A business may one day receive a "patent notice letter." The letter might accuse the business of patent infringement, or the letter might simply say: "Here is a copy of our patent." In either case, it ...

Draft legislation to crack down on abusive patent demand letters still needs work, some lawmakers and outside advocates said Thursday. They pointed to a number of potential flaws in the legislation, ...

Patent licensing company Conversant Intellectual Property Management today launched an educational campaign against the use of extortionist demand letters that are victimizing thousands of small and ...

EDITORIAL NOTE: What follows is an excerpt from the prepared remarks of Laurie Self delivered on February 26, 2015, before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. Ms. Self is ...

An anti-patent-troll bill was introduced in Congress two weeks ago and debated at the House Judiciary Committee last week. Yesterday, a Senate committee convened to talk about one of the nastier sides ...

The U.S. Congress should take action to slow a skyrocketing number of “deceptive” patent- infringement demand letters sent from patent-licensing firms to small businesses, witnesses told a Senate ...