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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.  |
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.  |
IEEE Spectrum June 2012 Kirk Teska |
The Patent Eligibility Bar Gets Raised Again Yet, for the fourth time in 150 years, the Supreme Court fails to clearly distinguish between an invention and an idea  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool May 17, 2006 Rich Duprey |
A Patently Offensive Ruling? eBay vs. MercExchange was the wrong ruling in the right case. Rather than balancing the power between "patent trolls" and innovation, this ruling could end up tipping the scales against small-time inventors who lack the resources to challenge corporations that usurp a patent's advancements.  |
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.  |
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.  |
Chemistry World March 9, 2011 Andrew Turley |
Court halts EU patent progress The intellectual property community will have to wait a little longer for its one-size-fits-all European patent, following a key ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union  |
Entrepreneur September 2006 Jane Easter Bahls |
Toppling Trolls Patent trolls take a hit in a Supreme Court ruling.  |
Chemistry World March 23, 2012 Rebecca Trager |
Court throws out patent covering drug dosing The US Supreme Court has said that medical tests that rely on correlations between drug doses and treatment cannot be patented because they are based on laws of nature.  |
InternetNews July 31, 2007 Larry Barrett |
RealNetworks Case Highlights Sea-Change In Patent Law Supreme Court ruling puts patent trolls on notice.  |
IEEE Spectrum March 2009 Steven J. Frank |
The Death of Business-Method Patents From now on, you can get a U.S. patent only on a mousetrap -- not on the idea of catching mice  |
IEEE Spectrum October 2008 Wayne P. Sobon |
Opinion: The Federal Circuit Must Uphold Patent Protection for Business Methods The decision in the Bilski case will have major implications for business method patents  |
IEEE Spectrum November 2008 Kirk Teska |
Commentary: Business-Method Patents--Down But Not Out? The Bilski case leaves us with more questions than answers  |
BusinessWeek May 14, 2007 Michael Orey |
A Higher Hurdle For Inventors Has it become too easy to win and defend patents? The Supreme Court says yes.  |
The Motley Fool July 1, 2011 Dan Radovsky |
Can the Human Genetics Industry Survive the Courts? The future of gene patents is at stake.  |
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.  |
InternetNews April 30, 2007 Roy Mark |
Supreme Court Sides With Microsoft Judges dismiss AT&T claim that overseas sales of Windows are subject to U.S. patent laws.  |
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.  |
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.  |
Chemistry World June 20, 2013 Sarah Houlton |
US supreme court rules genes can't be patented In a long-running case against Myriad Genetics, the court decided the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are a 'product of nature, and not patent eligible merely because [they have] been isolated.'  |
IEEE Spectrum February 2006 Lee A. Hollaar |
Patents 2.0 There are big problems with patents, especially software patents. A new type of patent is needed -- Congress should create a new, limited protection that protects against knockoffs without overreaching.  |
Chemistry World January 7, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
Myriad loses appeal on cancer gene test patents Myriad Genetics has lost its appeal over patents on the BRCA genes that are associated with a higher risk of breast and ovarian cancer.  |
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.  |
Chemistry World July 10, 2013 Darren Smyth |
How to invent and protect your invention Even as an account of US patent law, this book, by Kennedy et al., has little to commend it. It is difficult to understand in many places, the selection of topics for coverage is peculiar, and is downright wrong in many details.  |
Chemistry World May 8, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Court rejects Spain's challenge to EU patent reform The European Court of Justice has dismissed a legal challenge by Spain to block the introduction of a single patent system in Europe.  |
InternetNews September 27, 2006 Michael Hickins |
IBM Pushes New Patent Policies Patent reform may be on the way, but IBM has decided to change the system on its own and is leading by example.  |
Information Today October 16, 2006 K. Matthew Dames |
The Patent System on Tilt: IBM Seeks to Change the Game IBM wants to change the way the patent system works, holding itself out as an exemplar of openness.  |
Salon.com October 23, 2000 Damien Cave |
Who ya gonna call? Patent busters! BountyQuest CEO Charles Cella explains why his Web site is offering cash to patent destroyers...  |
InternetNews March 16, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
Patently Unfair? Overworked patent examiners and outdated rules are just two of the reasons critics of some tech patents say the process needs fixing.  |
InternetNews November 28, 2006 Roy Mark |
High Court Tackles The Not-So-Obvious The United States Supreme Court will talk gas pedals today in a case the technology industry hopes the justices will find all too obvious. The outcome could be a landmark decision that redefines how patents are issued.  |
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2011 Jill Wechsler |
The Supremes Shape Pharma A number of important decisions from the Supreme Court will affect drug marketing, research, and regulation  |
PC Magazine August 29, 2007 |
Cell Phones That Shouldn't Be Comb through the archives of the U.S. Patent Office and you will find some truly bizarre and hilarious inventions that never made it to the market.  |
Chemistry World January 30, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
Myriad calls a ceasefire in court battle over cancer gene tests Myriad Genetics has ended its bid to prevent other companies from producing tests for genetic mutations associated with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer that it owned patents on.  |
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 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.  |
InternetNews November 28, 2006 Roy Mark |
High Court Debates Patent Challenges A highly engaged United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a case that could have wide implications for the future of the country's patent system.  |
IEEE Spectrum June 2007 Suhas Sreedhar |
Peer Review Starts for Software Patent Applications Hoping to curtail the orgy of tech-industry litigation, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently launched an Internet-based peer-review program whereby anyone can help to evaluate a number of software patent applications voluntarily submitted for public evaluation.  |
InternetNews May 20, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
A Primer on Software Patents A closer look at software patents and at their history and implications for IT.  |
Bank Technology News May 2010 Rebecca Sausner |
Patent Cases and Reform Bedevil Banks Perpetual litigant Data Treasury's recent $27 million patent infringement verdict against US Bank, Viewpointe and other codefendants marks the latest spanking the banking industry has taken in patent cases.  |
InternetNews September 1, 2006 Susan Kuchinskas |
Patents Become a 'Social' Problem Social media - photos, blogs, networks and tags - is all about sharing. But social media startups don't want to share their intellectual property. Instead, they're heading to the patent office.  |
Bio-IT World November 12, 2002 Andrew W. Torrance |
After the Gene Rush About 20,000 gene-related patents have been granted in the U.S. so far, with twice as many on the way. The practical and political challenges are equally large.  |
InternetNews September 30, 2004 Michael Singer |
Microsoft's FAT Patent Rejected The U.S. Patent Trademark Office has rejected all claims to patents for a Windows file format held by Microsoft.  |
InternetNews March 30, 2005 Tim Gray |
EBay Wins Patent Ruling If the action is upheld it would invalidate the MercExchange patent that led to a $25 million judgment against eBay over the "Buy It Now" feature.  |
InternetNews November 24, 2004 Jim Wagner |
Nick Godici, Commissioner for Patents, USPTO The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has been taking a lot of heat in recent years over software patents. Sitting at the center of the firestorm, and the patent process, is Nick Godici, the agency's Commissioner for Patents.  |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2007 Jill Jusko |
Patent Protection Your valuable intellectual property requires keen oversight. To help keep it safe, consider these actions.  |
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.  |
PC World April 2006 Andrew Brandt |
Patent Overload Hampers Tech Innovation Application backlog and continuing patent disputes add up to a mounting crisis.  |
Inc. July 24, 2002 Jennifer A. Redmond |
Strategic Patenting What to consider when you're filing a patent and strategic decisions you'll need to make.  |