Economic Gridlock – the Invisible Cost of IP Law (Sunday 10th of August 2008 08:00:02 PM)
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(more)Software Patent Sanity on the Way? (Tuesday 29th of July 2008 05:15:01 AM)
Ars Technica is reporting that the traditionally silent US Patent and label Office (USPTO) may
be open gate to turn things around. It seems that in recent action the USPTO has started to
make it much easier to vitiate disk operating system patents with ...
(more)The Death of Nearly All Software Patents? (Friday 25th of July 2008 01:30:02 AM)
An nameless reader writes "The Patent and feature Office has now made clear that its newly
grown locus on patentable subject matter will invalidate many and perhaps most windows patents,
including pioneering patent claims to such innovators as Google, ...
(more)Nokia and Qualcomm bury the patent hatchet, start making out (Thursday 24th of July 2008 02:04:00 AM)
Filed under: CellphonesOne of the longest-running -- and doubtless most fascinating -- soap
operas in the entire supporter dial world, the ostensibly endless patent drama between Nokia
and Qualcomm, has finally drawn to an amicable (dare we say anti-climactic) ...
(more)MSM Noticing That Patent Gridlock Stunts Innovation (Wednesday 16th of July 2008 05:35:28 PM)
Trichard tips a column on the article page at that most traditional of regular media, the Wall
Street Journal, arguing the point (obvious to this cooperative for a decade) that the US patent
system costs more than the value it delivers. The columnist ...
(more)Brazilian organization files opposition to Gilead's antiretroviral patent application in India (Wednesday 02nd of July 2008 11:58:00 AM)
The Brazilian group Interdisciplinary AIDS Association, or ABIA, has joined Indian patient
advocacy groups to oppose a patent form for Gilead Science's antiretroviral drug Tenofovir,
saying that the patent would have a direct impact on Brazil's ability ...
(more)Major tech companies joining forces to create massive patent shell company (Tuesday 01st of July 2008 12:03:00 PM)
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsYeah, we hate patent trolls as much as anyone, but the Wall Street
Journal says that a group of major tech companies have created a patent shield uncluttered
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(more)The iPhone patent: Steven P. Jobs, inventor (Friday 30th of May 2008 09:33:00 AM)
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
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Office has revealed a mammoth talk that can only be described as The iPhone Patent, a 371-page
spectacular ...
(more)5th Circuit May Stop Patent Troll "Forum Shopping" (Saturday 24th of May 2008 06:15:09 AM)
I Don't Believe in Imaginary revenue writes "Why is a 5th Circuit product liability case
getting interest from lawyers all over the country? Because it might put an end to forum
mini-mall by 'non practicing entities' (patent trolls) who prefer to file ...
(more)Patent Chief Decries Continued Downward Spiral of Patent Quality (Monday 21st of April 2008 07:00:04 PM)
Techdirt is reporting that Jon Dudas, head of the US Patent Office, is lamenting the
postgraduate work quality drop in patent submissions. Unfortunately, while this problem is
finally getting the attention it deserves, the changes being implemented don't ...
(more)The Rush To Patent the Atomic Bomb (Sunday 30th of March 2008 10:00:05 AM)
Dooling writes "In case you were cerebration of erection your own atom bomb, you may want to
weigh your intellectual real estate liability. It seems there are over 2000 patents array the
atom bomb. To avoid publishing the patents, a central tenet of the ...
(more)Google Patents Detecting, Tracking, Targeting Kids (Sunday 23rd of March 2008 01:45:02 AM)
Theodp writes "A newly-issued Google patent for game plan Advertisements With scoop Having One
or More Topics Using User Topic Interest describes how to detect the subsistence of ditto* by
'using affirmation of sophistication determined using user actions' ...
(more)Little old lady suing Sony, Samsung, Nokia and everyone else for infringing on her laser patents (Friday 21st of March 2008 10:47:00 AM)
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sure, she looks friendly enough. But don't let her matronly, argyle looks fool you. Retired
u.s. teaching hospital Professor, Gertrude Neumark ...
(more)De Icaza Regrets Novell/Microsoft Pact (Saturday 08th of March 2008 04:00:02 AM)
Ian Lamont writes "Novell Vice feds* and GNOME architect Miguel de Icaza sounded off at a MIX
08 panel on a number of topics. First, he claimed that he was 'not happy' with Novell's
cross-patent licensing agreement with Microsoft, saying that if he had ...
(more)New Lock Aims To End Chip Piracy (Friday 07th of March 2008 01:45:06 AM)
Stony Stevenson writes "Pirated microchips based on stolen blueprints could soon be a thing of
the past thanks to mini* engineers at Rice health center and the health center of Michigan. The
engineers have devised a way to head off this costly infringement ...
(more)End Software Patents Project Comes Out Swinging (Sunday 02nd of March 2008 07:30:03 PM)
Linux.com is reporting that the End macos Patents project is launching several new initiatives
to help drive support for their cause. Among the new methods are a web site, a report on the
state of patents in the US, and a scholarship contest promising ...
