Matthew L. Evans Posts

Last week, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade held a hearing titled “Trolling for a Solution: Ending Abusive Patent Demand Letters.” The hearing focused on the regulation of demand letters sent in bad faith to businesses by patent trolls or patent assertion entities (PAEs). There has been an upswing in the number of issued demand letters, which many times are vague, misleading and deceptive. The recipients, who are often smal ...

This Black History Month, CompTIA notes the contributions of Aaron Woods, director of U.S. solutions providers, relationship and partners at Xerox and the first African-American member of the CompTIA Board of Directors. Woods is an ardent supporter of TechVoice – CompTIA’s public advocacy grass roots network – and the IT industry. “Being the first of anything usually brings with it some concerns as to how you will be viewed by others,” Woods said. “As it ...

Last week, in Congress, the patent reform debate kicked into high gear with the movement of several bills aimed at curbing abusive patent litigation. In the House Judiciary Committee, “the Innovation Act” (HR 3309), which was introduced by Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) last month, went through the markup process on Wednesday. The final strong bi-partisan vote of 33 to 5 sent the bill to the House floor. During markup, Goodlatte’s own manager’s amendmen ...