Patent Law

It's a Dud, Dude

By Gary Odom and Jordan Kuhn

Patent monger Alcatel-Lucent sued Dell in 2003 over 15 patents; Dell counterclaimed with 6,038,597 and 6,182,275, related to Internet computer product ordering. Jury trial found Dell's patents valid and non-infringed. Dell was ordered to pay costs.

The Alcatel-Lucent assertion is scheduled for trial this month.

Dell is a member of the Coalition for Patent Fairness, a corporate group dedicated to spewing anti-patent propaganda to the press whilst bribing Congress to pass legislation eviscerating patent enforcement; no wonder. Alcatel-Lucent, who knows how to the use the sharp end of a patent stick, is not.

Full post as published by The Patent Prospector on February 12, 2008 (boomark / email).