Monday, June 30, 2008

SAP to pay i2 $83M to settle patent suit - Bizjournals.com


SAP to pay i2 $83M to settle patent suit
Bizjournals.com, NC - 12 hours ago
Software maker SAP AG has agreed to pay i2 Technologies Inc. $83.3 million to settle a patent infringment lawsuit. The settlement, reached on June 23, ...
SAP Settles I2 Patent Suit Black Enterprise
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Welcomes affirmation of validity of one of SiRF's patents ... - Earthtimes (press release)


Welcomes affirmation of validity of one of SiRF's patents ...
Earthtimes (press release), UK - 10 hours ago
Specifically, the Administrative Law Judge's Initial Determination relating to two of SiRF's patents was favorable in finding that one of the two asserted ...

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Key WIPO Committee agrees on future work in the area of patents - eGov monitor


Key WIPO Committee agrees on future work in the area of patents
eGov monitor, UK - 7 hours ago
Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) attending the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) in Geneva from June 23 to ...

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Pharming acquires licences to key fibrinogen patents - Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)


Pharming acquires licences to key fibrinogen patents
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung), Germany - 14 hours ago
The licenses are to recently issued patents ownedby the American Red Cross, Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Incand the University of North Carolina on ...

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GTC Biotherapeutics Licenses Recombinant Fibrinogen Patents to ... - Business Wire (press release)


GTC Biotherapeutics Licenses Recombinant Fibrinogen Patents to ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - 7 hours ago
GTC’s intellectual property includes a patent in the United States through 2021 for the production of any therapeutic protein in the milk of any transgenic ...

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GTC Biotherapeutics Licenses Recombinant Fibrinogen Patents to ... - ag-IP-news Agency


GTC Biotherapeutics Licenses Recombinant Fibrinogen Patents to ...
ag-IP-news Agency, Jordan - 3 hours ago
FRAMINGHAM, MA - GTC Biotherapeutics Inc. (GTC) announced in a Wednesday press release that it has granted an exclusive license for recombinant fibrinogen ...

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US Judge Upholds Microsoft's Punishment in Alcatel Patent ... - TMCnet

US Judge Upholds Microsoft's Punishment in Alcatel Patent ...
TMCnet - Jun 23, 2008
In April, a jury had decreed that Microsoft pay Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert), $368 million in damages for patent infringement. ...
Judge: Microsoft To Pay Alcatel-Lucent $500 Million For 2 Patents-AP CNNMoney.com
US judge upholds Alcatel award in Microsoft case Reuters
Microsoft loses $500 million judgment to Alcatel MarketWatch
Metro Canada - Calgary - Boston Globe
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Apple and Palm new targets in touchscreen patent crusade - TG Daily


Apple and Palm new targets in touchscreen patent crusade
TG Daily - 19 hours ago
If Typhoon in fact holds patents that are confirmed and determined as being critical to touchscreen products, the company could be looking at a gold mine, ...
Touch-screen lawsuits hit Apple, HTC, Dell, Toshiba, others BetaNews
Typhoon hits Apple and others with touch-screen tech lawsuit TechSpot
Apple, Dell named in portable touch screen technology suit Afterdawn.com
The Mac Observer
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European Patent Office issued fewer patents in 2007 - Current IT news from heise online


European Patent Office issued fewer patents in 2007
Current IT news from heise online, UK - 17 hours ago
Last year, the European Patent Office (EPO) issued far fewer patents than in 2006. The Munich patent authorities have announced that they approved exactly ...

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

McCain wants $300M 'super battery' prize Silicon Valley / San Jose ... - Bizjournals.com

McCain wants $300M 'super battery' prize Silicon Valley / San Jose ...
Bizjournals.com, NC - 12 hours ago
Of the 525 cleantech patents issued to companies here from 1976 to 2006, 274 were related to batteries, according to Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network. ...
John McCain’s Prize System: $300 Million for Battery Power Patently-O
McCain Wants $300 Million Super Battery Prize Technocrat.net
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DENR awards free patents to Siquijodnons - Philippine Information Agency


DENR awards free patents to Siquijodnons
Philippine Information Agency, Philippines - 3 hours ago
The local office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has issued 70 Free Patents out of its 150 target under the "Handog Titulo" ...

