University Reputations on the Line in Patent Infringement Cases

Walter Valdivia posted an interesting piece on the reputational cost for universities involved in patent litigation on a Brookings Institute blog earlier today. Recent victories, such as WARF over Apple, and the sometimes blurry lines defining what is commonly accepted as an NPE, have brought the patent enforcement practices of major research universities back into the spotlight more than three decades after the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980.