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"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.
Interesting application of a tried and true model...
Why This Successful Website Is Going Brick and Mortar | Inc.com There's H&R Block for taxes and walk-in clinics... Read More »
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James McArdle
Very interesting. I liked the perspective of approaching it more like a business than a consultancy and making legal services more accessible.
May 7, 2013
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 »
Google announces open source patent pledge, won't sue 'unless first attacked' | The Verge Google just announced the Open Patent Non-Assertion (OPN) Pledge, a new... 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 »
The first installment of the Patexia IP Matters Web Series took place today. You can see a recording of the webinar and the slides below.
The next webinar is... Read More »
Farmer's Fight With Monsanto Reaches The Supreme Court : The Salt : NPR On its surface, the case is about whether farmers can use seeds derived from patented crops. But... Read More »
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James McArdle
I remember reading about this awhile ago, I didn't know it went all the way to the Supreme Court. Very interesting.
Mar 12, 2013
Pedram Sameni
Interesting point and very difficult to control once in the hands of consumers
Mar 12, 2013
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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By Jon Orwan, engineering manager at Google
Google Prior Art Finder: tutorial - YouTube A tutorial on how to use Google's Prior Art Finder.
How chinese government is improving innovation output for China
In the case of Molecular Pathology v Myriad, US Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit has held that isolated DNA Molecules are patentable.Most unfortunately... Read More »
District Judge Koh issued four orders in the wake of last year's Apple/Samsung decision. The court found that 1-- Apple's patent is NOT invalid (which Samsung... Read More »
How infringement method of searching is different from method of conducting FTO search?
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Pedram Sameni
If you mean validity/invalidity search vs. freedom to operate search, the main difference is in the scope and quality of search. In FTO there is no infringement (yet) so the searcher wants to do a good job in identifying existing patents whereas in infringement, the searcher who is trying to invalidate the patent, tries to search everywhere in every language and every database.
Dec 17, 2012
Pedram Sameni
Also the type of search is different as in FTO, the search is done on patents whereas in validity the search is done on patents and/or non-patent literature.
Dec 17, 2012
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 »
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 »
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 »
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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
Today’s consumers want their smartphones to do everything. Electronic payments are no exception. But while online payments are nothing new (PayPal was founded... Read More »
Justices at all levels are becoming increasingly displeased with the antics of the big smartphone manufacturers as they continue to attack each other with excessive... Read More »
Enjoy this week’s wrap up of trending medical news!
Rats paralyzed due to spinal cord injury walking again thanks to new therapy
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