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| | Patent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Patent licensing agreements are effectively contracts in which the patent owner (the licensor) agrees not to sue the licensee for infringement of the licensor's patent rights. | | | Typically, an application for a patent is prepared by a professional agent known as a patent attorney or patent agent, who files the application with a patent office. | | | A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a person for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of a device, method, process or substance (known as an invention) which is new, inventive and useful. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent
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| | Patent infringement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Depending on the patent laws in the country where the patent infringement has taken place, the owner of the patent may take action in equity or in law such as an injunction or lawsuit against those who did the infringement. | | | The single most common defense to patent infringement is a counter-attack on the patent itself, i.e., the validity of the patent and the allegedly infringed claims. | | | In law, a patent infringement occurs when the subject-matter claimed in a patent has been utilized by someone other than the rightholder, without the owner's approval or in disagreement with the terms of use given by the owner. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_infringement
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| | LII: Law about...Patents |
| | Patent infringement cases arise under Federal patent law over which the Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. | | | U.S. patent laws were enacted by Congress under its Constitutional grant of authority to protect the discoveries of inventors. | | | If an application is rejected, the decision may be appealed to the Patents Office's Board of Appeals, with further or alternative review available from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, or in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. |
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http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/patent.html
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| | Intellectual property - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Patent infringement is not a criminal offense although it may subject the infringer to civil liability. | | | To give three examples from US law, copyright infringement is not punishable by laws against theft or trespass, but rather by an entirely different set of laws with different penalties. | | | Patents give the holder an exclusive right to commercially exploit an invention for a certain period, typically 20 years from the filing date of a patent application. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property
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| | A Patent Glossary |
| | Under either standard, a patent application claim may be rejected by a patent examiner, or a patent claim may be ruled invalid by a court. | | | Attorneys' Fees Award: In exceptional cases in patent infringement litigation, the court may require the losing party to pay the attorneys' fees of the prevailing party. | | | Profits: Direct recovery of the patent infringer's profits is not possible in a case of infringement of a utility patent, but may, under proper circumstances, be employed as a measure of the patentee's damages. |
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http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/matters/matters-9609.html
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| | MDEP: Patent Infringement: The Role of Opinions of Counsel (June/July 2000) |
| | The "specific charge of infringement" may be a threat of suit, a demand for cessation of infringement, or an offer for a license under the patent in issue. | | | The term "willfulness" thus reflects a threshold of culpability in the act of infringement that, alone or with other considerations of the particular case, contributes to the court's assessment of the consequences of patent infringement. | | | For the courts, the culpability of a patent infringer is a key factor in determining whether to award enhanced damages to a plaintiff. |
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http://www.devicelink.com/mdep/archive/00/06/wetherell.html
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| | Patent Infringement Opinion |
| | Patent Infringement Opinions are an evaluation of a patent by reference to the issued patent and all the documentation generated in obtaining the patent (the patent prosecution file) and comparing the patent with another article, method, process, or composition. | | | Patent infringement litigation is some of the most resource intensive and expensive litigation "enjoyed" by the federal courts. | | | An infringement opinion is particularly useful in avoiding the sanction of triple damages and attorney's fees that are awarded in cases of willful infringement. |
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http://www.intellectlawgroup.com/patent_infringement_opinion.htm
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| | Patent Infringement |
| | The term of a patent is 20 years from the date on which the application for the patent was filed in the United States. | | | infringement of a patent consists of the unauthorized making, using, offering for sale or selling any patented invention within the United States or United States Territories, or importing into the United States of any patented invention during the term of the patent. | | | A patentee may sue for relief in the appropriate Federal court in he/she proves infringement. |
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http://www.richardpricepi.com/patent_infringement.htm
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| | Pearl Patent Infringement |
