GPC's Alexander Poltorak was interviewed regarding the implications of a ruling in a highly watched case ("Appeals Court Vacates Rambus's Patent Win Vs Hynix," Wall Street Journal, May 14, 2011 - subscription required).
Richard Ehrlickman, GPC's Vice President of Intellectual Property and Licensing and President and founder of IPOfferings (GPC's patent brokerage), was interviewed about the developing bidding war over the Nortel patent portfolio (BlackBerry maker could be on its own or part of group for bid on Nortel patents, The Canadian Press, May 9, 2011).
Alexander Poltorak, Chairman and CEO of GPC, was quoted extensively in a Wall Street Journal article about the lawsuit between Nokia and Apple ("Nokia's Patent Battleground", April 5, 2011 - subscriber login required). Dr. Poltorak comments on several aspects of the Nokia and Apple litigation in the following excerpts from the article.
On the fact that Nokia has amassed over 10,000 patents:
GPC's Chairman and CEO Alexander Poltorak was quoted in an article about patent lawsuit between Canadian company i4i and Microsoft Corp. as it reaches the U.S. Supreme Court this year ("Microsoft vs. i4i case at U.S. Supreme Court has big implications for patent law", The Canadian Press, April 17, 2011). Dr. Poltorak discussed the possible outcome of the case - and the possibility of it setting new precedents in U.S. patent law.
GPC's Alexander Poltorak attended ICAP Ocean Tomo’s auction of IP assets in New York on March 31, and commented on the sale of a $38.5 million "covenant not to sue" (LogMeIn, ICAP Ocean Tomo, Dyson: Intellectual Property, Bloomberg.com, April 4, 2011).
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BNET.com blogger Erik Sherman interviewed GPC's Alexander Poltorak for a blog post on the ICAP Ocean Tomo auction of a "covenant not to sue" on behalf of Round Rock Research, a non-practicing entity with 4,200 patents (Patent Troll Auctions Free Passes From Lawsuits: Mobile in Its Sights, BNET.com, April 7, 2011). Dr. Poltorak explained why such an auction might be attractive to a company that hasn't even been sued yet.
After a company called H-W Technology filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, RIM, Google and 29 other big tech companies in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, CNET.com interviewed GPC's Alexander Poltorak for an expert's take on the case ("Apple, RIM, others sued over smartphone patent," April 1, 2011).
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At the Spring 2011 Live IP Action on March 31, the intellectual property broker ICAP Ocean Tomo auctioned off a five-year Covenant Not to Sue from Round Rock Research LLC. GPC's Alexander Poltorak and Rich Ehrlickman commented on this unusual auction in an IAM Magazine blog post ("Did the ICAP OT auction change the IP litigation rules in the US?", April 1, 2011).
In a blog post on Patent Connections that was also cross-posted on the Gametime IP blog (General Patent Corporation Owner Poltorak Suggests Improvements To Patent System, March 31, 2011), GPC's Alex Poltorak offers insight into the multi-tier patent system he has suggested in past intervie
Alexander Poltorak's recent Washington Post Q&A was quoted in a news roundup on TheHill.com ("News Bites," March 28, 2011):