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China's Huawei Technologies, the world's second-biggest maker of network gear, is beefing up its patent portfolio ahead of 5G, the next generation of mobile... Read More »
Senator Coons is expected to introduce his competing patent reform bill into the Senate this week under the title Strong Patents Act. As the name suggests, these... Read More »
U.S. court orders new trial for damages in Medtronic patent case
| Reuters (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday ruled that a federal jury had erred in 2011 when it ... Read More »
“Be careful about changing patent law — it could harm innovation,” is a favorite talking point for those who oppose plans to reform to America’s troubled patent... Read More »
Last week, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of China announced that in absolute numbers, the country had processed more invention patents in 2014 than any ... Read More »
Intellectual Ventures has licensed its portfolio of 40,000 patents and patent applications to Ford Motor Co. The deal also gives the automaker access to any future... Read More »
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved President Obama's nominee to lead the U.S. Patent Office, which has not had a confirmed leader for more than... Read More »
Fresh off $533M victory, Smartflash files another patent suit against Apple Just one day after Smartflash won a $533 million jury decision against Apple, the... Read More »
Ericsson said Friday it’s filing seven new lawsuits in a U.S. court and is asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to block Apple products from the U.S... Read More »
The EFF has released its comprehensive report on overhauling a "painfully broken patent system." The report, two years in the making, suggests everything... Read More »
While IBM is number-one when it comes to the number of patents filed in the U.S., in Europe, Samsung is leading the pack. Today, the European Patent Office released... Read More »
More than half the patent applications in Europe last year came from the US, China, and Japan – Quartz When it comes to innovation, the rest of the world seems to be ... Read More »
The applicaiton covers a motor vehicle configured to house a removable collapsible bicycle. The bike is put together using components of the automobile, including ... Read More »
A nine-year legal challenge to human embryonic stem cell patents ended Tuesday, when the Supreme Court declined to hear the case. The decision means the Wisconsin... Read More »
The Supreme Court has denied MadStad Engineering’s petition for writ of certiorari in its case arguing that the first-to-file patent system is... Read More »
Amazon has filed for a patent that describes a service where customers can order items to be remotely fabricated and shipped by Amazon – or, in some cases... Read More »
Spulber asserts that in the name of reducing litigation costs and frivolous suits, the so-called reforms of the Innovation Act will potentially affect practically any... Read More »
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Xi FungI think he is looking at it from a different angle. A similar study was recently published by Stanford professor, stating that patent trolls in fact play an important role in the IP economy and creating liquidity for patents. Or is this the same view?
Feb 24, 2015
U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co has contributed an HIV medicine for children to an international shared patent pool in a move that should speed the development of cheap ... Read More »
The EEF has published its "Defend Innovation" whitepaper. Split into two parts, the report is based on an EEF study and covers both the challenges facing... Read More »
Four pharmaceutical companies have asked a federal appeals court for an expedited ruling on the validity of a patent covering an injectable drug used to treat multiple ... Read More »