A group opposed to some patent litigation applauded...
A group opposed to some patent litigation applauded the push for harmonizing International Trade Commission patent injunction standards on patent enforcement entities (PAEs) from the White House (CD June 5 p12). “A more equitable standard for obtaining an injunction, as…
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called for by the White House, would make it far harder for PAEs to use the ITC process as a means to extort licensing fees from legitimate businesses,” said Director Matt Tanielian of the ITC Working Group, which described itself as having more than a dozen members, in a news release. It cited an FTC statement on the “dangerous discrepancy” between injunction standards at the ITC and federal courts that said “the ITC may attract suits by patentees that are less likely to obtain injunctions in district court, potentially leading to a hold-up and the resulting consumer harm."