The patent wars are coming to American shores. After numerous court battles playing out across Europe have led to mixed victories and losses for some of the biggest tech companies in the business, is now suing Samsung in American court. Patent expert Florian Mueller says the suit is based on four patents which are the […]
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Score one for the forces of good. Eolas Technologies, which claimed to hold patents on essentially any program which allowed access to the “interactive web” had their claims struck down in a Texas court: An eight-member federal jury in East Texas deliberated Thursday for just a few hours before concluding that all of Eolas’ asserted claims […]
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Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, may seem like a dinosaur in today’s flashy mobile market, but Tony Bradley thinks they still have a lot of untapped value. First off, he notes, “RIM has a very large customer base of companies, and government agencies that fit this description. These organizations might not […]
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The patent wars are heating up and patent trolls aren’t the only players. is taking its patent claims right to Samsung’s jugular with a claim that the phone manufacturer infringed on ‘s slide-to-unlock feature: ‘s latest German complaint against Samsung is the first time the company has named the South Korean electronics manufacturer’s flagship Android […]
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What if your doctor couldn’t use scientific research about the drugs she was prescribing to you in order to ensure that you received the proper dosage of medication? What if a doctor had to navigate a complex thicket of procedural patents simply to treat her patients? Well, according to Tim Lee, the Supreme Court is […]
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Matt Yglesias points out that Apple has a patent on this: Now, this is pretty silly. In the world of software, this is like getting a patent on a doorknob. Sure, a doorknob is a very clever thing. In fact, doorknobs make doors far more useful – without them, we might not even want doors […]
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