Industry Responds on How to Proceed When Faced with a Patent Infringement Claim
May 13, 2016 at 1:10 pm

This is an update to my previous two articles on the growing issue of patent trolls attempting to extort funds from print service providers and OEMs by claiming patent infringement, mostly on bad patents that can easily be invalidated through Prior Art. In this article, I am providing some of the responses received to the first two articles along with advice on how to proceed should a print service provider or OEM be faced with a patent infringement claim.

Second Again? Maybe You're the Fluffer!
May 13, 2016 at 11:07 am

No, we're not talking about the definition on Wikipedia. We are referring to the sales use (watch the movie "Unfinished Business") of the term fluffer in which you earn a spot as a finalist for a presentation with virtually no chance of winning. The fluffer is the pre-determined loser, designed to keep the pre-determined winner in competitive check.

Planes, Shuttles and Windmills
May 13, 2016

Pre-drupa events are aplenty, so it’s no surprise that traveling becomes the norm for most printing industry professionals.