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Intellectual Ventures (IV), an invention and investment company founded by the former Chief Strategist and Chief Technology Officer of... Read More »
When we think of patent law, we often think of technology, engineering, and intellectual property. Rarely do we think of living organisms. In 1980, however, the... Read More »
I grew up as an avid book reader and frequent patron of my school or local library. Public libraries provided the wonderful service of loaning books for free. Yet, in ... Read More »
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Derry Smithone solution could be to re-introduce the concept of DRM and disable the content when the lending period expires for the lender's reading device
Oct 20, 2011
Samsung and Apple aren’t the only adversaries on the tech scene using intellectual property law against one another. That Google and Microsoft are bitter... Read More »
It has been a very good couple of years for nanotechnology. That much can be easily said in between last year's Nobel prize for graphene (which is one atom thin... Read More »
The America Invents Act (AIA) has significantly changed the processes available for prosecuting and challenging a patent. In this final section, I will outline these... Read More »
This is the middle article of a set of three on the effect of the America Invents Act. The first article discussed the First-Inventor-to-File system changes, the... Read More »
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (P.L. 112-29) has changed the patent law landscape more thoroughly than any legislation since the Patent Act of 1952. The... Read More »
It is said that a living organism is as old as its stem cells. And a research group led by the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and the Georgia Institute of... Read More »
The latest patent troll case exploded into the U.S. District Court of Delaware earlier this month when Boadin Technology, L.L.C., filed an infringement suit against... Read More »
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Bob ZeidmanGreat analogy. I did a different analogy on my blog enttitled "Grocery trolls and civil liberties" at http://www.safe-corp.biz/blog/2011/09/02/grocery-trolls-and-civil-liberties.
Sep 20, 2011
Anonymous Your real estate analogy is apt, but presumes too much. The more typical cases have slightly different scenarios. Suppose Judy's title is derived from an Illinois Torrens deed, itself depending on an original grant in 1810 proximate Kaskaskia, Illinois, that defines the property as "in the Illinois Territory" and the land extending along a line from "The Old Oak Tree" to "The Mississippi River" in 1810. Judy sends letters, not only to Qmart, but to every farmer and business on both sides of the river, within 20 miles, all the way to St. Louis, and offers to settle the trespass case for $100,000, expecting to discount settlements to $10,000. Most "troll" patents are more like this deed (Torrens certificates a fraught with clerical errors and forgery; the River moved in 1812) in that while they may be of either dubious validity, or dubious infringement, or both, the cost of proving innocence outweighs the price of settlement. Anheuser-Busch (remember, Judy claims all the way to St. Louis) might fight it, but the one-location truck stop in the contested territory can't afford it.
Sep 20, 2011
When world economies slow down, national economies bicker with one another. Trade wars throughout history between rival economic powers often act as prologues to... Read More »
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Nicholas PellHere is the statement from Ambassador Punke: http://geneva.usmission.gov/2011/09/14/u-s-statement-at-the-wto-trade-policy-review-of-india/Here's the relevant (and vague) paragraph:
"India’s highly successful creative and innovative industries depend greatly on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights. These rights are also prerequisites to the development of a value-added manufacturing sector that India seeks to establish. India’s IP policies and enforcement, unfortunately, do not reflect this imperative. Furthermore, although India has long been considering legislative and other initiatives to update some of its IP policies, including the Copyright Bill currently before Parliament, those efforts tend to fall well short of international best practices in these areas."
Sep 16, 2011
Abhilasha BoraWhich is the specific issue here that caused India to be on the receiving end of this? In any case, it is like a one-cannot-please-all situation. India's laws are in compliance with WTO, however, yes, to secure its indigenous markets, every country takes certain measures. India has become such a lucrative market that any move that could affect foreign private enterprises calls in a lot of hue and cry.
Sep 16, 2011
Do large corporations use trade mark law to harass smaller businesses by amplifying the scope of their trademark rights? What happens when a 30 year old... Read More »
Google buys Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and its patent portfolio for USD 12.5 billion. And this is understood to be the search giant’s biggest business... Read More »
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Gena PatentAlthough its entry into the patent-war big leagues didn't start out very smoothly, perhaps Google is better off now with the IBM and Motorola portfolios than with the Nortel patents. It will certainly have more patents at its disposal now than if it had bid higher than Pi at the Nortel auction.http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/poltorak-says-nortel-auction-may-spark-patent-wars/2011/06/27/AGWzLWnH_video.html
Aug 23, 2011
Only yesterday when I was browsing through the web, researching for something, I stumbled upon a fact which caught me flabbergasted. And it is an indictor... Read More »
The smart phone arena and its lure are such that they have prompted Google to erupt its feelings out for its competitors. And Google is not to be blamed much for the... Read More »
The US Court of Appeals has ruled that isolated genes from human DNA structures are patentable in the case of The Association for Molecular Pathology... Read More »
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Gena PatentAlthough a bit of trepidation is likely in order (no matter on what end of the spectrum you tend to fall), I look forward to reading what the SCOTUS has to say when the esteemed Justices opine on gene patents. Particularly since Myriad presents a bit of a chicken-and-egg question -- that is thus perhaps not scientifically, definitively solvable -- policy considerations will probably weigh heavily in their ultimate determination. Which also makes one wonder to what extent the Court's new political makeup will affect the case's outcome.http://www.GeneralPatent.com/blog/
Aug 9, 2011
Consider a hypothetical situation where the MD of ‘Techomigo’, a budding small software-technology company, receives a notice of infringement one fine... Read More »
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Pritesh KasliwalNot to Mention the famous RIM (Manufacturer of Blackberry) case, where the patent troll company won $612.5 M. Patent troll is an unethical business, indeed.
Jul 29, 2011
Nishant BoraIndeed, compulsory licenses can only provide effective solution to the multiplying trolls. Otherwise, the law is such that presently, functioning of trolls cannot be categorized as illegal under any statute.
Jul 27, 2011
Are you free to use, depict, employ your favourite characters from ‘Gone with the Wind’, ‘Tom and Jerry’, ‘Wizard of Oz’, etc... Read More »
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Lalit Purohiti think court has rightly discused the copy right . thanks for this one
Jul 25, 2011
In this day and age, the growing trend towards technology seems to be an undeniable recognition amongst the intelligent collective that something curiously... Read More »
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John HarvardsonFar out! I can see visions becoming a reality. This is one more step into the future and travel heading to the outer limits.
Jul 26, 2011
Gena Patent3D printing technology is an exciting new reality that also brings with it the near-limitless potential for patent infringement. We have yet to see whether various product manufacturers will, as a result, imitate the music industry and sue end users, or will decide to pursue the printer manufacturers instead. As various forms of 3D technology increase in popularity, we're certain to see more 3D patent litigation.http://www.generalpatent.com/blog/
Jul 26, 2011
Google search results and news hits have become a way of life for most of us. Individuals and Corporates do what it takes to be on top of Google’s search... Read More »
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Nishant BoraIf what Google does with its search and news results is actually copyright infringement, how else is it or any other search engine supposed to operate?
Jul 20, 2011