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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against Cisco Systems Inc over a patent infringement claim the tech giant is fighting. On a 6-2 vote, with Justice Stephen... Read More »
Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass, whose America Invents Act reviews of drug patents are under scrutiny by Congress, filed a new petition Thursday taking aim at a patent... Read More »
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This year the ceremony included the induction of 14 different Inventor’s whose life-changing achievements have benefited humanity through... Read More »
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Ananthi Gene and I attended the National Hall of Fame 43rd Annual Induction Ceremony at the Smithsonian’s American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington DC. This year the ceremony included the induction of 14 different Inventor’s whose life-changing achievements have benefited humanity through their groundbreaking work. Master of Ceremonies for the event was CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and Host of the Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation, Mo Rocca.
May 31, 2015
The Patent Trial and Appeals Board on Wednesday upheld an America Invents Act challenge by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and HTC Corp. to the validity of a... Read More »
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Ananthi The Patent Trial and Appeals Board on Wednesday upheld an America Invents Act challenge by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and HTC Corp. to the validity of a content-streaming patent held by Affinity Labs of Texas LLC, saying the electronics manufacturers presented enough evidence to show the challenged claims are not patentable.
In a final written decision in an inter partes review, a three-judge PTAB panel held that Samsung and HTC sufficiently showed that Affinity Labs' U.S. Patent Number 7,953,390 was obvious over the prior art under Section 103 of the Patent Act.
The PTAB said it determined the petitioners have "shown by a preponderance of the evidence that claims 16, 19, and 20 of the ’390 patent are unpatentable."
The '390 patent is generally directed to a delivery system for digitally stored content. The challenged claim terms for the patent relate to a method for transferring data through a USB cable to a portable device while simultaneously recharging the battery in that device.
In its ruling, the PTAB found that Samsung and HTC were able to marshal enough evidence demonstrating that the '390 patent was obvious over the combination of two prior art patents, the so-called Galensky and Bork references.
But the panel did reject an alternate theory of invalidity posed by the electronics companies, saying it was not persuaded that the challenged claims of the '390 patent would have been obvious over a combination of Bork and the so-called Hitson and Fuller prior art references.
And although it declined to address the issue, the PTAB noted that Affinity Labs contended that the present IPR proceeding deprived it of its constitutional right to a jury trial. While Affinity did not ask that the board rule on the constitutionality of IPR proceedings in its decision, the board said the patent owner raised the issue in order to preserve the argument on appeal
In a final written decision in an inter partes review, a three-judge PTAB panel held that Samsung and HTC sufficiently showed that Affinity Labs' U.S. Patent Number 7,953,390 was obvious over the prior art under Section 103 of the Patent Act.
The PTAB said it determined the petitioners have "shown by a preponderance of the evidence that claims 16, 19, and 20 of the ’390 patent are unpatentable."
The '390 patent is generally directed to a delivery system for digitally stored content. The challenged claim terms for the patent relate to a method for transferring data through a USB cable to a portable device while simultaneously recharging the battery in that device.
In its ruling, the PTAB found that Samsung and HTC were able to marshal enough evidence demonstrating that the '390 patent was obvious over the combination of two prior art patents, the so-called Galensky and Bork references.
But the panel did reject an alternate theory of invalidity posed by the electronics companies, saying it was not persuaded that the challenged claims of the '390 patent would have been obvious over a combination of Bork and the so-called Hitson and Fuller prior art references.
And although it declined to address the issue, the PTAB noted that Affinity Labs contended that the present IPR proceeding deprived it of its constitutional right to a jury trial. While Affinity did not ask that the board rule on the constitutionality of IPR proceedings in its decision, the board said the patent owner raised the issue in order to preserve the argument on appeal
May 31, 2015
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On May 5th Europe jumped one of the last major hurdles on the way to implementing the EU Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court (UPC). The Court of Justice of the EU ... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission came out Thursday in support of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's initiative for improving... Read More »
The suits in Germany, the U.K. and the Netherlands add to U.S. filings seeking a patent-licensing agreement for technologies fundamental to the way mobile devices... Read More »
Leading congressional tax writers in both parties are getting behind a major new tax break for corporate innovation as part of their continuing quest to identify ways... Read More »