Cloud Computing Patent Litigation on the Rise

Cloud Computing Patent Litigation on the Rise

Sep 7, 2017 | General

A recent study reveals that US patent litigation on cloud technologies has been increasing by 700% over the past 4 years (figure 1). This drastic surge of litigation was mainly driven by so called PAEs “patent assertion entities”. PAEs purchase patents, e.g. from a...
IEEE remains very active after patent policy change

IEEE remains very active after patent policy change

Mar 13, 2017 | General

Technical standardization can involve the integration of hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of technologies, many of which are protected by patents. Such “standard essential patents” (SEPs) are subject to a variety of unique contract and competition law...
Patent Transaction Trends in Cloud Computing

Patent Transaction Trends in Cloud Computing

Feb 2, 2017 | General

Cloud Computing describes a type of Internet-based computing that provides access to shared computer processing resources. Cloud users store and process data to run diverse sets of software applications on shared computing systems. Cloud computing allows to run...
EU Commission publishes Landscaping Study on SEPs by IPlytics

EU Commission publishes Landscaping Study on SEPs by IPlytics

Dec 15, 2016 | General

  All new this week, the European Commission published two studies on standard essential patents (SEPs), one of which was written by IPlytics. Throughout his study, IPlytics CEO Dr. Tim Pohlmann provides statistical evidence on the importance of SEPs on key...