Saturday, May 31, 2008

Third Wave to acquire Stratagene's Full Velocity Patents from Agilent - RTT News


Third Wave to acquire Stratagene's Full Velocity Patents from Agilent
RTT News, NY - May 30, 2008
Third Wave said that the acquisition of the Full Velocity patents would strengthen its intellectual property position for Invader Plus that couples the ...

Alvin M. Marks, Inventor With 122 Patents, Dies at 97 - BlueRidgeNow.com


Alvin M. Marks, Inventor With 122 Patents, Dies at 97
BlueRidgeNow.com, NC - 15 hours ago
Alvin M. Marks, a prolific inventor who held patents on polarized film for sunglasses, a 3-D moviemaking process, a generator the size of a grapefruit that ...

Medtronic Awarded $250 Million Damages in Patent Case against ... - WELT ONLINE

Medtronic Awarded $250 Million Damages in Patent Case against ...
WELT ONLINE, Germany - May 27, 2008
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced that a federal jury found that Boston Scientific Corporation has infringed three patents owned by Medtronic, ...
Boston Scientific said it will challenge Medtronic patent ... Hemscott
Medtronic Sticks It to Boston Scientific Motley Fool
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Medtronic Triumphs Over Boston Scientific - Forbes


Medtronic Triumphs Over Boston Scientific
Forbes, NY - May 28, 2008
The Fitzmaurice patent covered angioplastic catheters that get narrower at the far end and the Anderson patents covers angioplastic balloons that have ...

Boston Scientific said it will challenge Medtronic patent ... - Hemscott


Boston Scientific said it will challenge Medtronic patent ...
Hemscott, UK - May 28, 2008
... infringed three of Medtronic's patents. and Quantum Maverick angioplasty products infringed Medtronic's Fitzmaurice and Anderson catheter patents.

Jury awards Medtronic $250 million patent damages - CNNMoney.com


Jury awards Medtronic $250 million patent damages
CNNMoney.com - May 28, 2008
The Fitzmaurice patents cover angioplasty catheters which narrow at the far end. The Anderson patent covers semicompliant angioplasty balloons, ...

Medtronic Sticks It to Boston Scientific - Motley Fool


Medtronic Sticks It to Boston Scientific
Motley Fool - May 29, 2008
On Tuesday, a jury found that Boston Scientific's balloon catheters and stent delivery systems infringe on three of Medtronic's patents. ...

Friday, May 30, 2008

Boston Scientific told to pay Medtronic $250M in patent suit - Bizjournals.com


Boston Scientific told to pay Medtronic $250M in patent suit
Bizjournals.com, NC - May 28, 2008
A jury in Maryland has ruled against Boston Scientific Corp. in a patent suit brought against the Natick medical device company by its chief rival Medtronic ...

MOSAID Announces Share Buyback Program - FOXBusiness


MOSAID Announces Share Buyback Program
FOXBusiness - 9 hours ago
... MOSAID's acquisition of patents from third parties and from development of new inventions; DRAM manufacturers continuing to infringe MOSAID's patents; ...
MOSAID Announces Share Buyback Program Design and Reuse (press release)
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A year on, e-filing of patents yet to net applicants - Financial Express


A year on, e-filing of patents yet to net applicants
Financial Express, India - 6 hours ago
New Delhi , May 30 The government’s ambitious project to encourage electronic filing of patent and trademark applications has received an embarrassingly ...

Bosch registers record number of patents - Search-Autoparts.com


Bosch registers record number of patents
Search-Autoparts.com, OH - 14 hours ago
Last year, Bosch researchers and developers registered more patents than ever before, according to the manufacturer. The number of first-filed patents rose ...

Patents as Property, Part 2 - Atlantic Online

Patents as Property, Part 2
Atlantic Online - May 28, 2008
I showed a graph from Bessen and Meurer's Patent Failure suggesting that patents on chemical and pharmaceutical products appear to be behaving as a ...
Patents as Property, Part 1 Atlantic Online
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Patent cowboy: Australian claims rights over Web-based linked images - TelecomTV


Patent cowboy: Australian claims rights over Web-based linked images
TelecomTV, UK - 7 hours ago
An Australian man has begun enforcing international patents which he believes potentially entitles him to a license fee from every website in Australia, ...

