patent law
Samsung hits back at Apple but shares tumble after smartphone patent ruling
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South Korean group urges consumers to shun Apple as its market value suffers multimillion dollar fallSamsung has hit back at arch rival Apple as investors wiped $12bn (£7.6bn) off the South Korean group's market value in the wake of its dramatic loss to the iPhone maker in a high-profile US...
You've seen Apple's internal memo to employees on the verdict, now here's Samsung's
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We were the first to deliver Tim Cook’s internal memo on Apple’s trial victory. Here’s the other side of the coin: [Internal Memo] Regarding the Jury Verdict in California On Friday, August 24, 2012, the jury verdict in our trial against Apple was announced at the US District Court for...
And Here's Samsung's 'Internal Memo' On Apple's Huge Patent Win (AAPL, GOOG)
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Samsung has posted an "internal memo" on the outcome of its big patent lawsuit on the company's blog. We're not sure how internal the memo really is, since it was posted on its blog, but whatever. Here's what Samsung is telling its people: We initially proposed to negotiate with Apple...
Samsung, Apple rally employees after US patent verdict
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Samsung has vowed to continue its legal fight against Apple following last Friday's US court decision in Apple's favor. In an internal memo to employees, which was posted to Samsung's official blog on Monday, Samsung said that the verdict has "caused concern" for employees and customers alike, but said that...
UK Judge Who Chastised Apple Over Samsung 'Apology' Now Consulting as Patent Expert for Samsung
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A UK judge who was involved in a case in which Apple was ordered to publish a notice on its website saying that Samsung's Galaxy Tab did not copy the registered design for the iPad has been hired by Samsung as a patent expert in a separate legal battle with...
Samsung: We are the ones prioritizing innovation over litigation
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Samsung has released details of an internal memo sent to employees following Friday’s crushing US legal defeat to Apple. Though the verdict hit the Korean company hard — to the tune of more than $1 billion — it still believes, or says it believes, that it is more dedicated to...
How DRM will infest the 3D printing revolution
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While you were busy getting yourself all worked up and declaring 3D printing the beginning of a new age, one of the most maligned figures in modern patent law is preparing to rain on your parade. Nathan Myhrvold, former Microsoft CTO and founder of patent holder Intellectual Ventures, has managed...
I Hope Yahoo Crushes Facebook in its Patent Suit
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Anyone who reads this blog knows how much I hate patent laws. I think 99pct of the time they are anti-competitive, corruptive, impede creativity and innovation and can kill small businesses. I think the ratio of patent law doing a good job protecting company IP vs it being used purely...
Oracle v. Google Shows the Folly of U.S. Software Patent Law
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Oracle v. Google has all the ingredients of an epic, high-stakes courtroom battle: a damages claim of up to $1 billion over the use of Java in the popular Android operating system, testimony by both Larrys (CEOs Page and Ellison) in the first week alone, and, of course, the...
Judge Richard Posner calls on Congress to reform copyright law
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Judge Richard Posner has already decried the state of the US patent system, and now, he's speaking out about copyright law, as well. In a blog post penned Sunday, the outspoken federal judge cited two main problems with contemporary copyright laws: extensive protection (copyrighted works are typically protected until...
Google vs Apple equals WWIII: How's that for thermonuclear, Apple?
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It is on. World War III, here we go. Google is finished with helping Samsung and other Android sellers with its left hand. It’s tired of Apple attacking Google by fighting proxy wars with Asian manufacturers. No more cold war, no more semi-civilized conflicts in third-world countries no-one has ever heard of. Google vs. Apple, meet...
The America Invents Act: Fighting Patent Trolls With "Prior Art"
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Guest author Don Marti is a technical marketing manager at Perforce, and a Git user since 2007. Key parts of the America Invents Act (AIA), which passed in 2011, came into effect on March 16, 2013. These changes in U.S. patent law can help all companies that use software to...
Live: Apple and Samsung Get Their First Chance to Address the Jury
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With a jury picked, Samsung and Apple are getting their first opportunity to make their case in the landmark patent infringement trial in San Jose. Both companies are suing one another for patent infringement, with Apple seeking billions of dollars in damages as well as an injunction against the Samsung...
Markets: Guest Opinion: Let's Go Back to Patenting the 'Solution,' Not the 'Problem'
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A 1952 patent for a “Vertically adjustable work holder and support therefore, including motor mount.” Image: US Patent Office We already know the patent system is broken. And it desperately needs to be fixed: Patents affect and will continue to affect nearly every technology business or product we use. So...
"First to file" patent law starts today: what it means in plain English
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In 2011, the U.S. passed a law that changes the centuries-old way that the country hands out patents. Instead of a “first to invent” system, America will now give a patent to whoever files first. Here’s a quick summary of the law and what it means: Why did the law...
