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A Lonely Island? Intellectual Property Analysis of Pragmatus AV

On April 18, 2012, the U.S. International Trade Commission announced an investigation into a patent infringement complaint filed by patent licensor Pragmatus AV against ASUS, HTC, LG, Pantech, RIM and Samsung concerning mobile phones and tablets. The five patents in the complaint had been previously purchased and owned by Intellectual Ventures (“IV”). In addition, five of the six defendants have previously signed licensing agreements with IV.

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An Offer He Couldn’t Refuse: Intellectual Property Analysis of Chris Crawford, Intellectual Ventures, and Oasis Research

Uncited prior art may hinder the strength and defensibility of patents owned by a “back-end deal” entity derived from Intellectual Ventures, currently using these patents in a lawsuit. Following the recent “When Patents Attack” article, we explore the quality of bullets used in the story’s “mafia” reference to see if it’s a real threat or a protection scheme using rubber bullets issued by the USPTO… after all, what Chris Crawford “Invented” was rejected by the Patent Office in 1996 and the patent that was issued was coached into being by a friendly patent examiner!

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