Chemokine Therapeutics Announces Issuance of Two New US Patents - FOXBusiness


Chemokine Therapeutics Announces Issuance of Two New US Patents
FOXBusiness - May 28, 2008
Patent No. 7354899 entitled "Methods of treating Autoimmune Diseases Comprising Administering CXCR4 Antagonists" is related to the treatment of a wide range ...

Bosch Registers Largest Number of Patents in Company History - PR Newswire (press release)


Bosch Registers Largest Number of Patents in Company History
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 11 hours ago
The number of first-filed patents rose by seven percent to a total of 3281, including 569 in the United States. This adds up to an average of 14 ...

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Ocean Tomo to Auction Online, Mobile Commerce, Banking and ... - Genetic Engineering News (press release)


Ocean Tomo to Auction Online, Mobile Commerce, Banking and ...
Genetic Engineering News (press release), NY - 7 hours ago
Ocean Tomo Auctions today announced that it will offer for sale several Lots of patents relating to Online & Mobile Commerce and Banking & Financial ...

PaaS and the patent trolls - ZDNet


PaaS and the patent trolls
ZDNet - 3 hours ago
It can only be a matter of time before this army of newly enfranchised business developers begins infringing pre-existing software patents, in particular ...

Patents as Property, Part 1 - Atlantic Online

Patents as Property, Part 1
Atlantic Online - May 28, 2008
The first consideration cannot be an argument for treating patents as property because ideas are non-rivalrous. Once an idea has been created, ...

Helping patent examiners examine patents. - CNET News.com


Helping patent examiners examine patents.
CNET News.com, CA - May 28, 2008
It's a simple fact that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the "USPTO") is inundated with patent applications. Given the sheer volume of ...

Apple seeks patents for solar cells in portable devices - CNET News.com

Apple seeks patents for solar cells in portable devices
CNET News.com, CA - May 27, 2008
A patent application, unearthered by MacRumors, describes technology to integrate solar cells into portable devices. The named inventors of the patent ...
Apple patents LCD solar cells Handheld Learning
Apple patents solar-coated iPods DVICE
Apple raises prospect of solar-powered iPhone Times Online
MobileTechReview.com - AHN
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VocalTec signs agreement to sell 11 patents for USD 12.5 mln - Telecom Paper (subscription)


VocalTec signs agreement to sell 11 patents for USD 12.5 mln
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - May 28, 2008
Carrier multimedia and VoIP products provider VocalTec Communications has signed a patent purchase agreement to sell selected patents to Karo Millennium. ...

Fairchild Semi: Federal court dismisses Power Integrations patent suit - Forbes


Fairchild Semi: Federal court dismisses Power Integrations patent suit
Forbes, NY - May 27, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - Fairchild Semiconductor International late Tuesday said a federal court in San Francisco has dismissed a patent ...
Court favors System General on Power Integrations suit Eetasia.com (subscription)
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GE files second lawsuit against SonoSite - Bizjournals.com


GE files second lawsuit against SonoSite
Bizjournals.com, NC - May 27, 2008
Last May, GE filed a lawsuit against SonoSite, alleging that SonoSite ultrasound products infringed on certain GE patents, SonoSite said. ...

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

SonoSite target of second GE lawsuit - HeraldNet


SonoSite target of second GE lawsuit
HeraldNet, WA - 22 hours ago
The legal fireworks began in May of last year, when GE alleged SonoSite had violated five GE patents. SonoSite filed its countersuit in July and then ...

SonoSite says GE patent lawsuit is without merit - CNNMoney.com


SonoSite says GE patent lawsuit is without merit
CNNMoney.com - May 27, 2008
SonoSite said the latest lawsuit is the second filed by General Electric against the company, alleging patent infringement. GE sued SonoSite in the same ...

SonoSite Responds to Second GE Lawsuit in Wisconsin - Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)


SonoSite Responds to Second GE Lawsuit in Wisconsin
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung), Germany - May 27, 2008
On May 15, 2007, GE sued SonoSite in the same federal court in Wisconsin alleging that the company infringed certain GE patents. SonoSite has denied all of ...
GE files second lawsuit against competitor Washington Business Journal
GE files second lawsuit against SonoSite Triangle Business Journal
SonoSite said GE files patent lawsuit over hand-held ultrasound device Hemscott
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Suven gets 2 patents in Russia and Australia - Business Standard


Suven gets 2 patents in Russia and Australia
Business Standard, India - May 27, 2008
Hyderabad-based biopharmaceutical company Suven Life Sciences has secured product patents in Russia and Australia for two of its new chemical entities ...

