GPC's Alexander Poltorak quoted in Bloomberg News article, "Facebook Wins Infringement Trial as Jury Finds Leader Patent Is Invalid," July 28, 2010 - Dr. Poltorak comments on the lawsuit between Leader Technologies Inc. and Facebook.
"eBay Accused of Stealing Trade Secrets in $3.8B Patent Suit," a July 14, 2010 article in E-Commerce Times, features commentary from GPC's Alexander Poltorak. "When juries can't understand the technology in dispute or the nuances of patent law, they try to simply figure who are the 'good guys' and who are the 'bad guys,'" Dr.
July 9, 2010 - GPC's Chairman and CEO Alexander Poltorak was quoted in "Patent holder sues smart phone makers over patents," an Associated Press (AP) article that was published by dozens of outlets internationally, including Yahoo!Finance, CBSNews.com, ABCnews.com, The Miami Herald, The Huffington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, NPR.org, St. Petersburg Times, The Chicago Tribune, MSNBC.com, and The Australian.
In a July 2, 2010 Portfolio.com article called "Patent Issues Still Unsettled After Bilski Decision," Alexander Poltorak acknowledges the difficulty of establishing a single test for patentability. The article was also published by the Washington Business Journal.
Alexander Poltorak was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article, "Door Left Open to Business Patents," June 29, 2010, about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the landmark Bilski v. Kappos case. Dr. Poltorak said that the decision is "a major relief" for inventors and patent owners, as the Court largely left unchanged the patentability of software and business methods.
"Court Patent Ruling Leaves Software Patents Intact," PCWorld.com, June 28, 2010 - Alexander Poltorak is quoted in this article on the outcome of the landmark Bilski case. "The technology industry had been awaiting the Bilski decision with bated breath," he said. "It is a major relief to the technology industry that the U.S. Supreme Court disagreed ... that the machine-or-transformation test is the sole test for patentability.
Alexander Poltorak is quoted in an E-Commerce Times article, "Salesforce.com Taps Veteran Microsoft Nemesis for Countersuit," June 28, 2010, in which he speculates about what outcome Microsoft wants from its patent infringement lawsuit against Salesforce.com. The article also appeared on CRMBuyer.com.
GPC's Alex Poltorak, Rich Ehrlickman Among the IAM Strategy 250 - Two of GPC's own have been included in Intellectual Asset Management magazine's 2010 IAM Strategy 250, an elite list of "individuals who offer world-class strategic IP business advice to IP owning companies." Read more here and view PDFs of Poltorak's and Ehrlickman's IAM 250 profiles.
Alexander Poltorak’s article “Patent Enforcement: What to Do and What Not to Do,” was quoted on the IP Playing Field blog of Luzzatto & Luzzatto, one of the leading patent law firms in Israel.
"Sprint Sues Palm, Sanyo, Kyocera For DTL Defense" (IPLaw360, May 19, 2010 − Subscription required): Accused of infringing [GPC client and IP Holdings LLC portfolio company] Digital Technology Licensing LLC's patent for cell phone technology, Sprint Nextel Corp. has dragged its suppliers Sanyo North America Corp., Kyocera Communications Inc. and Palm Inc.