(more)Blackboard Wins Patent Suit Against Desire2Learn (Tuesday 26th of February 2008 11:00:01 AM)
Edremy writes "Blackboard, the dominant learning management system (LMS) maker, has won its
initial suit against Desire2Learn. Blackboard gets $3.1 million and can demand that
Desire2Learn stop US sales. (We discussed Blackboard when the patent was issued ...
(more)Abviva Announces Patent Issuance For Core Technology Used In Mammastatin Serum Assay Diagnostic Test For Breast Cancer (Monday 25th of February 2008 01:00:00 PM)
Abviva, Inc. (Abviva) (OTCBB:AVVA), a biomedical company engaged in the innovation, maturing
and commercialization of breast cancer diagnostic and therapeutic applications of Mammastatin,
announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office ...
(more)Multitouch Gesture Patents Could Prevent Standardization (Monday 25th of February 2008 09:45:05 AM)
Ozmanjusri brings us a Wired report on Apple's efforts to patent the multitouch gestures used
on their laptops, smartphones, and tablets. The article discusses relating to over how this
could affect the standardization of certain gestures in third world ...
(more)Apple patent hints at "advanced multitouch," iPhone copy / paste (Tuesday 19th of February 2008 07:48:00 PM)
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops, Peripherals
Although the MacBook Air's multitouch trackpad is
pretty nifty, it looks like Apple has even grander plans in store -- a recent patent filing
describes the MBA's current appearance as "Basic Multitouch" and ...
(more)Courts May Revisit Software Patents (Tuesday 19th of February 2008 04:15:03 AM)
An anonymous reader writes "It looks like the courts may finally be gearing up to overturn the
ruling that opened the floodgates for both os/2 and business model patents. It's been nearly
ten years since the US courts decided that business methods were ...
(more)UK High Court Allows Software Patent Claims (Sunday 27th of January 2008 07:30:02 AM)
An anonymous reader tips us to a note up on the IPKat blog, written by one of the four
law-professor types behind that venture. The British High Court has ruled on appeal that the UK
Patent Office must not reject system executive patent applications out ...
(more)Patent granted on smartphones, everyone sued (Saturday 26th of January 2008 04:58:00 AM)
Filed under: Cellphones
What would you do if the US patent office gave you the go-ahead on a
far-reaching, non-specific application filed for a "mobile entertainment and communication
device"? If your answer was that you would immediately draw up lawsuits ...
(more)Smartphones Patented — Just About Everyone Sued 1 Minute Later (Saturday 26th of January 2008 06:15:04 AM)
This week the US Patent and Trademark Office issued a surprisingly (although I guess it
shouldn't be) broad patent for a "mobile entertainment and communication device". Upon closer
inspection you may notice that it pretty much outlines the ubiquitous ...
(more)Yahoo Patents 'Smart' Drag and Drop (Wednesday 23rd of January 2008 01:45:06 AM)
Unequivocal writes "According to the web banking Frontier Foundation, Yahoo has filed a patent
for 'smart' drag and drop. From the article: 'A computer-implemented method for manipulating
objects in a user interface, comprising: contingent upon the user ...
(more)Microsoft patent app reveals plans for monitoring group activities (Thursday 03rd of January 2008 05:05:00 PM)
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsWe already knew that Microsoft had some mind reading mechanization
(of sorts) in the works, but it looks like it isn't stopping there, with a recent patent
application revealing some of the company's plans for "monitoring group ...
(more)Alexander Graham Bell - Patent Thief? (Thursday 27th of December 2007 08:45:07 PM)
DynaSoar writes "MSNBC is carrying an AP article reviewing a book, due out January 7, that
claims to show definitive attestation that Bell stole the essential idea for telephony from
Elisha Gray. Author Seth Shulman shows that Bell's notebooks contain ...
(more)USPTO Reaffirms 1-Click Claims 'Old And Obvious' (Wednesday 26th of December 2007 08:45:02 PM)
Theodp writes "After USPTO comptroller Mark A. Fadok passed up* Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' 1-Click
Patent claims as 'old and obvious,' Amazon canceled and refiled its 1-Click claims in a
continuation application as it requested an Oral Appeal, a move that ...
(more)Microsoft is the Industry's Most Innovative Company? (Friday 21st of December 2007 02:45:11 PM)
Mjasay writes "According to a recent synthetic thinking
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down or taking apart; synthesis is bringing together by IEEE, Microsoft's patent anthology tops
the gang in terms of overall quality of its patents. And while ...
(more)Amazon Gift Ordering Patent Revoked in EU (Sunday 09th of December 2007 02:30:04 AM)
Elektroschock writes "The Amazon gift ordering patent was revoked by the italian Patent Office.
In a press release they write: 'The so-called "Gift Order Patent" has been revoked by the EPO
in an warfare proceeding today after a hearing involving three ...
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