White House Petition to End Software Patents Is a Hit
Now that Congress failed to reform software patents, will the Obama administration step up?
View ArticleCES 2012: SMS Patent for Sale, $60 million ONO
At CES, a company calls many tech giants infringers, and invites them to bid to buy its patent.
View ArticleApple Wins Big in Major Patent Trial
The iPhone maker gains the advantage in patent fight with SamsungAfter only three days of deliberation in a complicated and high-profile trial, a nine-person jury found that Samsung has infringed on...
View ArticleApple/Samsung: The Verdict on Innovation
The uncertainty over Android could slow the development of technology.A $1 billion U.S. jury verdict last week did more than determine that Samsung’s smartphones and tablets violated Apple’s patents—it...
View ArticleNew Smartphones May Be Nokia's Last Stand
The ailing phone maker banks on high-quality cameras, augmented reality, and wireless charging.In perhaps its last shot at making inroads in a market dominated by battling rivals Apple and Samsung,...
View ArticleWhat’s Left for Kodak After Its $525 Million Patent Sale?
Now that the struggling company is exiting consumer markets, it can turn its focus to technologies that matter to manufacturers.Eastman Kodak has finally found a buyer for its digital imaging patent...
View ArticleThe Dawn of Genome Trolling
Putting genome data into the public domain advances science, but nearly all of it can be linked to someone.Last week European scientists were shamed into cutting off public access to a genome sequence....
View ArticleGoogle’s Growing Patent Stockpile
The search giant says patents are rubbish. Yet it’s accumulating more of them than ever.Over the last few years, Google executives have had plenty to say about patents. According to Google, patents,...
View ArticleSteve Jobs Lives on at the Patent Office
Years after his death, the former Apple CEO still wins patents.What is Steve Jobs’s legacy? Here’s one measure: since his death in 2011 from pancreatic cancer, the former Apple CEO has won 141 patents....
View ArticleCRISPR Patent Fight Now a Winner-Take-All Match
Lab notebooks could determine who was first to invent a revolutionary gene-editing technology.In a legal maneuver with billion-dollar implications, the University of California has asked the U.S....
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