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GAO Report Unmasks the Mythical Patent Troll Problem 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
The GAO report explains that the number of patent litigations only slightly fluctuated between 200o and 2010, with a one-third increase in 2011, which the report attributed to changes to patent laws u...
GAO Report Finds No NPE Patent Litigation Crisis 25 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
Instead of condemning NPES, the GAO emphasized at the very outset of its report that our nation’s history is filled with examples of inventors who did not develop products based on the patented techno...
The Power of Portfolio: Strong Design Patents III 23 Aug 2013 | 09:59 pm
Broadening coverage by refiling cases has been a very effective strategy for Apple. The child patent, D593,087, was one of the patents they successfully enforced against Samsung at trial. The grandchi...
AT&T Seeks Patents on E-mail Self Destruct and 3D Media Content 22 Aug 2013 | 11:02 pm
Many of these documents that we look through today deal with mobile wireless technology and media presentations. One patent application describes a system of analyzing a person’s geographical location...
Compulsory Licenses and “Statements of Working” in India 21 Aug 2013 | 09:05 pm
As many following India IP issues are well-aware, in 2012 India issued the 1st compulsory license (CL) to Natco for Bayer’s anti-cancer drug Nexavar. The granting of this CL was further upheld by the ...
IBM Patents System for Preserving E-mail Messages, Seeks Patent on Cloud Computing Tactics to Improve Business Efficiency 20 Aug 2013 | 04:45 pm
A few patent applications filed with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office show IBM’s interests in improving online shopping experiences. One application provides a chronological timeline view for user r...
Robin Thicke Sues Marvin Gaye Because He’s Infringing? 19 Aug 2013 | 10:35 pm
Recently I was driving around between appointments and flipping through radio stations on Sirius XM. I came across a song that at first I thought was the summer hit by Robin Thicke and Pharrell Willia...
IPO Report Shows Design Patent Filings Continue to Rise 19 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
Design patents are essential in protecting the ornamental design of consumer products and their components; the intense litigation of the Apple v. Samsung lawsuits stressed the importance of design pr...
Job Opening: Lookout Mobile Security Seeks Patent Hacker/Engineer (SF CA) 19 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
We call it patent hacking because writing solid patents is a creative process that has a lot in common with building (and breaking) software—you need to think of all the ways you can make something wo...
Patent Law 2.0: Not the Answer the Developing World Needs 18 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
In a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine, Amy Kapczynski argues that the Supreme Court of India’s strict interpretation of the country’s new patent law provides a model to be followe...
