All posts tagged "Patent Trolls"

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – Our U.S. patent system is broken, and it’s baffling as to why...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – How often can you sit down and have a rational discussion with an extortionist and persuade them to change their evil ways? Ah, but hope springs eternal. And it’s human nature for most of us to believe the best in our fellow man and that reasonable people...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – According to a recent poll by Morning Consult, three quarters of registered voters...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – Most people have never heard of a patent troll. I hadn’t until a year or so ago. They involve patents, which most of us know little or nothing about. But the “troll” part is easily understood. Remember the kids’ story of “Three Billy Goats Gruff”? The goats...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – Many in Congress have long advocated for tort reform to reign in lawsuit abuse by personal injury attorneys. And who doesn’t oppose protection/extortion rackets where bad guys shake down little guys under the threat of property damage, physical injury or worse (he sleeps with the fish)? Well,...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – In today’s economic climate, America’s small businesses are under attack. Not only must they comply with onerous government regulations, but they increasingly face lawsuits filed by patent trolls, who work with trial lawyers to target innovators with claims of infringement on dubious grounds. Rather than create new products...

(Chuck Muth) – In the wake of the Great Recession, the American economy continues to face an anemic...