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Information Today September 15, 2011 George H. Pike |
Congress Enacts Patent Reform Legislation In what is being described as the most substantial overhaul of U.S. patent law in nearly 60 years, Congress passed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, patent reform legislation that has been years in the making.  |
InternetNews June 9, 2011 |
Microsoft Loses Supreme Court Patent Case Top U.S. court rules against Microsoft in i4i patent appeal.  |
InternetNews March 17, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Ebay Hit on Patent Infringement An appeals court throws out one MercExchange patent, upholds rest of lower court ruling.  |
InternetNews May 2, 2007 |
Federal Judge Approves Alcatel/Microsoft Ruling A $1.53 billion patent infringement suit against Microsoft over MP3 playback is upheld.  |
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2011 |
A Rule of Thumb Gets Shot Down The Federal Circuit court continues its trend in tightening the standards for establishing patent damages by leapfrogging a stalled legislative process.  |
InternetNews April 9, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft's Patent Tab: $388M Ought to Do It Jury finds that Microsoft infringed a California company's activation software patent to the tune of nearly $400 million.  |
Information Today July 6, 2010 George H. Pike |
Supreme Court Confirms Patentability of Business Methods, Denies Bilski Patent The lengthy and complex decision, entitled Bilski v. Kappos, affirmed the legality of business method patents, while leaving unanswered some questions about the scope and breadth of such patents.  |
InternetNews April 18, 2007 Roy Mark |
Dems, Republicans Unite on Patent Reform Identical bills introduced in House and Senate to reduce infringement awards and to change Patent Office procedures.  |
InternetNews March 17, 2010 |
Microsoft Comes up Short in Another Patent Case Microsoft says it will ask the judge to reconsider his ruling and the jury's hundred million dollar damages award, but in the meantime, maybe Microsoft should consider opening a legal office in East Texas.  |
InternetNews September 29, 2009 |
Judge Overturns Uniloc Verdict and $388M Fine Microsoft could win the equivalent of a damages trifecta across several cases if its luck keeps up.  |
Bank Systems & Technology May 24, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Banks Need Patents, Experts Say In light of recent patent litigation, banks must understand the importance of protecting their innovations.  |
InternetNews November 30, 2010 |
Microsoft's i4i Appeal Headed for Supreme Court Microsoft will get a chance to make its case to the U.S. Supreme Court, appealing the earlier patent infringement decision it lost to i4i.  |
InternetNews February 16, 2007 Roy Mark |
Patent Reform: Beware of Unintended Consequences Is it fair to patent software?  |
PC Magazine July 4, 2008 Adam K. Cramer |
Giving Patents an Upgrade Lawsuits are hurting big tech companies, some of which are calling for an overhaul to the patent system.  |
InternetNews September 26, 2007 Caron Carlson |
Vonage Dealt Sprint Nextel, Verizon Patent Blows VoIP provider Vonage, in the midst of Verizon appeals, takes a Sprint Nextel patent blow.  |
InternetNews May 3, 2010 |
Novell, Red Hat Win Victory in Patent Fight Rival open source vendors prevail in joint defense against infringement charges brought by firm trying to assert rights to invention covered under 1991 patent.  |
InternetNews October 21, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Patent Suit Against RIM Moves On Wireless e-mail provider Research in Motion won't get a break from NTP's patent infringement suit.  |
CIO September 28, 2011 Grant Gross |
Controversial Business-Method Patents Face New Attacks A new law revamps the patent system and gives rivals an eight-year window to challenge IT-related patents in the financial-services industry.  |
Information Today September 6, 2012 Paula J. Hane |
Apple-Samsung Case Highlights America's Troubled Patent System The jury finding in this case has triggered an onslaught of commentary and has also brought up many questions about the nature of the U.S. patent system. The comments have ranged from "software patents are evil" to the U.S. has a "broken patent system."  |
InternetNews May 3, 2007 Roy Mark |
Court Rejects Vonage New Trial Bid A federal appeals court late Wednesday rejected Vonage's motion for a new trial in its bitter patent infringement feud with Verizon.  |
InternetNews August 7, 2007 Roy Mark |
Judge Saves Microsoft $1.5B Alcatel-Lucent plans to appeal the decision reversing the U.S. record infringement award against Microsoft.  |
InternetNews May 1, 2007 Roy Mark |
Vonage Asks Court to Vacate Infringement Verdict Vonage late on Tuesday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to vacate a lower court decision that the Internet telephone company infringed on patents held by Verizon.  |
Entrepreneur October 2005 Chris Penttila |
Patent Pending Have an idea for the next big thing? You'll need a patent, but pay attention to big changes in store for U.S. patent law.  |
InternetNews March 4, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Third Time the Charm for Patent Reform? Bipartisan group of lawmakers trying again on patent reform, but opposition remains strong.  |
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 William Sweet |
Keeping Score in the IP Game Quantity and concentration of patents strengthen the case for legislative reform.  |
CFO May 1, 2008 Marie Leone |
Patents under Pressure The battle over business-method patents heads to court in what may be a landmark decision.  |
Information Today May 2006 George H. Pike |
