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Digital entertainment guide provider Rovi Corp announced earlier this week that it will appeal a California court decision which invalidated five of its patents... Read More »
Late last week, cybersecurity company Finjan Holdings received final notice from the PTAB that it had invalidated a majority of claims in two patents held by... Read More »
Earlier this week, Skechers USA Inc sued Steven Madden Ltd for allegedly infringing patents related to the company's walking-shoe line and other projects. As... Read More »
Earlier this week, a Federal Circuit court affirmed that three patents asserted against Capital One by Intellectual Ventures are invalid for lacking eligible subject... Read More »
Earlier this week, Politico received a draft copy of President Obama's proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership. The US wish list includes expanded patent protection... Read More »
Earlier this week it was announced that Commissioner for Patents Margaret "Peggy" Focarino will be retiring from the USPTO after 38 years of service... Read More »
Earlier this week, Internet Patents Corporation announced a successful jury verdict in favor of its Prism Technologies LLC subsidiary in a patent infringement... Read More »
Allstate was recently granted a patent for a driving behavior database that would allow the insurance company to "evaluate drivers' psychological data... Read More »
Last week, Amazon was granted a patent titled "Ear recognition as device input" as a method for unlocking a smart phone or other mobile device. The... Read More »
Earlier this week, Nokia announced that LG agreed to a "royalty-bearing smartphone patent license" covering their 2G, 3G, and 4G patents. This deal makes LG ... Read More »
Jawbone recently filed a patent infringement lawsuit against FitBit, the wearable device company that is preparing to price its IPO later this month. The suit claims... Read More »
Earlier this week, patent licensing company Vringo Inc announced that ZTE has withdrawn petitions for the inter partes review (IPR) of five of its patents. ZTE had... Read More »
Earlier this week 3rd Eye Surveillance, a small business that designs and installs digital video surveillance systems, sued the United States federal government for... Read More »
Earlier this week WiLAN announced that its Polaris subsidiary has acquired most of Qimonda AG's patent portfolio from Infineon. The portfolio contains over 7,000... Read More »
Earlier this week Ford announced that it will make at least 650 patents related to electric vehicle technology available to other car makers. Ford already has six... Read More »
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Ananthi Ford Motor (NYSE:F)is offering its electric vehicle patents to competing automakers amid slumping gas prices that have made EVs less attractive to many consumers.
Its move is similar to what Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) did in June 2014 when it made its portfolio of EV patents, estimated in the hundreds, openly available to rivals. Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk said in a blog post at the time that "all our patents belong to you."
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Ford Motor filed for more than 400 EV patents last year alone, more than 20% of the total 2,000 patents it applied for in 2014. In all, Ford has more than 650 EV patents and about 1,000 patents pending.
The company didn't specify what fee competing automakers would be charged for the patents.
It made it clear, though, that it's moving ahead with efforts to build electric vehicles. It will add about 200 EV engineers this year and move EV development to a newly dedicated facility, Ford Engineering Laboratories, which originally was home to Henry Ford's first laboratories.
Kevin Layden, director of Ford electrification programs, said: "The way to provide the best technology is through constant development and progress. By sharing our research with other companies, we will accelerate the growth of electrified vehicle technology and deliver even better products to customers."
EV sales in general have fallen short of goals not only because of price competitiveness of gas-powered engine cars, but also because of the relatively short distances many EVs can go between charges and the lack of charging stations nationally.
At least four automakers including Volkswagen (OTCPK:VLKAY), Ford, No. 3 global automaker General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Nissan Motor (OTCPK:NSANY) are expected to join Tesla in offering extended-range electric vehicles in the next two to three years, Reuters said.
Ford is developing a family of compact size EVs for introduction in 2018-'19 that could include plug-in hybrid and pure battery-powered EVs, the report said. That car could compete with GM's Chevy Volt.
Ford shares were down 0.2% to 15.28 in Thursday morning trading in the stock market today.
Ford stock has slumped recently. It formed a seven-month cup-with-handle base, dropping 27% in the process, and is working on the declining handle, trading below both its 50-day and 200-day lines.
Tesla was up 1.5%. General Motors rose 1.4% and Nissan slid 0.5%.
Its move is similar to what Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) did in June 2014 when it made its portfolio of EV patents, estimated in the hundreds, openly available to rivals. Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk said in a blog post at the time that "all our patents belong to you."
View Enlarged Image
Ford Motor filed for more than 400 EV patents last year alone, more than 20% of the total 2,000 patents it applied for in 2014. In all, Ford has more than 650 EV patents and about 1,000 patents pending.
The company didn't specify what fee competing automakers would be charged for the patents.
It made it clear, though, that it's moving ahead with efforts to build electric vehicles. It will add about 200 EV engineers this year and move EV development to a newly dedicated facility, Ford Engineering Laboratories, which originally was home to Henry Ford's first laboratories.
Kevin Layden, director of Ford electrification programs, said: "The way to provide the best technology is through constant development and progress. By sharing our research with other companies, we will accelerate the growth of electrified vehicle technology and deliver even better products to customers."
EV sales in general have fallen short of goals not only because of price competitiveness of gas-powered engine cars, but also because of the relatively short distances many EVs can go between charges and the lack of charging stations nationally.
At least four automakers including Volkswagen (OTCPK:VLKAY), Ford, No. 3 global automaker General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Nissan Motor (OTCPK:NSANY) are expected to join Tesla in offering extended-range electric vehicles in the next two to three years, Reuters said.
Ford is developing a family of compact size EVs for introduction in 2018-'19 that could include plug-in hybrid and pure battery-powered EVs, the report said. That car could compete with GM's Chevy Volt.
Ford shares were down 0.2% to 15.28 in Thursday morning trading in the stock market today.
Ford stock has slumped recently. It formed a seven-month cup-with-handle base, dropping 27% in the process, and is working on the declining handle, trading below both its 50-day and 200-day lines.
Tesla was up 1.5%. General Motors rose 1.4% and Nissan slid 0.5%.
May 31, 2015
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