General Patent CEO Alex Poltorak on Protecting the Interest of American Inventors

“Inside the fight over US patent reform,” Intellectual Asset Management, May/June 2009 - Commentary by GPC Chairman and CEO Alexander Poltorak

"One-patent company snags deal with AT&T," EE Times, March 11, 2008 - Article about IP Holdings subsidiary Digital Technology Licensing LLC and its settlement with AT&T (GPC acted as the licensing agent).

General Patent Corporation was mentioned in "Meet the Middlemen," an article that appeared in the February/March 2008 issue of Intellectual Asset Management magazine.

U.S. Can't Afford to Mar Innovation, by Alexander Poltorak, published in Christian Science Monitor, January 28, 2008 - Proposed patent reforms mean less protection for the underdog.

Alexander Poltorak was interviewed by New York's Bloomberg Radio, Sept. 5, 2007. Audio and excerpts are here.

Alexander Poltorak was quoted in Bloomberg News, September 5, 2007, "Microsoft Win in Court May Cut Chances in Congress" (Excerpt and link to full article)

Alexander Poltorak was quoted in a Fortune Small Business article that was reprinted on CNNMoney.com, June 18, 2007, "Will Congress Slam Small Inventors?" (Excerpt and link to full article)

Alexander Poltorak was featured in IP Investor, "He Wrote the Book," April 2007 (PDF)

Alexander Poltorak was featured in Rockland Magazine, "Creative Genius" (PDF)

Alexander Poltorak was interviewed by Globes, Israel's daily business magazine, in March 2006. (PDF - article is in Hebrew)

Alexander Poltorak speaks at the IPO Conference on Patent Trolls (March 2005)

Excerpt from "The Patent Profiteers" by Steven M. Cherry, IEEE Spectrum, June 2004 issue

IAM (Intellectual Asset Management) Magazine, Feb./March 2004 issue - "Prickly Profits," by Bruce Berman [excerpt] - Dr. Poltorak is quoted discussing the patent system's fairness or unfairness to small inventors.

CFO Magazine, "Battling the Property Pirates," January 2004, by Ronald Fink - Article in which Dr. Poltorak is quoted about protecting American IP interests abroad.

IndustryWeek, "Intellectual Property: It's Worth Keeping an Eye On," August 1, 2003, by John Teresko - Features Dr. Poltorak's IP strategy checklist.

CNNFn - View the video of Dr. Poltorak discussing patent law on CNNFn, May 2002

The New York Times, "Trying to Cash In on Patents" by Teresa Riordan, June 10, 2002:

Dr. Poltorak discusses the patent licensing and enforcement business. Also features the history of GPC. Alexander Poltorak quoted in EE Times article, "Patent Pangs" by Margaret Quan, February 12, 2001 - Dr. Poltorak comments on a federal circuit court decision that could have a profound impact on the IP assets of companies in the electronics industry.

Transcript of Paul Lerner's Interview with the Wall Street Reporter on December 8, 2000 - Paul Lerner, Sr. VP and General Counsel of GPC, discusses patent enforcement, the increase in the number of patents being filed and litigated, and how GPC plans to handle the rapid growth of the IP industry.

Transcript of Alexander Poltorak's Radio Interview with the Wall Street Reporter, March 17, 2000 - In this in-depth interview, Dr. Poltorak describes the fields of patent enforcement and technology transfer in detail, and discusses what separates GPC from our competition.

Transcript of Alexander Poltorak's Radio Interview with Bloomberg News on May 3, 2000 - Dr. Poltorak discusses e-commerce and the growth - and complexity - of the new "business method" patents