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TAIPEI (Reuters) - Google Inc will continue to offer support to firms using its Android system that are involved in legal disputes, its... Read More »
Google claims the patent system is broken. That’s the latest news following the company’s failed attempt to purchase Nortel patents at auction. The latest ... Read More »
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Sang NkhwaziBy virtue of what Patents stand for, they are inevitable to cause problems. If everyone ate their own pie, and was content with their patch of green, all would be well. Not so though when it comes to Patents, it seems its a tendency, in my view, probably driven by greed that causes patent thickets. Of all the Patents they are bickering about, how many are in actual use? If we can knock out Trade marks for non-use, why couldn't we introduce the same in Patent Law, and require them.Finally, I'm searching the term " Trade Mark thickets or "Trade Mark trolls", and interestingly I can't find it. Any surprises there?
Nov 16, 2011
Gena PatentThough of course it's completely legal for companies to enforce their IP against their competition, I am ambivalent; is it ethical for corporations to use patent acquisition and litigation merely as anti-competitive tactics, or should these disputes be settled in the marketplace, where they belong?
http://www.industryweek.com/articles/patent_enforcement_21538.aspx?SectionID=2
http://www.industryweek.com/articles/patent_enforcement_21538.aspx?SectionID=2
Nov 15, 2011
“Analysts are beginning to get concerned about a patent price bubble forming, where the amount of money a company, or indeed an individual investor, will pay... Read More »
Does a party who ‘actively induces infringement of a patent’ under 35 U.S.C. §271(b) have to know as a fact that the actions in question support... Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A German court granted a preliminary injunction against Apple Inc in a patent infringement case that banned the California company from... Read More »
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An enlightened decision by the National Institutes of Health has freed up crucial transgenic strains of mice whose use for research was being threatened by a patent... Read More »
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's highest court upheld a patent on Wednesday on a gene sequence held by Human Genome Sciences related to its new lupus drug Benlysta... Read More »
On October 31st, the company Medtronic received US Federal Food and Drug Administration approval to treat Narrow Iliac arteries with the use of the Cobalt Chromium... Read More »
The United States has always been a leader when it comes to innovation and invention. However, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has become... Read More »
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By Jim Finkle
(Reuters) - At least 48 chemical and defense companies were victims of a coordinated ... Read More »
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By Kevin Krolicki and Emi Emoto
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By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent
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