| | Percentage of appealed patent infringement judge-alone verdicts that are overturned: 22% | | | Percentage of patent infringement lawsuits heard by juries in 1970 and 1999, respectively: 2.8%, 59% | | | Amount spent on legal fees to litigate patent infringement lawsuits in the U.S. in 2000: $4.2 billion |
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http://www.pearlltd.com/content/pat_inf_law.html
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| | Understanding Patent Infringement |
| | Direct infringement is the making, using, offering to sell or sale of any patented invention within the United States, or importation of a patented invention into the United States. | | | With a quality opinion of patent counsel as to invalidity or non--infringement of the patent of concern--even if the opinion is wrong-and the manufacturer ultimately loses an infringement lawsuit, the court should award only actual damages, with no trebled damage award, to the patentee. | | | That portion of the patent statutes sets forth three types of literal infringement, which are direct infringement (35 USC 271(a)), inducing infringement (35 USC 271(b)) and contributory infringement (35 USC 271(c)). |
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http://www.naturalproductsinsider.com/articles/2c1legal.html
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| | Frequently Asked Questions: Patent infringement (in Patents > Frequently Asked Questions @ iusmentis.com) |
| | Patent laws in most countries require some sort of commercial exploitation of the patented invention for the exploitation to be patent infringement. | | | Patent lawsuits are very expensive, and most private persons will not be able to pay the damages to the patent holder anyway. | | | So, a private person can infringe if he, for example, makes the invention and sells it to his friends, or puts it on an advertisement-sponsored website. |
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http://www.iusmentis.com/patents/faq/infringement
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| | Infringement of Patents |
| | Infringement of a patent consists of the unauthorized making, using, offering for sale or selling any patented invention within the United States or United States Territories, or importing into the United States of any patented invention during the term of the patent. | | | Suits for infringement of patents follow the rules of procedure of the Federal courts. | | | The patentee may ask the court for an injunction to prevent the continuation of the infringement and may also ask the court for an award of damages because of the infringement. |
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http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/infringe.htm
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| | Patent Infringement Abatement Insurance |
| | However, patent infringement abatement insurance may be offered only in conjunction with a prepaid legal services plan that satisfies the requirements of N.Y. Ins. | | | Patent infringement abatement insurance is included within "legal services insurance" under N.Y. Ins. | | | Thus, patent infringement abatement insurance is included within legal services insurance under Section 1113(a)(29). |
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http://www.ins.state.ny.us/rg030307.htm
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| | Patent Infringement—Is It Better to Fight or Switch? |
| | When one receives a cease-and-desist letter or a complaint filed in a federal court charging patent infringement, a major evaluation and decisions must be made. | | | The patent owner may demand compensation for past activities, even if one is willing to terminate use of the technology or to modify the same so as to avoid future infringement. | | | It is also important to note that, with greater frequency, courts are holding corporate executives personally liable for patent infringement if they had active involvement in the decision to engage in an infringing activity. |
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http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/matters/matters-9205.html
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| | When Does Patent Infringement Become Unfair Competition? |
| | In many cases, the party adverse to the patent contends that the patent is unenforceable because of improper activities of the patent owner such as patent misuse or inequitable conduct before the Patent Office. | | | There have been a few hard-fought cases for patent infringement, however, in which more than a quarter of a century has elapsed while the case was pending. | | | The patent owner will normally charge that the other party has infringed the patent by using it without license. |
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http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/matters/matters-9010.html
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| | Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: Patent |
| | Patent law in the United States extends to virtually "anything under the sun that is made by man." Patents create a form of property right in new, unobvious, and useful inventions, including machines, devices, chemical compositions, and manufacturing processes. | | | In this section, you can find information about what patents are, what rights they confer on the patent owner, the requirements for obtaining a patent, the activities that may constitute patent infringement, and possible defenses to a patent infringement claim. | | | Note that computer software may be protected by copyright as well as patent law. |
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| | US CODE: Title 35,271. Infringement of patent |
| | The remedies prescribed by subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) are the only remedies which may be granted by a court for an act of infringement described in paragraph (2), except that a court may award attorney fees under section 285. | | | (b) Whoever actively induces infringement of a patent shall be liable as an infringer. | | | (3) In any action for patent infringement brought under this section, no injunctive or other relief may be granted which would prohibit the making, using, offering to sell, or selling within the United States or importing into the United States of a patented invention under paragraph (1). |
