Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, has been convicted of securities fraud. There are many lessons and take-aways from Holmes’ story and the verdict. For one thing, fake-it-till-you-make-it may now yield concrete consequences for failure. Yet, one overlooked lesson is that the Theranos downfall illustrates a failure of patent-literacy—particularly among investors. (This is, after all, a patent blog.)
Read MoreVirnetX ($VHC) has won another trial against Apple ($APPL) in the federal court in Texas. This time the verdict is approximately $502M. But the patents stand invalid based upon PTO decisions, and those decisions are pending before the Federal Circuit. Who's winning this battle?
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