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Federal Courts Ratify Pulse~LINK Patents in UWB-Over-Coax Patent ... - Business Wire (press release)


Federal Courts Ratify Pulse~LINK Patents in UWB-Over-Coax Patent ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - Jun 23, 2008
Federal litigation against Tzero alleged that, by making, using and selling UWB-Over-Coax solutions, Tzero was violating Pulse~LINK patents which are ...

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Q&A: Red Hat CEO on Patents, Integrated Virtualization - PC World


Q&A: Red Hat CEO on Patents, Integrated Virtualization
PC World - Jun 22, 2008
Whitehurst: It's always one of the issues, how do you handle patents with open source, because of the necessity in open source to protect up and downstream. ...

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Wanted: Prior Art to Bust Seer Patent - EFF


Wanted: Prior Art to Bust Seer Patent
EFF, CA - 12 hours ago
The Patent Busting Project fights back against bogus patents by filing requests for reexamination against the worst offenders. We've successfully pushed the ...
X1 Technologies Gets Search Patent socalTech.com
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Monday, June 23, 2008

Alchemia Patents Granted for Generic Fondaparinux - Business Wire (press release)


Alchemia Patents Granted for Generic Fondaparinux
Business Wire (press release), CA - 17 hours ago
Australian patent 2002331426 and divisional patent 2007203325 were recently sealed by IP Australia. A further two divisional applications (2008200567 and ...

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Standards and Patents - The Lawyer


Standards and Patents
The Lawyer, UK - 15 hours ago
Join us at the 2nd annual IBC Legal Conference on Standards and Patents for stimulating discussion of these important issues by leading policy makers, ...

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First Montalvo patent issues - CNET News


First Montalvo patent issues
CNET News, CA - 8 hours ago
Working with three of us from Montalvo-- myself and chief architects Greg Favor and Peter Song-- Don took the lead in preparing a set of related patent ...

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Sticky patents licenced from MOD - LabnewsOnline

Sticky patents licenced from MOD
LabnewsOnline, UK - 14 hours ago
Archimedes Development - a subsidiary of the speciality pharma company Archimedes Pharma - have interest in the technology based on the use of a more water ...

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Dell, Hitachi Sued for Patent Violation Over Storage Devices - Bloomberg

Dell, Hitachi Sued for Patent Violation Over Storage Devices
Bloomberg - Jun 19, 2008
Western Digital and Hitachi each violate two patents, Convolve claims. Convolve, based in Armonk, New York, licenses the technology from the Massachusetts ...
Convolve's shaky law suits against Seagate, Western Digital and ... Blocks & Files
Dell, Hitachi Sued Over Patents for Computer Drives (Update1) Bloomberg
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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Wi-LAN Initiates Litigation Against Motorola, RIM and UTStarCom - FOXBusiness

Wi-LAN Initiates Litigation Against Motorola, RIM and UTStarCom
FOXBusiness - Jun 20, 2008
Risks and uncertainties that may face the Company include, but are not restricted to: licensing of the Company's patents can take an extremely long time and ...
Wi-LAN sues Motorola, RIM and UTStarCom over patents FierceWireless
Wi-LAN Alleges Patent Infringement Vs Motorola, RIM, UTStarCom CNNMoney.com
Wi-LAN files patent litigation against RIM, Motorola CBC.ca
domain-B - Techdirt
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India Lags Behind China by Ten Years with Respect to Patent ... - PR.com (press release)


India Lags Behind China by Ten Years with Respect to Patent ...
PR.com (press release), NY - 15 hours ago
In contrast, the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) received a total of 245161 20-year patent applications in 2007. ...
India Rejects Boehringer's AIDS Drug Patent Plea Black Enterprise
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Convolve's shaky law suits against Seagate, Western Digital and ... - Blocks & Files

Convolve's shaky law suits against Seagate, Western Digital and ...
Blocks & Files, UK - Jun 19, 2008
It is also sueing Dell, Hitachi GST and Western Digital for infringing the same 'input shaping' patents. Convolve is the exclusive licensee of MIT-patented ...

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Dell, Hitachi Sued Over Patents for Computer Drives (Update1) - Bloomberg


Dell, Hitachi Sued Over Patents for Computer Drives (Update1)
Bloomberg - Jun 19, 2008
One of the patents, issued in 1990 and licensed to Convolve from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, relates to limiting vibrations in hard drives. ...

