Companies that build their business models around aggressive patent litigation are discovering that approach is less lucrative after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling and stricter government policies.
Read More »Patent disputes give Supreme Court chance to curb lawsuit abuse
Even as it deals with hot-button issues like campaign financing and affirmative action, the U.S. Supreme Court has patents on its mind these days.
Read More »Obama moves to blunt weapon of some patent owners
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is setting up a website with advice for anyone accused of patent infringement.
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Read More »Gene patent ruling fuels stem cell protest
Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy group, wants an appeals court to invalidate a University of Wisconsin-Madison’s patent for stem cells derived from human embryos, saying it’s too similar to earlier research.
Tagged with: stem cell research
Read More »Appeals court: Patent suit losers should pay costs more often
Patent owners who lose infringement lawsuits should have to pay the winner’s legal fees more often, a U.S. appeals court said in adding its views to a debate before Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Read More »Google’s Motorola loses bid to overturn Microsoft victory
Google Inc.’s Motorola Mobility unit lost an appeals court bid to invalidate a Microsoft Corp. patent used to win a ban on U.S. imports on some mobile phones.
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Read More »VA rejection of sex-assault victims for disability to get review
Military personnel who were the victims of sexual assault can seek disability pay for the psychiatric trauma even if they didn’t officially report the incident.
Read More »Judge: Marvell deserved $1.2 billion verdict
The verdict was the fourth-biggest patent decision in U.S. history.
Tagged with: Copyright Infringement
Read More »Minnesota forces patent company to limit demand letters
The settlement limiting the firm’s ability to contact Minnesota residents and businesses is believed to be the first of its kind against a company derided as a “troll” for its licensing tactics
Read More »Google, Amazon.com win appeal to toss Internet patents
Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. won a U.S. appeals court ruling in a case of a former university researcher who claimed his patents covered some of the Internet’s most basic interactive functions.
Read More »Myriad seeks to block competing DNA test
Following a mixed U.S. Supreme Court ruling on patenting human genes, Myriad Genetics Inc. is looking for a ruling protecting its patents on "breast and ovarian cancer tests."
Tagged with: breast cancer ovarian cancer patent litigation
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