VirnetX is a classic example of an NPE that does not qualify as a “patent troll.” How can you tell? Patent trolls leverage the litigation system to negotiate settlements for less than the cost of defending against a lawsuit. VirnetX, on the other hand, licenses its patents for eight and sometimes nine figures. Patent trolls

This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a company named Web 2.0 Technologies, LLC.

Web 2.0 Technologies is similar to other NPEs, asserting two patents against well-known companies for technology that has been around

This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a company named Traxcell Technologies, LLC.

Non-practicing entities, by their very nature, have few assets other than the patents asserted in a lawsuit. NPEs are typically single

The best inventions cure a historical illness. Ibuprofen for headaches, caffeine for fatigue, and of course—DISH Network’s “AutoHop” feature for skipping commercials. DISH introduced this new feature with great fanfare, including a kangaroo mascot and—ironically—several commercials of its own. But a jury in Utah found last week that Dish infringed the claims of two patents

This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a company named InvesTrex, LLC.

An NPE named InvesTrex recently launched a new round of lawsuits against major players in the investment journalism industry. According to InvesTrex

The seminal Alice v. CLS Bank lawsuit provided an arsenal of invalidation weapons for patent defendants across the country. Alice was particularly relevant to software patents because it held a large swath of software patents to be invalid – particularly those that did no more than implement an abstract idea on a general purpose computer.

This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on a company named Sockeye Licensing TX, LLC.

Sockeye owns a pair of patents broadly related to controlling a “display device” with a mobile phone. In simple terms

This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on NPE litigation as a whole, and what to expect in 2023.

The vast majority of patent infringement cases are filed by nonpracticing entities, or “NPEs”. These companies