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NetApp and Oracle settle patent dispute – BusinessWeek

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:20:40 +0000

International Business Times
NetApp and Oracle settle patent dispute
BusinessWeek
NetApp Inc. and Sun Microsystems, which was acquired by Oracle Corp. last year, have agreed to settle a three-year-old patent lawsuit. …
NetApp, Oracle Drop SuitsWall Street Journal
NetApp, Oracle Agreed To Dismiss Patent Lawsuits Started In 2007 (ORCL,NTAP)Comtex Smartrend
NetApp, Oracle settle patent disputeInternational Business Times
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Kappos 'On the Hunt' to Cut US Patent Backlog, Fuel Recovery – BusinessWeek

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:12:50 +0000

Kappos ‘On the Hunt’ to Cut US Patent Backlog, Fuel Recovery
BusinessWeek
9 (Bloomberg) — David Kappos, the head of the US patent office, said his agency is ‘

Watson confirms patent challenge for generic Combigan – Drug Store News

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:46:25 +0000

Watson confirms patent challenge for generic Combigan
Drug Store News
Allergan filed a patent infringement suit against Watson earlier this month in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in order to prevent …
Watson Pharma Confirms Combigan Patent Challenge; Litigation Underway – Quick …RTT News

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Verint Systems Granted U.S. Patent on Call Center IP Recording – MarketWatch (press release)

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:30:06 +0000

Verint Systems Granted U.S. Patent on Call Center IP Recording
MarketWatch (press release)
Verint(R) Systems Inc. today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has granted an industry-defining patent (US Patent No. …

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En banc Federal Circuit addresses patent misuse – Lexology (registration)

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:37:28 +0000

En banc Federal Circuit addresses patent misuse
Lexology (registration)
The decision apparently narrows the type of conduct that could constitute patent misuse and reaffirms the two elements the Federal Circuit requires an …
Federal Circuit Limits Patent Misuse in PrincoMondaq News Alerts (registration)

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After the Patent Troll, Enter the Copyright Troll – OS News

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:58:11 +0000

After the Patent Troll, Enter the Copyright Troll
OS News
We’ve all heard of patent trolls who buy up patents without using them to make any products. Their only goal is to seek out possible infringers and sue them …

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O'Brien: Lawsuit exposes flaws in patent system – San Jose Mercury News

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:24:42 +0000

GulfNews
O’Brien: Lawsuit exposes flaws in patent system
San Jose Mercury News
Allen’s firm, Interval Licensing, filed the patent infringement lawsuit in US District Court in Seattle on Aug. 27 against Google, Yahoo, Netflix, Facebook, …
Microsoft co-founder files patent lawsuitsGulfNews
Patently Bold: Paul Allen’s Internet LawsuitMotley Fool

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Salix settles drug patent challenge – BusinessWeek

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:00:10 +0000

Salix settles drug patent challenge
BusinessWeek
Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. said Monday it has reached a settlement with Novel Laboratories over the patent of its bowel cleansing drug Moviprep. …

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Microsoft Files Another Reexam Against $290 Million i4i Patent – IPWatchdog.com

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:50:12 +0000

Microsoft Files Another Reexam Against $290 Million i4i Patent
IPWatchdog.com
Microsoft has been on a long losing streak when it comes to i4i’s US Patent No. 5787449. It is now trying to turn that streak around, by filing this past …

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Intellectual-property battles: Patent lather – The Economist

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:59:58 +0000

Findtut
Intellectual-property battles: Patent lather
The Economist
To protect his novel production process, which involves encasing the alcohol in batter and dunking it in a fryer, he recently applied for a patent. …
Software Patents Hurt Everyone, But Especially SMBsPC World
Suing Silicon ValleyLos Angeles Times
How The Patent Office Outsourced Its Job To Non-Expert JurorsTechdirt
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