Patent Law 
Google’s Patent Counsel Weighs In on the Smartphone Wars – Law.com
The property system doesn’t work if you don’t have clear boundaries.” On the other hand, Porter defends Google’s role in patent suits related to the Android OS. When asked about Google’s recent sale of tech patents that were later used … Continue reading
Barnes & Noble calls for probe into Microsoft’s patent tactics – TG Daily
Barnes & Noble asked US regulators to investigate Microsoft on anti-trust grounds this summer, court documents have revealed. Its submissions to the department accuse Microsoft of threatening Android vendors with litigation in order to stifle …
Tech Firms Fear Patent War – Wall Street Journal
Now, more small tech companies in the Bay Area are prioritizing patenting their own inventions as a defense and seeking patent services from law firms and businesses that help defend patent suits. Mike DeSanctis, a patent attorney in Lakewood …
Barnes & Noble Claims That Microsoft Patent Shakedown Over Android Is An Antitrust Violation – Tech Dirt
There’s finally been a growing recognition that intellectual property laws are about providing monopolies, and that misusing patent and copyright laws thus could be considered antitrust violations. While it’s true that copyright and patents …
Patent trolls in Piney Woods make mischief for innovators everywhere – The Guardian
We took a crash course in US patent law.” About 95% of patent cases do not reach trial – many are settled out of court even if they have little merit. But according to the American Intellectual Property Law Association, … Continue reading
Barnes & Noble wants DOJ probe into Microsoft patent tactics – CNET News
In its response a month later, Barnes & Noble countered that Microsoft was misusing patent law to slow down rivals. In the letter to Kimmelman, first reported by Bloomberg today, Barnes & Noble is asking regulators to probe the company’s … Continue reading
Indian’s first Dictionary on Indian Patent Law – PRLog (free press release)
Origiin IP Solutions LLP, Bangalore [INDIA] publishes India’s first Dictionary of its kind in India. The dictionary has been designed in a unique manner explaining legal meaning of the key terms with reference to relevant sections and rules …
Patent Reform Seen Reducing Multi-Defendant Suits – Wall Street Journal
But the measure may not be slowing the total amount of patent litigation, one of many mixed indicators in the wake of a law that even some proponents see as flawed. Some 450 patent suits were filed in U.S. courts … Continue reading
Google Says Microsoft Focuses on Patents, Not Products – Mobiledia
Outdated patent laws are allowing Microsoft to concentrate on targeting Android rather than developing its own product line, according to a Google patent attorney, causing innovation to suffer overall. Google patent attorney Tim Porter told the …
Google: Microsoft wields patents when its products fail – Electronista
Porter said that current patent law allows Microsoft to use the large patent portfolio it has acquired over the years to get revenue from other companies “when their products stop succeeding in the marketplace, when they get marginalized, as is … Continue reading