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| | Document: Original Complaint for Patent Infringement in BT v. Prodigy, 12/13/00. |
| | This action arises under the patent laws of the United States, 35 U. Subject matter jurisdiction is conferred on this Court by 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a). | | | Declaring that United States Letters Patent 4,873,662 was duly and legally issued, is valid and is enforceable; | | | Document: Original Complaint for Patent Infringement in BT v. |
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| | Exclusive: Multi-Publisher Legal War Looms Over 3-D Patent |
| | What typically happens in patent infringement cases is the patent holder seeks a percentage of all sales of any products that infringed on their patent. | | | A patent infringement case for the patent, "Method and Apparatus for Spherical Planning," is now pending. | | | The patent was originally filed in March 1988 for a specific method of displaying 3-D images on a monitor. |
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http://biz.gamedaily.com/features.asp?article_id=8236
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| | Patent infringement case not going Microsoft's way |
| | The judge in the hearing determines, in his opinion, what the claims are for the patent, said Martin Lueck, Eolas' attorney in the case. | | | Doyle is the CEO of Eolas, which is the exclusive licensee of the patent. | | | The Eolas patent in question is U.S. Patent No. 5,838,906 granted Nov. 17, 1998. |
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2001/0109mspatent.html?nf
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| | Patently-O: Patent Law Blog: Tables Turned: RIAA Accused of Patent Infringement |
| | The RIAA is accused of using the patented technology to track down peer-to-peer (P2P) copyright violators. | | | The asserted patent claims a method for generating a unique identifier based on content of a datafile, then later using the identifier to track files containing identical content. | | | Almost 20% of patent applicants receive an office action within nine months of filing. |
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http://patentlaw.typepad.com/patent/2004/09/tables_turned_r.html
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| | Wired News: Duke Nukem Targeted in Patent Infringement |
| | When the patent came to the attention of the Software Publishers Association a year ago, one of its legal advisors outlined potential limits on the scope of the patent, should it ever see litigation. | | | Attorney Kettleson would not comment on the letter or the alleged patent infringement, saying that such actions are commonplace and don't deserve attention until legal action is initiated or concluded. | | | Charging that it violates his patent on the display of living performers in videogames, an Illinois man wants Apogee Software to pay him licensing fees or stop selling its most popular title, Duke Nukem 3D. |
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http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,6252,00.html
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| | Intellectual Property Insurance Patent Infringement Business Center |
| | Additional information which, if available, would be of assistance includes copies of pending U.S. patent application (if any), copies of correspondence with any alleged infringers, copies of any legal opinions and copies of any licenses which have been granted. | | | Before undertaking a new enforcement project, GPCI conducts an independent investigation of the alleged infringement to determine whether such action is warranted. | | | To enable us to complete this investigation, we request that, at a minimum, you provide the number(s) of your issued United States patent(s) and whatever information you may have with respect to the allegedly infringing products or services. |
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http://www.patentcafe.com/businesscenters/enforcementcenter.asp
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| | Controversial patent could be worth billions of dollars - Nov. 2, 2004 |
| | As a result, new patent decisions are often contested in litigation, acording to Kirk. | | | After the State Street case, all patents applications would be judged by new criteria of novelty, utility and non-obviousness, says Kirk. | | | Although the patent office has resolved many of the controversies around how it grants business method patents, some questions still abound. |
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| | British Telecom accuses ISPs of patent infringement CNET News.com |
| | Perry said BT filed for the patent in the United Kingdom in 1976 and in the United States in 1977. | | | In its suit, London-based BT says it never gave Prodigy permission to use the patent and now wants a federal judge to bar the Internet service provider from employing it unless Prodigy pays licensing fees. | | | British Telecom accuses ISPs of patent infringement |
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| | Federal Court Victory for BioGenex on Patent Infringement Suit Against Ventana Medical Systems |
| | Notwithstanding its arguments to the Patent Office, Ventana told the Trial Court that its reagent dispensing claims should not be limited to direct dispensing of reagents. | | | Given Ventana's disclaimer of "sip and spit" dispensing at the U.S. Patent Office, we have asked the Court to award us our attorneys' fees for having to defend ourselves in a litigation that we believe was unnecessary. | | | In court, BioGenex presented evidence showing that Ventana, in order to obtain its patents, told the U.S. Patent Office that its automated staining instruments are distinct from "sip and spit" systems, and by contrast dispense reagent directly from the reagent container onto the slide. |
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| | Yahoo sues Xfire for patent infringement CNET News.com |