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Dell, WD and Hitachi charged with violating patents in PCs, drives - Computerworld


Dell, WD and Hitachi charged with violating patents in PCs, drives
Computerworld, MA - Jun 20, 2008
Armonk, NY-based Convolve alleges that the three firms violated two patents that were issued to the firm in 2001. Officials from Dell and Hitachi Global ...

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Microsoft to pay Alcatel-Lucent $512M for patents - The Associated Press


Microsoft to pay Alcatel-Lucent $512M for patents
The Associated Press - Jun 20, 2008
SEATTLE (AP) — A US District Court judge in San Diego ruled that Microsoft Corp. must pay Alcatel-Lucent $511.6 million for infringing on two patents, ...

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US Patents Awarded to Inventors in Florida (June 21) - Manufacturing Business Technology


US Patents Awarded to Inventors in Florida (June 21)
Manufacturing Business Technology, IL - 9 hours ago
According to the US Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of interfacing with a remote engine can include the step of instantiating at least one stateful ...

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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Acacia Research acquires print quality patents - CNNMoney.com


Acacia Research acquires print quality patents
CNNMoney.com - Jun 20, 2008
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Acacia Research Corp. said it acquired rights to patents related to improving print quality based on random screening. ...
Acacia Research unit acquires rights to Patents for Improved ... RTT News
Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Rights to Patents for Improved Printing ... TMC Net
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When Patents Get Political - AMERICAN.COM


When Patents Get Political
AMERICAN.COM, DC - 9 hours ago
By Michael M. Rosen Friday, June 20, 2008 In general, the stalled patent reform debate pits hardware and software firms against pharma and biotech companies ...

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Fortinet Awarded Patents for Virtualization, Security Techs - Dark Reading


Fortinet Awarded Patents for Virtualization, Security Techs
Dark Reading, NY - Jun 20, 2008
Fortinet® - the pioneer and leading provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions - today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark ...

Source: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/8-0&fd=R&url=http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp%3Fdoc_id%3D157101%26WT.svl%3Dwire_1&cid=1223358038&ei=S3xdSICoI5_I8ATowvzOAw&usg=AFQjCNGy8eKXB1peJK3AThrcA2se6FK7mQ

Leaner, meaner computers around the corner: CNRS patents new ... - domain-B


Leaner, meaner computers around the corner: CNRS patents new ...
domain-B, India - 5 hours ago
Computers that are faster and consumer lesser and lesser amounts of energy would remain a disant dream, unless there is a technique that controls the ...

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US Patent Reforms Might Force Firms to Rely on Trade Secrets - TMCnet


US Patent Reforms Might Force Firms to Rely on Trade Secrets
TMCnet - 13 hours ago
SAN DIEGO - Recent Supreme Court rulings and reform at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), coupled with activity in the World Health Organization ...

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Chinese cos increase domestic patent filing - Hindu Business Line


Chinese cos increase domestic patent filing
Hindu Business Line, India - 15 hours ago
New Delhi, June 20 Chinese companies, often lambasted for selling low cost and copycat goods in India, are increasing the number of patents they file in the ...
Patent trading to gather steam Financial Express
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Friday, June 20, 2008

Scanner Technologies Receives Favorable Ruling from Court of Appeals - FOXBusiness


Scanner Technologies Receives Favorable Ruling from Court of Appeals
FOXBusiness - 19 hours ago
In 2007 the US District Court for the Southern District of New York found several of Scanner's patents related to BGA manufacturing unenforcable due to ...

Source: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9-0&fd=R&url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/technology/scanner-technologies-receives-favorable-ruling-court-appeals/&cid=1223243533&ei=OptcSNaODJPK8ASFhunsCA&usg=AFQjCNFlcXGkortY3b-7unFEHPpU9Kl5YA

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


Recent Patents in Bioinformatics, May — June, 2008
bio1nf0rm (subscription), NY - 43 minutes ago
According to the patent claims, the method performs clustering by detecting similarities and dissimilarities between the components of a dataset ...

Source: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9-0&fd=R&url=http://www.bioinform.com/issues/12_25/iproundup/147697-1.html&cid=0&ei=PVBcSLa-AYfI8ASCxqCdAg&usg=AFQjCNGKShap34F1DYE-aX8Pr6ShdIXaag

Pitt sues again over patents, this time in California - Pittsburgh Post Gazette


Pitt sues again over patents, this time in California
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 14 hours ago
By Bill Schackner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The University of Pittsburgh, turned down by a federal judge in Pittsburgh, has taken a patent infringement ...

