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#Patent-Abuse

Events indexed under #Patent-Abuse — 10 entries in the record.

10 events From Sep 24, 1984 To May 21, 2019 Open in filter view →

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Date	Event	Lanes	Status
2019-05-21	FTC v. Qualcomm: Judge Lucy Koh Finds Antitrust Violations in Standard Essential Patent Licensing, Later Reversed on Appeal Federal Trade Commission · Lucy Koh · Qualcomm · Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · +2		confirmed
2018-10-16	AbbVie Humira Patent Thicket Delays US Biosimilars Until 2023 Despite 2016 Patent Expiration and European Competition AbbVie · Amgen · Samsung Bioepis · Mylan · +4		confirmed
2017-05-22	TC Heartland v. Kraft: Supreme Court Limits Patent Forum Shopping, Curbing Eastern District of Texas Troll Haven U.S. Supreme Court · Clarence Thomas · TC Heartland · Kraft Foods · +2		confirmed
2015-01-01	Eastern District of Texas Patent Troll Haven: Judge Rodney Gilstrap Handles 25% of All U.S. Patent Cases, Forum Shopping Peak Rodney Gilstrap · Eastern District of Texas · John Roberts · Lex Machina		confirmed
2014-06-19	Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank: Supreme Court Restricts Software Patents, Reducing Patent Troll Leverage Over Abstract Business Methods U.S. Supreme Court · Clarence Thomas · Alice Corp · CLS Bank International · +1		confirmed
2013-06-17	Supreme Court Allows Antitrust Challenge to Pay-for-Delay Drug Settlements Costing Consumers $3.5 Billion Annually Supreme Court of the United States · Federal Trade Commission · Solvay Pharmaceuticals · Actavis · +2		confirmed
2012-01-01	Patent Trolls Dominate U.S. Patent Litigation: 61% of All Cases, Systematic Small Business Extraction Santa Clara University School of Law · U.S. Government Accountability Office · Patent Assertion Entities		confirmed
2011-01-01	Patent Troll Explosion: Non-Practicing Entities Impose $29 Billion Annual Cost on U.S. Economy, Targeting Small Businesses Intellectual Ventures · Nathan Myhrvold · Edward Jung · James Bessen · +2		confirmed
2006-05-15	eBay v. MercExchange: Supreme Court Limits Automatic Patent Injunctions, Enabling Patent Troll Business Model to Flourish U.S. Supreme Court · Clarence Thomas · Anthony Kennedy · eBay · +1		confirmed
1984-09-24	Hatch-Waxman Act Grants Pharma Patent Extensions While Creating Loopholes to Block Generics Orrin Hatch · Henry Waxman · Ronald Reagan · PhRMA		confirmed