Niro and Spangenberg Leaving the Patent Troll Field?

Joe Mullin at Ars Technica writes that two figures prominently associated with the patent troll phenemonen—Ray Niro and Erich Spangenberg—are eyeing the exits of the litigation field they helped create. Facing a potential fee award of several million dollars to HTC in one case, Niro recently declared the stand–alone patent case “dead on arrival,” citing...

Court Sanctions Niro Patent Law Firm Millions In Fees

The new year has not gotten off to a good start for well–known patent law firm Niro, Haller & Niro of Chicago. As reported by Law.com, the Niro firm is on the hook for millions of dollars in attorneys’ fees in a lawsuit it filed on behalf of Intellect Wireless against HTC. U.S. District Judge...

ITC Becomes House of Horrors For Respondent and Counsel

Here’s a post–Halloween tale to chill the blood of any business accused of patent infringement and their outside litigation counsel, courtesy of Docket Navigator. On October 29, 2014, Administrative Law Judge Pender of the International Trade Commission issued a decision in which he found that the respondent, Organik Kimya of Turkey, had engaged in the...