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Alan Minsk's guest post on Patentlyo touches on some important issues in an ongoing discussion about increasing transparency in the patent marketplace. The... Read More »
As the dust begins to settle on their latest round of infringement suits, Samsung hasn't fared as well as it had hoped against Apple's legal teams. This week... Read More »
A new medical device contest went online today. The contest relates to a device for inserting sutures and suture anchors. The prize is $3000, and the contest will run... Read More »
Dilligent Patexia users may have noticed a new type of contest recently appear on our site: “commercial use” or “licensing” searches. In fact, ... Read More »
Wired reports that a small-crop soybean farmer potentially infringes on Monsanto's patent for pesticide-immune-soybean seeds--in a case being argued in front of... Read More »
NPR talks with scientists who have turned to crowdsourcing to fund their projects. Not only does this provide an excellent new source of funding for researchers (if... Read More »
While the rest of the world seems to be catching up in other fields of innovation,  the US still dominates in the realm of the ultra-small. Reuters reports on a... Read More »
The BBC reports that a deceased Dutch programmer held patents claiming features similar to Facebook's. Joannes Jozef Everardus Van Der Meer was granted patents... Read More »
Tomorrow, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will tackle the divisive issue of software patent assertions. Prominent tech companies claim that there needs... Read More »
This Supreme Court faces this important question after agreeing to review the Federal Circuit decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics. The... Read More »
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Raquel daNo, the genes couldn`t patented since they are of natural occurrency, in normal or mutational states. They are not the result of direct human intervention to this aim. However, the method of diagnosis of breast cancer considering the existence of these genes are patentable.
Feb 10, 2013
A main goal of the patent system is to incentivize innovation within an economy. Investment in the research and development of inventions can be substantial. Without... Read More »
The White House's "We the People" petition service allows the public to suggest matters for government consideration. The internet didn't take long... Read More »
"We could get sued!" "By who?" "Everybody... nobody... who knows?" Samsung's recent Super Bowl ad hilariously satirizes... Read More »
Technology companies are easily left behind in the world of consumer technology. A post in December of last year highlighted the importance of constant innovation in... Read More »
District Judge Koh issued four orders in the wake of last year's Apple/Samsung decision. The court found that 1-- Apple's patent is NOT invalid (which Samsung... Read More »
Innovators have flooded the patent system with applications. Previous articles at Patexia have focused heavily on problems related to this sharp increase in... Read More »
Two weeks ago, on the first day of the new year, the world collectively switched to a new way of thinking about innovation. The switch was to a harmonized, collective ... Read More »
In 2012, Chinese inventors filed more patent applications than those in any other country--including the United States. In a recent Booz & Company report (Ed: now ... Read More »
A certain patent-holding company wants to enforce its patent--that is, prevent another company from making and selling the invention described in that patent. That... Read More »
Nokia, RIM, Motorola, Google, Apple and Samsung. In 2012, they captured our imaginations by pushing the boundaries of mobile technology and our media attention by... Read More »
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