Patent Trolls Eat Startups First.” The author points to a recent study of small businesses and start-ups by Professor Colleen Chien of Santa Clara. The study[...]
A successful franchise depends on a strong contractual relationship between the franchisor and franchisee. Lasting success often begins with a well-drafted contract that outlines the obligations and expectations of both[...]
Software licenses have to allocate various risks between licensors and licensees. In fact, it is essential early on to figure out what will happen should things not go as planned. [...]
Following a boom in franchising in the United States around the 1950s and 1960s, there was a dramatic increase in international franchising activity. Franchised businesses could be found in many[...]
Software licensing is big business, especially when software happens to be the principal asset of many emerging technology businesses. A license is necessary if one desires to use another’s product,[...]
According to a recent study by UC Hastings’ Professor Robin Feldman, non-practicing entities (or patent trolls or NPEs) file 40% of all patent infringement cases, a number that increased from 22% in[...]
End-user licensing agreements (also called EULAs) are a type of software licensing contract between the owner of the software and the purchaser or user of the software. Under the first[...]
Are you one of those people who become extremely irritated when you receive marketing calls for different products? Well, in our world of smartphones, alongside your home phone, you may[...]
This will be the first post of several posts regarding patent litigation defense against non-practicing entities. This post focuses on understanding non-practicing entities and how they work. In the last decade,[...]
In recent en banc Federal Circuit decisions (Akamai Tech. v. Limelight Networks; Mckesson Tech. v. Epic Systems), the court appeared to make minor changes to the previous law for inducement[...]
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