Why Does An Unpatentable 'Abstract Idea' Becomes Patentable If You Add 'On The Internet'?
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Back in 2009, we wrote about a case involving a company called Ultramercial, which held a broad and ridiculous patent (7,346,545) that effectively covered the process of watching an ad before you could download content (seriously). Ultramercial sued Hulu, YouTube and WildTangent over this. The case went back and forth...
A Former Patent Examiner's Perspective On The Current "Patent Hubbub"
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Editor’s Note: This guest post was written by G. Nagesh Rao, an IP-Law and Technology Commercialization Strategist based out of San Francisco and Washington DC. He most recently worked for The City of Los Angeles’s CleanTech Initiatives and before that as a US Patent Examiner and Senior Policy Advisor for...
As Germany Becomes Europe's East Texas, Microsoft Moves Its Distribution Center
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Just as companies often try to file their patent lawsuits in East Texas, so Germany is emerging as a favorite forum for patent litigation in Europe -- and for precisely the same reason: Germany's specialized court system, where cases are ruled on relatively quickly and it can be easier than...
Quantum Wave To Put $100M Into Quantum Tech Behind The Next Computing Wave
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Amid the startups, panels and speeches at TechCrunch Moscow today has been some emerging news about the Russian scene. For one, is the move in Russia’s top echelons to address patent law and a robitics investment. But also today has come news of a new fund which takes a very...
Patent Law 101: What’s Wrong And Ways To Make It Right
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Patent blogs were lit up after the Supreme Court’s decision in Prometheus v. Mayo. Some have hailed the decision as a “harbinger of progress to come” while others have denounced it as revealing “just how little the Court understands the nuances of science, philosophy and language – let alone the...
Court Reverses: Paying Competing Drug Companies Not To Compete Is An Antitrust Violation
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A few years ago, we wrote about a ridiculous situation in which big pharmaceutical companies were keeping prices artificially high by paying other drug companies to delay entering the market with generic drugs. The really scary part about this was that the big pharma companies would abuse patent law to...
Apple awarded design patent for actual rounded rectangle
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Apple's latest iPad-related design patent is literally for the rounded rectangular front outlined in solid black. USPTO On Tuesday, after review by a patent examiner, the United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded Apple an additional design patent relating to the iPad's "ornamental" design. The ornamental design feature encapsulated...
Judge: Hey Oracle and Google - Turn Over The Names Of Your Paid Bloggers
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Oh, this is going to get juicy real quick. U.S. District Judge William Alsup is demanding the names of any writers who have a paid relationship with Oracle or Google. The demand came today in the ongoing lawsuit between the two companies in their dispute over the Android OS. Alsup...
Tech Firms Sit Down To Patent Talks In Geneva
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The ITU - that's International Telecommunication Union, fact fans - is having a conference today in Geneva to discuss patents. Yes, that hot-tamale topic of whether patent laws stifle innovation is to be discussed by representatives from all the big names in technology. Google, Apple, Microsoft, Huawei, Motorola and Samsung...
It's time to take a hard look at the term 'intellectual property'
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The language we use affects the way we think. Political strategists know this: Once you succeed in setting the terms of the debate, you’ve won. It works in business, too. One of the trickiest turns of phrase in modern business is “intellectual property.” In many ways, it’s a useful...
Presidential candidates face patent lawsuit for using Facebook
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Patent law is a notoriously dry subject, and it's almost never the subject of debate in presidential campaigns. One patent holder has found an ingenious method for raising the profile of the issue: he sued Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, and Newt Gingrich for patent infringement. The plaintiff runs Everymd.com,...
Apple-Samsung juror: 'I could defend this if it was my patent.'
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The foreman of the jury in the Apple-Samsung trial spoke out today about how his own patents informed his take on the trial. Velvin Hogan appeared on Bloomberg Television today for an interview with Emily Chang that covered the decision-making process, the Apple and Samsung lawyers’ approaches, on the...
Twitter takes a preemptive, common-sense stance on patents
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Ah, we love the smell of a patent lawsuit in the morning around here. It’s something between week-old garbage and the unmistakable stench of attorney ego. But patent lawsuits are often based on nothing more than greed and can end up hurting consumers in the long run. That’s why...
Fark's Drew Curtis Explains How To Beat A Patent Troll (And Live To Tell The Tale)
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A few years ago, we wrote about a patent troll known as Gooseberry Natural Resources LLC who claimed to hold a patent (US Patent 6,370,535) which it believed broadly covered putting press releases online. It then sued a ton of companies, including Fark, Reddit, Slashdot, Digg, TechCrunch and others. While...
Where the Tea Party is right, and wrong, about tech policy
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It must be difficult to be a member of the Tea Party, having to balance the desire for more rights for everyone — including corporations — with less government to enforce those rights. A recent Heritage Foundation event featuring Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), highlights the movement’s dichotomy. (Watch it in...
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