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Red Hat in Boston, Part 2.1: Fixing Patent Failure Without A Bulldozer - InformationWeek


Red Hat in Boston, Part 2.1: Fixing Patent Failure Without A Bulldozer
InformationWeek, NY - 12 hours ago
What I got was not a fiery invective against the USPTO or a fulminating war-cry against patents in general, but a much more nuanced and well-argued case for ...

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Apple Patents Cheapie iPod Classic Touchscreens - Gizmodo Australia

Apple Patents Cheapie iPod Classic Touchscreens
Gizmodo Australia, Australia - 6 hours ago
A new patent points to Apple possibly developing a lower-cost touchscreen for the iPod classic. Instead of utilising thick glass panels, the design takes ...

Source: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9-0&fd=R&url=http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/06/apple_patents_cheapie_ipod_classic_touchscreens-2.html&cid=0&ei=1zxbSPa7B5_I8ASQjeW-Cw&usg=AFQjCNGv9Z4o1Tln7pFiNhCJsFzHClgErg

HRL Laboratories Tops 400 Patents Issued - PR Web (press release)


HRL Laboratories Tops 400 Patents Issued
PR Web (press release), WA - 15 hours ago
The additional five patents were all awarded on June 3, 2008. In the last year, HRL was awarded an average of six patents a month. ...

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Standing Committee On The Law Of Patents To Reconvene After Two ... - Intellectual Property Watch


Standing Committee On The Law Of Patents To Reconvene After Two ...
Intellectual Property Watch, Switzerland - 9 hours ago
The 23 - 27 June meeting of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) is expected to use the report in discussions that hopefully will result in a ...

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Broadcom: ITC Rules No Infringement of SiRF Patents - Barron's Blogs


Broadcom: ITC Rules No Infringement of SiRF Patents
Barron's Blogs - Jun 16, 2008
The company also said that the ITC found “the asserted claims of one of SiRF’s patents at issue are invalid.” An initial ruling in a separate case in which ...
CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Broadcom says ITC rejects SiRF patent claims Reuters
Broadcom shares rise after patent dispute victory Forbes
LG Electronics: Part Of Whirlpool Patent Suits Abandoned CNNMoney.com
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Peregrine awarded two new US patents - Pharmaceutical Business Review


Peregrine awarded two new US patents
Pharmaceutical Business Review - 22 hours ago
By Staff Writer These new patents are expected to broaden the company's intellectual property leadership in the field of targeted anti-aminophospholipid ...

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Consilium to file for upto five patents this year - Business Standard


Consilium to file for upto five patents this year
Business Standard, India - Jun 17, 2008
The patents will relate to the fields of business intelligence, presence-based technologies and ‘universal agents', Pramod Ratwani, founder and chief ...

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Peregrine awarded two patents - Charlotte Business Journal


Peregrine awarded two patents
Charlotte Business Journal, NC - 19 hours ago
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc. has been issued two new US patents in the field of targeted anti-aminophospholipid agents, the company said Monday. ...

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Pfizer Rises After Ranbaxy Delays Generic Lipitor (Update1) - Bloomberg

Pfizer Rises After Ranbaxy Delays Generic Lipitor (Update1)
Bloomberg - 5 hours ago
Pfizer sued Ranbaxy again in March, this time over patents expiring in 2016 related to the process of making atorvastatin, the active ingredient in Lipitor. ...
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Pietersen patents a new cricketing shot - MSN India

Pietersen patents a new cricketing shot
MSN India, India - 6 hours ago
When Kevin Pietersen burst onto the cricketing scene, he was hailed as the man to replace the original Master Blaster Vivian Richards. ...

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House pushes free land patents for 9m families - Manila Standard Today


House pushes free land patents for 9m families
Manila Standard Today, Philippines - 7 hours ago
THE House of Representatives is looking at reactivating a Marcos-era presidential decree granting land patents to occupants of unregistered residential ...

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Air Products Awarded Two Key Patents for Lithium Ion Batteries - CNNMoney.com (press release)


Air Products Awarded Two Key Patents for Lithium Ion Batteries
CNNMoney.com (press release) - 16 hours ago
United States patents 7311993 and 7348103, both entitled "Polyfluorinated Boron Cluster Anions for Lithium Electrolytes," protect improvements in lithium ...

