Paper Info
Title
Computer supported formal concept analysis to explore the evolution of patent litigation
Abstract
For competitive global markets, patents are useful for protecting intellectual property rights (IPRs) or defending against infringement threats from competitors. In the mobile communication industry, companies such as Qualcomm and Ericsson dominate the industry with essential patents. Some non-practicing entities (NPEs) seek opportunities to license their IPRs and often challenge infringement of their IPRs by manufacturers or channel distributors. In order to avoid NPE patent infringement litigation and understand the patterns of NPE legal actions, this research focuses on developing a computer supported intelligent method to analyze patent and IP infringement litigation and their evolution trends. We use modified formal concept analysis to explore the evolution of the patent infringement lawsuits and their disputed patents. Two modified FCA models are constructed to observe the evolution of the court cases and the disputed patents. The research provides companies with technical references based on the evolutions of litigation and patent trends for future strategic R&D directions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/CSCWD.2015.7231016
2015 IEEE 19th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Patent infringement litigation,Text mining,Formal concept analysis
Patent infringement,Law and economics,Computer science,Knowledge management,Patent troll,Intellectual property,Law,Formal concept analysis,License,Competitor analysis
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.41
6
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Amy J. C. Trappey134848.23
Lynn W. L. Chen220.75
Charles V. Trappey336244.98