The Troll Problem: NPE's, PatentFreedom, and Allied Security Trust
Date: Tuesday, May 12th 8:30am PDT, 11:30am EDT

Presented by: Daniel P. McCurdy, CEO, Allied Security Trust I

Summary: Over the last decade, patent litigations in all industries launched by Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs), sometimes called “patent trolls”, have increased from approximately 3% of all patent litigations filed to more than 17%. This percentage is dramatically higher in high-tech industries. While a significant increase, this statistics obscures the fact that the number of operating company defendants named in these litigations has increased in the same period from approximately 250 a year to approximately 1,500. PatentFreedom has identified more than 230 distinct NPEs, with more than 800 subsidiaries. More troubling, of more than 1,700 litigations launched by NPEs in the last five years, only 50% have been initiated by the top 20 most active “trolls”. This Webinar will focus on analysis of the NPE problem, and offer detailed recommendations on actions operating companies can take to reduce exposures to “patent trolls,” including the role of PatentFreedom and Allied Security Trust in reducing such threats.

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