'Patents' Tag

• Full Federal Circuit Narrowly Applies Patent Misuse Doctrine

  September 2, 2010

  [Story ID: 3543] A divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that an anti-competitive agreement between two companies to restrict the availability of one of their patents in favor of two others is not misuse of the favored patents. Applying the patent misuse doctrine narrowly, the court determined that the patents [...]

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• Dot Hill Improves Data Reliability and Increases Storage Efficiency With Latest Round of Patents

  September 1, 2010

  [Story ID: 3542] LONGMONT, Colo., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Dot Hill Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: HILL), a provider of world-class storage solutions and software for OEMs, open storage partners and system integrators, today announced the addition of four new patents to the company’s technology portfolio, upping the company’s intellectual property total to 71 patents granted by [...]

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• Software Patents Hurt Everyone, But Especially SMBs – PC World

  September 1, 2010

  Fast CompanySoftware Patents Hurt Everyone, But Especially SMBsPC WorldSoftware patents have figured prominently in the news in recent weeks, thanks not just to Oracle’s attack on Google but …Paul Allen’s Dog Ate His Suit Against Apple, Yahoo: Ann WoolnerBloombergSay It Ain’t So, Woz: Steve Wozniak Says Patent Trolls Are OkayTechdirtPatent troll or not, Paul Allen [...]

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• Technology IP Holding Company Intertrust Acquires Seeqpod Assets

  August 30, 2010

  [Story ID: 3522] Intertrust Technologies Corporation , a company that develops and and licenses technologies and intellectual property for digital rights management (DRM), has moved to acquire the assets of media search service Seeqpod . Intertrust, which holds over 150 patents and has offices in Silicon Valley, London and Beijing, announced this morning that it [...]

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• Nike patents plan for self-lacing shoes – msnbc.com

  August 29, 2010

  msnbc.comNike patents plan for self-lacing shoesmsnbc.comNike has filed a patent for a self-lacing shoe that resembles the sneakers from “Back to the Future 2″ so closely, one has to wonder whether a …Nike Patents Marty McFly’s Self-Lacing SneakerReutersNike Patents Shoes That Tie ThemselvesTom's GuideMarty McFly Shoes: Nike Patents Self-Lacing Sneakers’

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• Does Paul Allen Suing The Entire Internet Prove Our Patent Systems Broken? [Patents]

  August 27, 2010

  [Story ID: 3501] # patents Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has launched a salvo of litigation over disputed patents, targeting Apple, Google, AOL, and Netflix, among others. None of the patents involve technology Allen was responsible for creating, but were licensed through his Silicon Valley incubator. More »

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• Nike Patents Shoes That Tie Themselves – Tom's Guide

  August 27, 2010

  Product Reviews (blog)Nike Patents Shoes That Tie ThemselvesTom's GuideNike has filed for a patent for self-lacing shoes, complete with a charging station. Sure, not every patent filed means we can expect to see the product on …Nike Patents Marty McFly’s Self-Lacing SneakerReutersNike Patents Self-Lacing Sneakers (Video)IndyPostedNike Patents Back-to-the-Future-Style Self-Lacing ShoesPopular ScienceBizjournals.com

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• HTC claims Apple patents invalid in legal defense

  August 26, 2010

  [Story ID: 3493] HTC has filed a rejection (PDF) of the patent claims in Apple’s main lawsuit. The rebuttal claims that the four patents violate rules regarding prior art as well as those for non-obviousness, originality and usefulness. Much of Apple’s lawsuit is also targeting technology that HTC contracts out to third parties rather than [...]

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• 15 new US patents awarded this past year to NJIT researchers

  August 23, 2010

  [Story ID: 3468] ( New Jersey Institute of Technology ) NJIT researchers were awarded 15 new US patents this past year, increasing the total number of issued patents for NJIT to 97. More than 150 applications are in process.

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• China Grants Samplify Second Series of Patents for Medical Imaging Technologies – PR Newswire (press release)

  August 23, 2010

  China Grants Samplify Second Series of Patents for Medical Imaging TechnologiesPR Newswire (press release)These new patents come on the heels of the first series of patents that were granted earlier this month for wireless base station compression. … and more

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