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Domestic cos shy away from keeping patents ‘in force’ - Hindu Business Line


Domestic cos shy away from keeping patents ‘in force’
Hindu Business Line, India - Jun 16, 2008
New Delhi, June 16 Technology, and in some cases commercial value, is changing at such a fast pace that there has been a drop in the number of patents that ...
Daiichi bags 2 patents for hypertension drug Business Standard
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Peregrine awarded two new US patents - Trading Markets (press release)


Peregrine awarded two new US patents
Trading Markets (press release), CA - 11 hours ago
These new patents are expected to broaden the company's intellectual property leadership in the field of targeted anti-aminophospholipid agents. ...

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Air Products Awarded Two Key Patents for Lithium Ion Batteries - Biloxi Sun Herald


Air Products Awarded Two Key Patents for Lithium Ion Batteries
Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA - 6 hours ago
By Air Products Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has received two United States patents covering usage of its Stabilife(TM) fluorinated ...

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Daiichi bags 2 patents for hypertension drug - Business Standard


Daiichi bags 2 patents for hypertension drug
Business Standard, India - Jun 16, 2008
The patents are for a key hypertension drug that sells under brand names Benicar and Benicar HCT or Olmitec and is one of its biggest money spinners ...

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Peregrine awarded two patents Los Angeles Business from bizjournals - Bizjournals.com


Peregrine awarded two patents Los Angeles Business from bizjournals
Bizjournals.com, NC - Jun 16, 2008
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc. has been issued two new US patents in the field of targeted anti-aminophospholipid agents, the company said Monday. ...

Calypso Wireless, Inc. Announces European Patents for its ASNAP(TM ... - FOXBusiness


Calypso Wireless, Inc. Announces European Patents for its ASNAP(TM ...
FOXBusiness - Jun 16, 2008
PK), a leading innovator in advanced wireless telecommunications technologies announced today that the company has received news that its patent ...

Bezos Buries Patent Office in Paper - Slashdot


Bezos Buries Patent Office in Paper
Slashdot - 16 hours ago
Patents can be held by individuals and licensed to corporations (which are in no shortage of individuals). by Otter (3800) on Monday June 16, ...

Monday, June 16, 2008

Motorola Patents Biometric and Touch Sensitive Bluetooth Headsets - Gizmodo Australia


Motorola Patents Biometric and Touch Sensitive Bluetooth Headsets
Gizmodo Australia, Australia - 6 hours ago
A series of Motorola patents recently made public reveal that the company has given some thought to incorporating biometric monitors into Bluetooth headsets ...

Samsung Sues Polaroid and Westinghouse for ATSC Patent Infringement - Earthtimes (press release)


Samsung Sues Polaroid and Westinghouse for ATSC Patent Infringement
Earthtimes (press release), UK - 4 hours ago
Zenith Electronics LLC, also a participant in the ATSC Patent Portfolio program, has a suit pending against the same parties in the US District Court, ...

GraphOn Awarded Patent Related to Web Servers - Business Wire (press release)


GraphOn Awarded Patent Related to Web Servers
Business Wire (press release), CA - 13 hours ago
US Patent 7386880, issued June 10, 2008, relates to the redirection of connection requests from a user to one of many Web servers. ...

Patents Awarded - Hartford Courant


Patents Awarded
Hartford Courant, United States - Jun 15, 2008
Patent D568,962 granted to Philip Nathan of West Hartford and Robert H. Bruno of Avon. Assigned to Wagner Spray Tech Corp., Plymouth, Minn. ...

Chipping Away at the Quanta v. LG Electronics Patent Decision - Wall Street Journal Blogs

Chipping Away at the Quanta v. LG Electronics Patent Decision
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - Jun 9, 2008
LG Electronics Inc. In a 9-0 opinion, delivered by Justice Clarence Thomas, the Court limited a patent-holder’s ability to demand royalties on the use of a ...
US Supreme Court ruling sets limits on patent royalties International Herald Tribune
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Open to new ideas: After customer suggestion, business patents way ... - TMCnet


Open to new ideas: After customer suggestion, business patents way ...
TMCnet - 18 hours ago
"After we did it for him, we checked and found there was no patent on the process. So, we patented it." A year later, "Drab to Fab" -- the trademarked name ...