| | The patent, referred to as the '125 patent for the last three numbers of U.S. Patent No. 6,699,125, was granted to two then-Yahoo employees, Brian Gottlieb and Chris Kirmse, on March 2, 2004. | | | Lawyers familiar with patent law say a case like this could cost up to $2 million to defend and take up to two years to fully adjudicate. | | | Yahoo has been the sole owner of the '125 patent since it was granted. |
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http://news.com.com/Yahoo+...+patent+infringement/2100-1047_3-5564179.html
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| | Patent Infringement Lawsuits |
| | If you are a Patent holder and believe another business, manufacturer or company is infringing on your patent, you or your organization may not be able to afford a lawsuit to make them stop and collect damages. | | | Our attorneys are among the national leaders in Patent Infringement claims and have recovered millions of dollars in damages for Patent Holders nationwide. | | | They will review your Patent Infringement claims and provide an honest legal analysis. |
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http://Patent-Infringement-Lawsuits.com
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| | Expert Witness, Patent Infringement, Intellectual Property, Litigation Support, Law, Expert Network, Copyright ... |
| | Prior art evaluation in patent cases and analysis of conformity with industry standards in contract disputes take less time and save more money with the “right” expert witness. | | | With over 15 years in business, more than 600 cases, and a registry of over 1600 expert witnesses and litigation support consultants, Teklicon can help you acquire the expert testimony you need to win your patent infringement case, software copyright, class action or technology contract dispute. | | | Our consultants are not only skilled in their technical disciplines, but also in the needs and protocols of intellectual property and contract litigation attorneys. |
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| | PARALLEL DISTRICT COURT AND ITC PATENT |
| | Stays of District Court Patent Infringement Actions Pending Disposition of PTO Interferences | | | But see Gholz, Jurisdiction of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences to Decide Infringement Questions Under the Doctrine of Equivalents, 72 JPTOS 344 (1990). | | | The interplay between patent interferences and parallel district court or ITC patent infringement actions is often complex and highly entertaining. |
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http://www.oblon.com/Pub/GholzParallel2.html
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| | Roxio CD-R patent infringement claim court date set The Register |
| | CD burning software developer Optima's patent infringement allegations against Napster owner Roxio will be heard by the US District Court of Central California on 19 April, papers seen by The Register reveal. | | | Roxio CD-R patent infringement claim court date set | | | Roxio CD-R patent infringement claim court date set |
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/35140.html
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| | JPEG Hits New Patent-Infringement Snag |
| | Forgent Networks Inc. said that it had filed two separate patent infringement lawsuits in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, seeking injunctions against the use of its patented technology as well as damages. | | | The patent, No. 4,689,672, was issued 1987, but Forgent began seeking licenses to it about two years ago. | | | Forgent had sought to reach licensing arrangements with the defendants in the lawsuit, he said. |
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1572333,00.asp
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| | PCWorld.com - Asian Chip Makers Settle Patent Infringement Legal Battle |
| | TSMC had brought legal action against SMIC over allegations of patent infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets in U.S. District Court, California State Superior Court, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and Taiwan District Court. | | | In addition, TSMC and SMIC have agreed to license their patent portfolios to each other through December 2010 under a cross-license agreement, they said. | | | The legal battle between SMIC and TSMC, the world's largest contract chip maker, began in earnest in December 2003, when TSMC filed suit in the U.S. District Court of Northern California against SMIC over patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation claims. |
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| | Intellectual Property Law - Patent, Trademark, Trade secret, Design patent, Patent validity, Trademark registration, ... |
| | "Design Patent" is the term used in U.S. to give proprietary rights to the aesthetic features of manufactured articles. | | | Intellectual Property Law - Patent, Trademark, Trade secret, Design patent, Patent validity, Trademark registration, Patent claim, IP licensing, and Law | | | The design, due to its aesthetic feature, can embody copyright protection if the work requires some amount of creativity (U.S.) or requires some skill and judgment (Canada, lower requirement than creativity). |
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http://lawhelponline.com/IP/IndustrialDesign.shtml
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| | BBspot - Kodak Wins Case Against Sun for Patent Infringement |
| | The Sun tried to defend itself by claiming the patent was absurdly broad and obvious and was therefore invalid. | | | Damages have yet to be determined, and the Sun may still appeal the District Court ruling. | | | Rochester, NY - Eastman Kodak has won its patent infringement case against the Sun. |
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http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/10/kodak_sun.html
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| | IE patent endgame detailed CNET News.com |
