In-House Counsel

"Patent troll tracker" Frenkel subpoenaed
A post on MarketWatch discusses a subpoena served on Rick Frenkel (the formerly anonymous patent troll tracker) by Scott Harris.The last three paragraphs of the post are interesting:Cisco belongs to a group of large companies called the Coalition for Patent Fairness, which has lobbied intensively for legislation that could make filing patent suits a more difficult process for small firms...

Lemley astonished that apportionment was controversial
Patent reform 2008 (S.1145) died over damages apportionment.Here's what Mark Lemley said:?I have to say I?m frankly astonished that apportionment has been this controversial,? said Mark A...

Compromise on patent reform bill, or mere delusion
The Washington Post, in suggesting that a compromise on the patent reform bill was near, somehow managed not to mention pharma or academe among those who criticized the bill.The article did emphasize statements from the "Coalition for Patent Fairness":Late Wednesday [12 March 08], groups negotiating changes to thePatent Reform Actagreed on amendments that "constitute 90 percent of the bill's language," said Dan Sweet, a spokesman for the Coalition for Patent Fairness, a group representing several large tech vendors including Cisco Systems, Adobe Systems, Apple and Amazon...

WSJ on Troll Tracker Frenkel
Stuart Weinburg discussed the unmasking of the patent troll tracker as Cisco's Rick Frenkel, including issues of corporate permission/corporate sponsorship.Cisco spokesman John Noh said the blog represented the personal opinions and personal research of Mr...

Cisco and Rick Frenkle (a.k.a. Patent Trolltracker) Sued for Defamation
Michael Smith is reporting that the recently unmasked "patent TrollTracker," Rick Frenkle, has been sued along with his company Cisco by attorney John ("Johnny") Ward, Jr. of Ward and Smith in Longview, Texas...

Patent Troll Tracker is Cisco's Rick Frenkel
Rick Frenkel, Director, Intellectual Property at Cisco Systems, Inc. and law school grad of Loyola Marymount and registered patent attorney 47578, is the "patent troll tracker."In the context of the WARF suit against Intel, Frenkel was quoted:"The big issue we're seeing is that the number of patent lawsuits filed by entities that make no products is overwhelming," said Rick Frenkel, Cisco Systems' director of intellectual property...

Cisco Travel Plazas
allegedly shorting customers on fuel.

Zantac Patent
GlaxoSmithKline and Cypress Pharmaceutical settle patent infringement dispute.

Texas, USA
alleging the Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act of 2003 violates several provisions of the Constitution.

Medtronic
Leads Failing

Soliris Patent
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. agrees to pay the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation a $10 million patent infringement settlement.

Advil - Ibuprofen
allegedly leads to Stevens Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrosis.