IP Litigation Outlook Forum

[Anonymous User]

For EE/CS. It seems incredibly busy and in demand right now... but given the fact that everyone is starting to recognize that the patent system is broken, what are the chances that a big fix happens and the work dries up in the next 5-10 years?

[fatduck]

a big fix happens

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[Anonymous User]

could happen - at my firm, 70%+ litigation involved defending against NPEs. all we need is a few fed. cir. decisions telling the district courts to start applying eBay even more stringently, coupled with the ITC actually enforcing their domestic industry requirement and poof, a lot of NPEs will go away along with the majority of IP lit. that's going on right now.

[markman]

could happen - at my firm, 70%+ litigation involved defending against NPEs. all we need is a few fed. cir. decisions telling the district courts to start applying eBay even more stringently, coupled with the ITC actually enforcing their domestic industry requirement and poof, a lot of NPEs will go away along with the majority of IP lit. that's going on right now.

this is stupid.

[Anonymous User]

could happen - at my firm, 70%+ litigation involved defending against NPEs. all we need is a few fed. cir. decisions telling the district courts to start applying eBay even more stringently, coupled with the ITC actually enforcing their domestic industry requirement and poof, a lot of NPEs will go away along with the majority of IP lit. that's going on right now.

this is stupid.

so you think ip lit will be going strong for the next 5-10 yrs?

[markman]

could happen - at my firm, 70%+ litigation involved defending against NPEs. all we need is a few fed. cir. decisions telling the district courts to start applying eBay even more stringently, coupled with the ITC actually enforcing their domestic industry requirement and poof, a lot of NPEs will go away along with the majority of IP lit. that's going on right now.

this is stupid.

so you think ip lit will be going strong for the next 5-10 yrs?

i don't know. that's a vague question. all i know is that whoever wrote the above is an idiot.

[Anonymous User]

For EE/CS. It seems incredibly busy and in demand right now... but given the fact that everyone is starting to recognize that the patent system is broken, what are the chances that a big fix happens and the work dries up in the next 5-10 years?

We just passed the AIA, which is supposed to "fix" most of the problems. Now that the law is passed, we need lawyers to argue over what it means. Furthermore, your next "fix" won't happen for at least another decade since this "fix" just did.

[Anonymous User]

I just spoke with about 10 attorneys in the Seattle, SF, and LA markets. Litigation is blowing up

[heeloftar]

a big fix happens

lolololololololololololololol

the tax system has been "going to be fixed" for decades