Patent Law

asserting tremendously broad applications of the patents and interpretations of the claims,” Robin Feldman, Professor of Law at UC Hastings and author of the book Rethinking Patent Rights, told Wired via e-mail. “This type of patent is a …

The Center on Law and Information Policy (Fordham CLIP) at Fordham Law School is pleased to announce that it has received a grant from the World Intellectual Property Organization to research and report on the acquisition and use of patents … Continue reading →

DALLAS, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — TransData Inc. today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has confirmed the validity of all of the company’s United States smart meter patents after concluding a series of ex-parte … Continue reading →

stating that the “patents-in-suit are a reflection of Yahoo’s research and development achievements.” Yahoo was an innovator in methods of advertising, privacy controls, and social networking, according to the law suit document. Yahoo had …

Five years ago, the sides were relatively clear, with the NPEs on one and corporate American on the other, according to Michael Carrier, a professor and patent-law expert at Rutgers University School of Law in Camden, N.J. “These days …

FTC made the submission in the context of ITC investigations into Motorola Mobility’s charges of patent infringement against Apple and Microsoft. The ITC recently decided to review an earlier recommendation by the administrative law judge David Shaw that …

… against HTC were invalid and that the Taiwanese device manufacturer had not been guilty of infringing on a fourth patent. Technology law expert Luke Scanlon of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, said that the ruling could affect … Continue reading →

Yahoo only vaguely promises working together. Further, the agreement doesn’t settle the patent law as applied in the technology industry. The very nature of the industry itself can create possible short-lived wars between the companies.

With the new partnership, both have ended patent infringement law suits which began at the time of Yahoo’s ousted chief executive Scott Thompson. “I’m pleased that we were able to resolve this in a positive manner and look forward to … Continue reading →

In recent years, many patent practitioners have experienced difficulty in amending Chinese patent applications, either voluntarily or in response to action taken by the Chinese Patent Office. One reason for this is that proposed amendments may be rejected …