Feature: BlackBerry: Lawsuit and Patent Reform Whether through the courts or before Congress, the BlackBerry experience suggests that some modification of patent law is not only likely, it's necessary.  |
InternetNews July 20, 2007 |
Big Steps For Patent Reform Strongly favored by the technology sector and equally opposed by the biotechnology and manufacturing industries, The Patent Reform Bill of 2007 would represent the first significant changes in patent law in several decades.  |
InternetNews August 31, 2010 |
Microsoft Appeals Patent Case to Supreme Court Microsoft plays out its hand in effort to reverse the USPTO's ruling that upheld the patent of Toronto-based i4i relating to a custom XML technology.  |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 Rich Duprey |
No Patents on Thinking ... Yet Over the years, the U.S. Patent office has patented a few too many ideas. The Supreme Court is now spending more time deciding whether a company has really infringed on a patent, rather than automatically issuing an infringement.  |
InternetNews June 19, 2006 Andy Patrizio |
Microsoft Loses Another Round in Excel Patent Case A United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a patent infringement verdict against Microsoft from last year, and as Microsoft protests, the bill piles up.  |
IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Kirk Teska |
The Story Behind the BlackBerry Case A single filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1991 has caused one of the largest patent disputes in recent memory, threatening to sever more than 3 million BlackBerry subscribers from their wireless e-mail service.  |
Bank Systems & Technology June 29, 2010 Matt Gunn |
Supreme Court Rejects Business Method Patent Ruling in Bilski v. Kappos doesn't shut door on business method patents, but doesn't clarify them either.  |
InternetNews March 12, 2010 |
Microsoft Loses Another Round in i4i Case In latest setback in patent case, appeals court reiterates that Microsoft's infringement was "willful," while both sides wait to see if the court will agree to hear Microsoft's en banc appeal.  |
InternetNews May 17, 2007 Roy Mark |
House Panel Approves Patent Reform Bill Patent reform wobbled out of a U.S. House subcommittee Wednesday afternoon with even those voting for it demanding changes before a full House Judiciary Committee vote.  |
InternetNews January 30, 2007 Roy Mark |
Second Look For Dynamic Web Patents The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will review two patents held by EpicRealm, a Texas firm that has filed a number of infringement lawsuits against companies employing dynamic Web technology.  |
InternetNews May 10, 2007 Roy Mark |
Vonage Playing Supreme Court Card Vonage claims a recent Supreme Court ruling will make it obvious company didn't infringe on Verizon patents.  |
Bank Technology News July 2008 Glen Fest |
Intellectual Property on Trial The Financial Services Roundtable and several institutional members such as Bank of America are urging a federal court to overturn the patentability of certain business method processes.  |
InternetNews March 2, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Back to Court for Eolas and Microsoft A federal appeals court sends the patent infringement case back down for another trial.  |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010 John R. Engen |
Many Scrutinize Outcome of Tech Licensing Case The final decisions on a complex series of lawsuits involving technology licensing has many banks eager to hear the outcome.  |
InternetNews July 12, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Senate Panel Amends Patent Reform Bill Patent reform in Congress took a tentative step forward today with the Senate Judiciary Committee approving several amendments to the proposed legislation.  |
InternetNews May 13, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
For IT Firms, Patent Reform Is All About Money As battle for patent reform continues on the Hill, tech companies are embroiled in an increasing number of intellectual property disputes, with damages awards all over the map.  |
InternetNews September 19, 2007 Caron Carlson |
Same Patent Fight, New Patent Challenges NTP finds itself back in the patent-litigation spotlight, except it might not be as bright.  |
The Motley Fool February 13, 2008 Stephen Albainy-Jenei |
One Privileged Position Biomedical Patent Management sued the California Department of Health Services, claiming patent infringement, but the State of California can claim immunity from patent suits.  |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2011 John Grgurich |
How the Patent Wars Are Hurting High-Tech Well-intentioned patent laws are threatening to stifle innovation.  |
InternetNews October 31, 2005 |
High Court Rejects Microsoft Browser Appeal The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Microsoft in the long-running patent dispute over browser plug-ins brought by Eolas Technologies.  |
Bank Technology News April 2006 Glen Fest |
Patently Unaware Bankers breathing easier because their Blackberry still work have no cause for relief over patent disputes in their industry. Intellectual property litigation is a booming business against financial institutions.  |
InternetNews February 23, 2007 Roy Mark |
Supreme Doubts on Software Patents In Microsoft v. AT&T, justices went digging for answers about software patents even though the issue wasn't in play.  |
Inc. June 2006 Athena Schindelheim |
Great Moments In Patent History With the blockbuster BlackBerry settlement and a case involving eBay before the Supreme Court, the dowdy world of patent law is suddenly hot.  |
Home Theater June 11, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
TiVo Patent Claim Rejected Federal patent agency says company doesn't own DVR concept.  |