Category: Litigation Finance
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USITC seeks input on proposed new rules around real-party-in-interest disclosures
The proposed rulemaking fits with the trend seen across agencies dealing with U.S. patent matters, where there is a push for more transparency around real-parties-in-interest.
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Speakers, agendas now live for IP Dealmakers Europe + LF Dealmakers Europe (London, May 11-13)
The Super Early Bird rate is still available for the 3rd annual IP/LF Dealmakers Forums Europe (IP and litigation finance) for those who register by February 21 (save Ā£500). ip fray is the official media partner.
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UPC accepts litigation insurance policy as security for costs: groundbreaking CoA ruling, but it will always depend on specific terms
This is very good news for patentees enforcing their rights in the UPC as well as for the litigation insurance industry, and by extension for litigation funders as it reduces capital requirements.
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SIM IP, Garden Intel merge: form $150 million IP monetization platform
The companies are building a ādefensive moatā around the financialization of innovation that manual operators cannot penetrate, Gardenās CEO said about the deal.
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Third-Party Litigation Funding bill failed in U.S. Congress ā and “foreign abuse” turned out to be nothing but pretextual
Many members of the litigation finance ecosystem (funders as well as inventors and companies dependent on their support) breathed a sigh of relief a few days ago when the TPLF bill was pulled.
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Useful to U.S. patent litigators: Certum Group releases model brief to oppose discovery into litigation funding
We just want to draw practitioners’ attention to this initiative, which does the patent litigation community a service.
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Erich Spangenbergās SIM IP strikes trade secret litigation financing deal with Tangibly
The partnership will transform trade secret enforcement from a āreactive burden into a proactive advantageā, Mr. Spangenberg said today.
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UK appeals court dismisses litigation funding agreement challenges by Sony, Apple, Visa, Mastercard: āvictory for common senseā, say local funders
In a landmark judgment widely welcomed by litigation funders the England & Wales Court of Appeal has ruled that litigation funding agreements are not a form of damages-based agreement, dismissing several challenges filed by Sony, Apple, Visa and Mastercard in UK class action claims.
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U.S. Senate cuts Tillis proposed litigation funding tax bill from larger legislative package
The Senateās referee, Elizabeth MacDonough, said Thom Tillisās proposed āTackling Predatory Litigation Funding Actā will need to be removed from the Republican tax and spending bill, the same day the U.S. Senator opposed President Trumpās ābig beautiful billā and confirmed he will not seek re-election in 2026.
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UK faces āend of litigation fundingā if Parliament does not pass Litigation Funding Agreements bill soon, funder warns
Susan Dunn, Chair of the Association of Litigation Funders and Kenny Henderson of CMS debated over whether Litigation Funding Agreements should be regulated, and the prejudice funding receives in the UK judiciary system, at the most recent LF Dealmakers Europe in London earlier this week.