Abstract
In the near future, the Federal Trade Commission is going to release the results of its study on patent assertion entities (PAEs). While it is very clear that we need additional information to understand the many complex business models that exist in the patent licensing world, the FTC’s study is unlikely to produce that information because of a few very critical flaws. What follows is an executive summary of my article, Sticks and Stones: How the FTC’s Name-Calling Misses the Complexity of Licensing-Based Business Models, published in the George Mason Law Review.
Document Type
Editorial
Publication Date
2016
Recommended Citation
Kristen Osenga, Why the FTC study on PAEs is destined to produce incomplete and inaccurate results, IP Watchdog (Apr. 20, 2016), http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2016/04/20/why-the-ftc-study-on-paes-is-destined-to-produce-incomplete-and-inaccurate-results/id=68453/.