In a letter this week to lawmakers in Congress, the founders of Intellectual Ventures strongly endorsed legislation that would penalize those who threaten law-abiding businesses with frivolous and often fraudulent “demand letters” that allege patent infringement. Read More

Patent reform isn’t just happening in the halls of Congress. The court system is pushing through another series of reforms that will make it harder and riskier for so-called “trolls” to file frivolous patent-infringement lawsuits. Read More

The “patent troll” problem isn’t that companies own patents and enforce them to prevent theft of their IP, it’s companies that game the legal system by making specious claims of patent infringement or send out thousands of “demand letters” to small businesses and end users who simply purchased a product. Read More

You won’t find a lot of coverage in the news, but we’re in the midst of a surprising and sharp drop in new patent lawsuits. Read More

As Congress and regulators suit up for major battles this year over “patent trolls,” let’s put a lid on the fairy tales.There’s nothing wrong with a little entertainment to push a cause, but this debate is important to inventors and facts matter. Read More