Quad/Graphics Ranked Among Top Patent Innovators - FOXBusiness


Quad/Graphics Ranked Among Top Patent Innovators
FOXBusiness - 12 hours ago
Published in the May 20 edition of The Wall Street Journal, the scorecard ranked heavy industrial equipment patent portfolios based on several criteria, ...

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Tessera's Triumphant Patent Protection - Forbes


Tessera's Triumphant Patent Protection
Forbes, NY - May 23, 2008
Micro Electronics and its subsidiary, International Products Sourcing Group, agreed that Tessera's patents "are valid and infringed by the accused products ...

SSD Prices On Parity With High-End HDD By 2011 - Slashdot


SSD Prices On Parity With High-End HDD By 2011
Slashdot - 19 hours ago
Today STEC responded that it holds patents on the technology 10 years older than Seagate's. A Seagate win in the suit, or a settlement, could result in the ...

Mohawk countersuit charges patent abuses - The News Journal


Mohawk countersuit charges patent abuses
The News Journal, DE - 5 hours ago
In March, Pfleiderer sued Unilin in federal court in Greenville, NC, alleging infringement of 13 patents. Mohawk bought Unilin in 2005 for $2.62 billion. ...

National Jewish Medical and Research Center and Surface Logix ... - Cell Based Assay News (subscription)


National Jewish Medical and Research Center and Surface Logix ...
Cell Based Assay News (subscription), NY - May 23, 2008
National Jewish Medical and Research Center has been awarded US Patent 7374934, “Cell populations and methods of production thereof. ...

US Patent Office Confirms First of Four Viread(R) Patents - WELT ONLINE


US Patent Office Confirms First of Four Viread(R) Patents
WELT ONLINE, Germany - May 20, 2008
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD) today announced that the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) has completed the first of four reexamination proceedings ...
UPDATE 1-Gilead says US upholds one Viread patent Reuters
Gilead says US upholds one Viread patent Reuters
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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Microsoft: Microsoft Pays $367 Million To Alcatel Lucent - GameSHOUT

Microsoft: Microsoft Pays $367 Million To Alcatel Lucent
GameSHOUT - 1 hour ago
Microsoft had violated two Alcatel Lucent patents related to the user interface in its software. Jury awards Alcatel Lucent $367.4 million in Microsoft ...

Software Patents: The More Things Change - Mondaq News Alerts (subscription)


Software Patents: The More Things Change
Mondaq News Alerts (subscription), UK - May 23, 2008
Article 52 of the European Patent Convention excludes computer programs per se from being patentable. Prior to Aerotel a number of different tests or ...

The hidden dangers of litigating patents in China - IAM Blog


The hidden dangers of litigating patents in China
IAM Blog, UK - May 23, 2008
The number of patent applications being submitted to China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) is already the third highest in the world. ...

Letters: Government should take control of gas saver patents - Daily Triplicate


Letters: Government should take control of gas saver patents
Daily Triplicate, CA - 18 hours ago
Things could be a lot better if the government, in the name of national security, went into the patent offices and took control of all gas-saver patents. ...

Friday, May 23, 2008

Recent Patents in Bioinformatics, March — May, 2008 - bio1nf0rm (subscription)


Recent Patents in Bioinformatics, March — May, 2008
bio1nf0rm (subscription), NY - 8 hours ago
US Patent 7373256. Method for the identification of molecules and biomarkers using chemical, biochemical and biological data. Inventors: Jeremy K. Nicholson ...

Microsoft, Golden Bridge lose patent infrigement suits to Alcatel ... - domain-B


Microsoft, Golden Bridge lose patent infrigement suits to Alcatel ...
domain-B, India - May 22, 2008
A US federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's finding that Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia have not infringed a Golden Bridge Technology cellphone patent ...

Wi-LAN and ASUSTeK Sign Multi-Year Wi-Fi License Agreement - FOXBusiness


Wi-LAN and ASUSTeK Sign Multi-Year Wi-Fi License Agreement
FOXBusiness - 21 hours ago
Wi-LAN has a large and growing portfolio of more than 290 issued or pending patents. Wi-LAN, founded in 1992, is a leading technology innovation and ...

Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report - AllAfrica.com


Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report
AllAfrica.com, Washington - May 22, 2008
Gilead Sciences on Tuesday announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office upheld one of four patents on its antiretroviral drug Viread, Reuters reports. ...

