Innovation, Technology, and IP News
"Thrombosis" contest online
Patexia's latest licensing search features an invention that reduces stent thrombosis.
Apple Earnings -- still hand-over-fist
Apple's quarterly earnings report came out better than some anticipated, reports Businessweek. The company saw continued success with its latest iProducts, announcing $43.6 billion ...
NPE licensing and tech transfer
Proliferating NPEs are a recent manifestation of an IP industry shifting in the direction of licensing, and an indicator that tech transfer needs to catch up.
How to license a patent; Patent Knowledge Tidbits
Patent licensing is an increasingly prominent way of monetizing inventions.
Mohit Yadav was a runner up in the Neural discharge for predicting cardiac disease contest that closed a few weeks ago.
After his victory we interviewed him... Read More »
Sibelle Andrade, an intellectual property analyst from Brazil, won $500 in the recent Jetpack contest. In the wake of her victory we interviewed her about her... Read More »
Stephen Jenei over at Patent Baristas posted an interesting analysis of the 2012 PwC paper proposing that courts, not Congress, shape the law.
Excerpted below:
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A new announcement last month from Monsanto Company could have tremendous impact in both agriculture and patent allocation for genetic modification of seeds for crop... Read More »
Imagine a future where Facebook could actually help you become more anonymous online. Where the more people you connect with online, the safer you are. Where your... Read More »
China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is the second largest telecoms equipment provider in the world. Huawei is headquartered in Shenzhen and has more than 110,000... Read More »
Lenovo’s 2011 annual report shows strong numbers and substantial growth as the Chinese company eyes international market share. As the world’s second... Read More »
Disruptive technology is a hell of a thing. And with it always come at least a few haters, so because Netflix—much like the Apple iTunes Store—upstaged... Read More »
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., manufacturers of the Ortho Tri-Cyclen birth control drug, are filing an injunction against Glenmark Generics, Ltd., an Indian-based... Read More »
NPEs historically get a pretty raw deal when it comes to PR, with article after article amounting against the practice of essentially turning patents into... Read More »
ACTION: Infringement of U.S. Patent 5,827,529 (referred to as “529 Patent) by Noven Therapeutics/Noven Pharmaceuticals, makers of products such as the... Read More »
Intellectual Ventures paints itself a champion of innovation and a liberator of inventors. More and more detractors consider the patent private equity firm steered by ... Read More »
As if Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook don’t have enough problems, Facebook’s being sued.
The patent infringement suit filed by Software Rights... Read More »
Comments
Ray Van Dyke
You gloss over patent law principles and assume much. Where a company takes another company's patented technology and is sued, then if that taking is shown, if that taking is egregious, and if the judge/jury thinks an example should be made, then the judge/jury MAY award enhanced damages. If the "taking" is accidental, then enhanced damages are normally not awarded.
Aug 13, 2012
Ray Van Dyke
Software patents are very important to many American companies. The reason we have controversy on software patents is these are fairly new. Plastics, sewing and other technologies that were cutting edge years ago have similar controversies. The patent system is rigorous and questionable patents can be invalidated either in court or at the Patent Office.
Aug 13, 2012
At Defcon this week, Wired magazine's Chris Anderson talked about a trend that to most people probably sounds like a disaster waiting to happen: DIY drones. In... Read More »
Recently, Google and Facebook continued their ongoing efforts to shore up acknowledged deficiencies in their respective lines of business as related to mobile... Read More »
Remember those classic movies from Hollywood -- we all have a favorite -- in which two diametrically opposed groups coming from different backgrounds and perspectives ... Read More »
Google, as a search engine, holds all the cards. Let’s be honest, if you were curious about which search engine is the best you would probably just Google it. I ... Read More »
Pre Show
It’s opening night and the show is about to begin. The performers are warming up, getting ready for the spectacle of a lifetime. Google, Amazon... Read More »
Comments
Daniel Porter
Looks like NYC is stepping up it's Wifi game above ground, too:
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/07/11/nyc-wifi-hotspots-hit-streets/
Jul 12, 2012
"People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will... Read More »
Comments
Jackie Kelly
Intel's plan does make me squeamish. I wonder how they will prevent people from simply covering up the camera. Not let you watch TV if the camera isn't getting reasonable data?
Jun 28, 2012
Richard Bachner
A camera would be invasive, but I don't mind seeing targeted ads through TV. That's not a big deal, and beneficial in terms of showing you products you might be interested in. This reminds me of some of the contraversies over Facebook as well. What's interesting is that a lot of people are very concerned about what Facebook does with the data it collects as well, but its not even if Facebook's best interest to give that social data away. They want to hoard it. Whether companies are using Facebook ads directly or the 3rd party types of companies found at http://www.buyfacebookfansreviews.com for example, there's no way that outsiders get personally identifiable information about people through ads. I have to assume that TV ads would be the same way. I think cameras are a non-starter to be sure, but there's nothing wrong with improving ads as long as privacy is respected and people doing advertising don't get personal data such as emails, phone numbers, etc.
Jun 28, 2012
It’s beginning to feel like a TV series, a weekly patent war drama. Apple and Samsung have consistently been going back and forth with claims of IP... Read More »
Comments
Leonard Priet
How do we stop this sort of waste patenting? Obviously these patents shouldn't have been granted in the first place, but now that they're out there, we can't just drop the whole system...
Jun 25, 2012
Gena Patent
No matter what one's opinion of market competition and/or patent enforcement, there is one rather telling fact in this case: reportedly, it came out in court that not even Samsung's own legal counsel could tell the difference, visually, between the iPad and the Galaxy Tab. This seems to me to present a pretty clear case for patent litigation. http://www.generalpatent.com/blog
Jul 4, 2012
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