IP Law News

Joint call for action aganinst patent trolls

Submitted by Bratislav Stankovic on Tue, 2013-04-09 15:28

Major companies Google, Red Hat, BlackBerry and ISP EarthLink have called on the US Federal Trade Commission and US Department of Justice to take action against patent assertion entities (PAEs), or as they are more commonly known, patent trolls. In a letter to the agencies, the companies point out that PAEs are now filing four times as many cases as they did in 2005 and claims cost US companies at least $29 billion in direct costs in 2011 and $80 billion when accounting for indirect costs.

According to ITC , Samsung text selection feature infringes Apple patent

Submitted by Bratislav Stankovic on Mon, 2013-04-08 16:47

A U.S.  trade agency judge has brought decision that  the text-selection feature Samsung has on its mobile devices infringes an Apple patent.

New Invention Heating Water with Cold Water

Submitted by Bratislav Stankovic on Mon, 2013-04-08 16:44

One inventor in  San Diego has developed a way to heat a home’s hot water by using the excess heat from cold water.

Most homes use three to four times as much cold water as warm water, with the temperature of the cold water averaging over 70ºF throughout the year—about 15º to 20ºF degrees warmer than necessary.

Novartis fails to obtain patent in India

Submitted by Bratislav Stankovic on Tue, 2013-04-02 09:33

Novartis AG`s effort to patent an updated version of the company`s leukemia - treating drug Glivec was denied by the decision of the Supreme Court of India. According to the Court the ingredient in Glivec, beta crystalline form of Imatinib Mesylate, fails in both the tests of invention and patentibility and therefore the appellant`s appeal would be an attempt to obtain patent for Imatinib Mesylate which is prohibited under India Patent law.

THX sued Apple for infringing Speaker Patent

Submitted by Bratislav Stankovic on Sun, 2013-03-31 12:20

In California Federal Court IPNews® - THX, Ltd. lodged a complaint in March 2013 against Apple, Inc. claiming that the Apple Corporation is infringing its patent for narrow-profile speakers.

THX, a cinematic acoustics company founded by “Star Wars” creator George Lucas, filed the complaint in San Francisco claiming that Apple is selling and importing products that infringe its narrow-profile speaker patent.  THX is seeking damages and an injunction prohibiting Apple from continuing the infringement.

ITC Sides with Microsoft in its Patent Claim dispute with Motorola

Submitted by Bratislav Stankovic on Sun, 2013-03-31 11:52

March 28th, 2013 the International Trade Commission through the  Administrative Law Judge David P. Shaw announced decision  that Microsoft was not in violation of Motorola's wireless connectivity patent, No. 6,069,896. This decision may soon end the long, on-going battle between Microsoft Corp. and Motorola Mobility, Inc. (owned by Google) over the Xbox 360 gaming console.

EPO welcomes historic signing of the Unified Patent Court Agreement

Submitted by Bratislav Stankovic on Sun, 2013-03-03 10:18

The signing by EU ministers dated 19th 2013 in Brussels of an international agreement establishing a Unified Patent Court (UPC) was welcomed by the European Patent Office (EPO). This paves the way for the implementation of a unitary patent system in Europe.

Kenyan Boy's Invention Scares Off Lions

Submitted by Bratislav Stankovic on Sun, 2013-03-03 10:13

Kenyan boy Richard Turere (13 years old) faced a serious problem: Hungry lions were attacking his family’s precious herd of cattle. So the inventive boy came up with an ingenious, low-tech solution to keep them away.

Two years ag Turere, was charged with protecting his family’s cows, sheep and goats. He noticed that the lions stayed away when he moved around at night with a flashlight.

IntelliCell have received U.S. Patent allowance for its ultrasonic cavitation method

Submitted by Bratislav Stankovic on Thu, 2013-01-31 11:31

On January 17, 2013 the Company IntelliCell BioSciences, Inc. ("Company") (SVFC) announced that have received a notice of allowance regarding its U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 13/323,030 entitled "Ultrasonic Cavitation of Adipose Tissue to Produce Stromal Vascular Fraction Regenerative Cells."

New record number of fillings at the European Patent Office in 2012: 258 000 filings (+5.7% over 2011) and 65 700 granted patents (+5.8%)

Submitted by Bratislav Stankovic on Tue, 2013-01-22 07:37

According to the preliminary figures at EPO, in 2012 the European Patent Office (EPO) achieved new record number of fillings with received 258 000 patent applications. This represents a 5.7% increase over 2011 (244 000). In 2012 , the EPO published 65 700 granted patents, 5.8% more than in 2011 (62 115).

Pages

Subscribe to IP Law News