Apple just lost a patent case and, oh boy, this one is a doozy. On Wednesday, jurors in Texas federal court ordered the iPhone maker to pay nearly $335 million over an earlier finding it had infringed...
Patents are the lifeblood of the tech industry—and if last year’s numbers are any indication, that sector is performing with vigor. More than 300,000utility patents—those are the ones for inventions, ...
Patents mean more innovation, right? Sadly, that’s not the case asThe Economistmakes clear. In a terrific piece of writing in the August 8th issue, the UK magazineexplainsin clear language what has go...
SeePatent Tools Public Discussion Model Patent License Issue: Is the scope of the definition of "Licensed Patent Rights" sufficiently broad? Discussion The definition of Licensed Patent Rights current...
The outbreak of a novel coronavirus in the Middle East is not only raising worldwide health concerns but triggering questions about the ability of organizations to patent the genetic sequences of dise...
The top lawyer for Microsoft Corp. claims free and open-source software infringes on more than 235 of the software giant's patents, according to a magazine report published Sunday. Microsoft general c...
Enter Patents Enter Trademarks Enter Copyright EnterTrade Secrets To enhance the convenience of online patent filings, TIPO launched a web-based "Design Patent Online Application System" in December 2...
Good news: It’s now safe to say “patent troll” in polite company. For years, the trolls – which are shell companies that acquire old patents in order to shake down real businesses – have claimed the t...
Tech companies are frequent targets of patents lawsuits but few react quite like Cloudflare. In response to a claim filed last month by a so-called patent troll, the Internet security company responde...
Remember patent reform? Congress proposed laws earlier this year aimed at curbing haywire patent litigation, but it appears not everyone got the memo. On Monday, dozens of patent plaintiffs targeted f...
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes, a decision with the potential to profoundly affect the emerging and lucrative medical and biotec...
Put one in the win column for Samsung. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday ruled (PDF) in favor of Samsung in a long-fought patent battle withApple(AAPL). The court’s ruling me...
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes, a decision with the potential to profoundly affect the emerging and lucrative medical and biotec...
The patent-fueled litigation frenzy among tech companies has finally subsided but, even as firms make nice with each other, there’s a lot of mopping up to do from the earlier fights that peaked around...
IBMearned a record 9,100 U.S. patents in 2018, marking the 26th yearina rowthe Armonk, New York-based company has been the top recipient. Samsung was second with 5,850 patents while tech giantsApplean...
The protection of intellectual assets is essential to the competitiveness of most organisations, private or public, and to their attractiveness for investors. Hence, there is a need toproperly balan...
The Federal Trade Commission has challenged the validity of over 100 drug product patents, focusing on devices used to deliver medicines, like inhalers and autoinjectors, in an effort to increase comp...
In another sign of thegrowing tiesbetween Detroit and Silicon Valley, more automakers are joining a network of primarily tech companies that use licenses to ward off so-called “patent trolls.” The tro...
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