On Friday, April 4th, Professor David Schwartz participated in a debate on “patent trolls” as part of the fourth annual Patent Conference (PatCon4), the largest conference for patent scholars in the world. John F. Duffy of the University of Virginia School of Law joined Schwartz in debating Mark Lemley of the Stanford Law School and Michael Meurer of the Boston University School of Law on the issue. Over at the patent blog Comparative Patent Remedies, law professor Thomas Cotter live-blogged the proceeding, which he introduces with the following:
As I mentioned yesterday, one of the events at the PatCon 4 conference is a debate on the questions of whether hostility to patent trolls is “well justified theoretically or empirically” and whether said hostility “will likely result in bad law.” Arguing that the hostility is not well justified are Professors John Duffy and David Schwartz. Arguing that it is are Professors Mark Lemley and Michael Meurer.
Click here to read Professor Cotter’s post, and be sure to check out some of Professor Schwartz’s scholarship on patent trolls, including the following articles: Unpacking Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) and Analyzing the Role of Non-Practicing Entities in the Patent System.
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