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)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)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)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)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)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Elektroschock writes "The Amazon gift ordering patent was revoked by the italian Patent Office.
In a press release they write: 'The so-called "Gift Order Patent" has been revoked by the EPO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 ...
(more)DARPA Files Patent On Predictive Simulation (Wednesday 22nd of August 2007 11:45:03 AM)
An anonymous reader writes "New Scientist has a post on a patent filed by the Defense Advanced
probe Projects Agency (DARPA), seeking to control a new potent predictive simulation. The
patent outlines the process, which may someday allow researchers to ...
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