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HTC announced its chief innovation officer has left the company, leaving the smartphone maker with patent infringement issues and questions about its future. Horace... Read More »
The astounding $4.5B auction of Nortel's patent portfolio has piqued the fascination of the business world, especially intellectual property (IP) licensing and... Read More »
During an interview on Monday, Google Senior Vice President and General Counsel Kent Walker opened up about the company's loss to Apple in the Nortel patent auction... Read More »
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Abhilasha BoraLooks like a typical case of grapes turning sour for Google as far as the Nortel auction is concerned. However, we always see make-break of partnerships; so wonder how long the existing ones survive
Jul 26, 2011
Abhilasha BoraLooks like a typical case of grapes turning sour for Google as far as the Nortel auction is concerned. However, we always see make-break of partnerships; so wonder how long the existing ones survive
Jul 26, 2011
Synthes Inc., being bought by Johnson & Johnson for $21.3 billion, sued a competing maker of spinal-repair products, Globus Medical Inc., alleging infringement of three... Read More »
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Abhilasha BoraIs the news pertaining to South African Breweries a case of copying of an idea or concept?
Jul 26, 2011
HTC Corp., the Taiwanese smartphone maker locked in a patent battle with Apple Inc., says itâs willing to negotiate with the iPhone maker after both sides scored... Read More »
The waters of the Atlantic are not the only thing separating European mobile application developers from the US market. Recently in the UK, developers started to retreat ... Read More »
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Abhilasha BoraSuch is the fear of lawsuits for overseas entities! And it is more discouraging for inventors who have little financial backing.
Jul 26, 2011
Samsung Electronics Co., maker of the Galaxy mobile phone, may have surpassed Nokia Oyj and Apple Inc. in smartphone sales for the first time on demand for devices that... Read More »
A U.S. trade agency said it will consider AU Optronics Corp.âs patent-infringement claims against Samsung Electronics Co. over liquid-crystal displays used in... Read More »
It's effectively a Ponzi scheme. It depends on a large stream of payments from new customers to serve those who have already paid in full. It has a huge unfunded... Read More »
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Nishant BoraThis concern has been aptly raised many a times. If joining in raising the call counts, then we're also in
Jul 25, 2011
Pronova BioPharma Norge and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA have jointly decided to terminate the patent litigation case in the US District Court for the District of Delaware... Read More »
The cost of prescription medicines used by millions of people every day is about to plummet. The next 14 months will bring generic versions of seven of the world's 20... Read More »
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Nishant BoraIts rare to see many patents in the same field (pharma/ medicine) expiring in bundles. Lipitor and Plavix certainly are top ones on the watch
Jul 25, 2011
I love This American Lifeâs investigation into patent troll Nathan Myhrvold and his company Intellectual Ventures. You should go read â or listen to â the ... Read More »
Generic drugs go through what the Food and Drug Administration calls an abbreviated approval process. But it takes three times as long as FDA reviews of new experimental ... Read More »
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Nishant BoraI guess competition amongst generics is a good thing, could bring a relief from the soaring drug prices
Jul 25, 2011
Oracle Corp.âs $6.1 billion damage estimate in its patent infringement lawsuit against Google Inc. over the use of Java technology in the Android operating system... Read More »
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Nishant BoraOnce again calls for a damage- calculation method. The Court could be correct in rejecting a $6.1 billion claim and a $100 million starting point based on the the negotiations between the parties seems reasonable enough
Jul 25, 2011
Google Inc. rejected an offer by Sun Microsystems Inc to pay $100 million in royalties to use Java in its development of the Android operating system before Sun was... Read More »
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Nishant BoraIf Oracle's claims are found to be true, then it could bring Andriod's value upside down and more so, what happens to all the android-based technology out there?
Jul 25, 2011
Apple Inc. and Groupon Inc. were among the companies that agreed to pay more than $25 million combined to settle patent suits filed by Walker Digital LLC, a developer of ... Read More »
A Bay Village, Ohio, company has sued Microsoft for allegedly infringing on its patents with the rapidly selling Kinect motion-sensing video game controller. Impulse... Read More »
BEND, OR--(Marketwire - Jul 22, 2011) - Fuel cell systems developer IdaTech, LLC (AIM: IDA) announced today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against... Read More »
The judge in the Android patent case, District Judge William Alsup, criticised both Oracle and Google in the hearing on Thursday. The case is currently focused on... Read More »
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Nishant BoraIt exemplifies how badly a method of formula for computation of damages is required. In the wake of imperfect and exorbitant claims of companies, the courts also find themselves pressed to evolve a technique soon.
Jul 23, 2011
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (TEVA) settled patent litigation related to its generic versions of Novartis AG (NOVN)âs Lotrel blood-pressure drug. Financial... Read More »
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Nishant BoraThere are indeed quite a few fake 'Apple stores'- as they are ordinarily not known. Its best to be routed to them though the Apple website
Jul 23, 2011