Ficci advocates knowledge centres - Business Standard


Ficci advocates knowledge centres
Business Standard, India - 44 minutes ago
The data include records on technical fields by year of filings, number of patents granted to a company in each sector, list of companies filing patents, ...

Patent protection isn't only option - Seattle Post Intelligencer


Patent protection isn't only option
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 7 hours ago
A friend who has invented numerous items told me that patents were not worth the time and cost. Do you agree? A: One of the trickiest issues entrepreneurs ...

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Microsoft Patents Proactive Virus Protection - InformationWeek


Microsoft Patents Proactive Virus Protection
InformationWeek, NY - May 21, 2008
I also checked whether any previous patents have been awarded for proactive protection (say, to McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro, or Kaspersky. ...

World Health Organisation Choked BY US Refusal on Patents - ShortNews.com


World Health Organisation Choked BY US Refusal on Patents
ShortNews.com, Germany - 16 hours ago
One of the most heated topics to be debated at the 61st annual World Health Assembly gathers in Geneva this week is the US refusal to join the rest of the ...

IBM Patents Putting Handprints On Laptops - Slashdot


IBM Patents Putting Handprints On Laptops
Slashdot - May 20, 2008
Well, it depends on what effect patents are supposed to have. If you think they're supposed to encourage people to publish what they'd otherwise try to keep ...
IBM Patents Putting Handprints On Laptops Slashdot
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DuPont wins appeal in case against MacDermid - CNNMoney.com


DuPont wins appeal in case against MacDermid
CNNMoney.com - 3 hours ago
The case relates to patents Wilmington, Del.-based Dupont has on its Cyrel FAST thermal flexographic technology, which is used to print color images on ...
DuPont Wins Patent Infringement Appeal Against MacDermid Printing ... CNNMoney.com (press release)
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Sprint Nextel Found To Infringe Location Privacy Patents ... - FOXBusiness


Sprint Nextel Found To Infringe Location Privacy Patents ...
FOXBusiness - May 20, 2008
The patents relate to a privacy system used to protect and manage the disclosure of the precise location of a user's cell phone (eg, the phone's GPS ...

Pittsburgh patents - Pittsburgh Post Gazette


Pittsburgh patents
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 2 hours ago
• Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corp., for "Closed loop defined profile current controller for electromagnetic rail gun applications, No. 7357128. ...

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Ocean Tomo to Offer Patents Related to Medical - Business Wire (press release)

Ocean Tomo to Offer Patents Related to Medical
Business Wire (press release), CA - 10 hours ago
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ocean Tomo Auctions today announced that it will offer for sale two Lots of Telemedicine patents directed to the field of medical ...

Suven Life Sciences gets Two product patents for NCEs in South ... - Equity Bulls


Suven Life Sciences gets Two product patents for NCEs in South ...
Equity Bulls, India - May 20, 2008
Suven Life Sciences Ltd has announced that two product patents were granted in South Africa and China for two of their new chemical entities (NCEs) for the ...
Suven Life Sciences gains on bagging overseas patent rights NDTV.com
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Suven Life gets product patents in South Africa, China - domain-B


Suven Life gets product patents in South Africa, China
domain-B, India - May 20, 2008
Drug maker Suven Life Sciences Ltd has received product patents in South Africa and China for two of its new chemical entities (NCEs) for the treatment of ...

Suven Life gets two product patents - Business Standard


Suven Life gets two product patents
Business Standard, India - May 19, 2008
Hyderabad-based biopharmaceutical company Suven Life Sciences Limited has secured two product patents in South Africa and China for its new chemical ...

Metamaterial Pioneer Rayspan Rejects All Claims of Infringement by ... - FOXBusiness


Metamaterial Pioneer Rayspan Rejects All Claims of Infringement by ...
FOXBusiness - 3 hours ago
Rayspan and its outside counsel have made a thorough analysis of the two Ruckus patents, and on the basis of that analysis we are absolutely confident that ...

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Stem cell sector awaits patent ruling - Scotsman


Stem cell sector awaits patent ruling
Scotsman, United Kingdom - May 18, 2008
The UK patent office allows patents to be filed for inventions concerning pluripotent HESCs – which have the potential to become most but not all cells ...

Software Patents: Court Considers Substantive Technical Contribution - International Law Office


Software Patents: Court Considers Substantive Technical Contribution
International Law Office, UK - 21 hours ago
Astron Clinica v Comptroller General of Patents represents a further step in English law's attempts to grapple with the exclusion from patentability of ...