| | Microsoft has suffered another legal setback in the patent dispute with software developer Eolas and is now advising Web authors on workarounds, as new details emerge of its plans to tweak Internet Explorer. | | | Regardless of whether the court orders Microsoft to change IE, the software giant has been conferring with its own engineers and those of companies that rely on the browser's ability to automatically launch and display multimedia programs with plug-ins--an ability the court held to be, in its current form, an infringement of the Eolas patent. | | | Readers who read IE patent endgame detailed also read... |
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http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5074799.html
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| | Ebay Hit on Patent Infringement |
| | In the appeal verdict, which hinged on the two patents upheld in the original trial, the judge invalidated one MercExchange patent, upholding the other. | | | However, the higher court reversed the lower's decision to deny MercExchange's request for a permanent injunction against eBay's use of the processes patented by MercExchange. | | | A U.S. Appeals Court ruling in a long-running patent dispute between online marketplace eBay (Quote, Chart) and MercExchange has saved eBay some money, but left the door open for more litigation. |
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http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3490761
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| | Patriot drops CPU patent infringement lawsuit The Register |
| | It went on to notify 150 other companies that it believes their products infringe its patent, though as yet it has not initiated legal proceedings against them. | | | So out goes Patriot's action, filed in January 2004 with the US District Court in Oakland, California, and in comes a TPL lawsuit filed with the US District Court of Eastern Texas. | | | Intel accuser alleges 150 others violate chip patent |
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/26/patriot_cpu_patent_lawsuit
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| | NetZero Sues Juno for Patent Infringement |
| | NetZero claims it is the exclusive licensee of the patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,157,946. | | | Back in June, it was Juno that served as the plaintiff seeking damages and an injunction against NetZero as well as Qualcomm for allegedly infringing on a patent to display ads to an Internet user that is offline. | | | In a brief telephone interview, Juno President and Chief Executive Charles Ardai told InternetNews.com that he believe NetZero's latest legal maneuvers were without merit. |
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http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/8_546011
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| | Pentium PC Vendors Face Chip Patent Suit |
| | Patriot has previously stated publicly that it is seeking to grow the revenues it receives from licensing its patents. | | | While Linux lawsuits gobble up the IT community's mindshare, a lesser-known legal action is being fought seeking billions of dollars from five PC vendors. | | | Patriot this morning fired back with a statement that "it will respond to legal action against the company by Intel and will continue to pursue actions against companies that are infringing on its patents." |
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http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3309531
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| | ePlus Wins $37 Million Patent Infringement Suit Against Ariba |
| | The court determined Ariba "willfully infringed" three ePlus software patents relating to electronic procurement technology, according to a statement released by ePlus. | | | The deal does allow Ariba to continue selling its procurement software, enabled by the patented technology, under a license arrangement with ePlus. | | | ePlus initially filed a patent infringement suit against Ariba in spring 2004. |
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1764676,00.asp
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| | Vendor expands patent infringement allegations against Microsoft - Computerworld |
| | InterTrust filed its original lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that Microsoft infringed on a patent that covered system components for receiving encrypted content and rules, securely managing content use and transmitting rights, managed content, and related rules to other users. | | | Supreme Court denies RIM a stay in patent fight with NTP | | | The suit, filed by Santa Rosa, Calif.-based audio and video delivery software maker Burst.com Inc., accuses Microsoft of illegally employing Burst's video delivery technologies after gaining access to the company's proprietary information during negotiations (see story). |
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http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/legalissues/story/0,10801,72236,00.html
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| | Alacritech Granted Preliminary Injunction in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Microsoft |
| | “Moreover, only one of Alacritech’s patent claims was before the Court on this motion, as opposed to the dozens of claims pending in this case. | | | “After Alacritech discovered that Microsoft Chimney is based on intellectual property that we developed, patented and own, we offered Microsoft a license,” said Larry Boucher, president and CEO, Alacritech Inc. “Microsoft rejected licensing terms that would be acceptable to us. | | | Alacritech Granted Preliminary Injunction in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Microsoft |
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http://www.alacritech.com/html/041305Alacritech_Granted_PI.shtml
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| | Digimarc claims patent infringement victory - 2002-02-25 |
| | The U.S. District Court for Oregon found Digimarc's patents were valid and infringed by Signum Technologies Ltd. and granted a permanent injunction against Signum. | | | The litigation against Signum was filed in March 2000. | | | (Those products include the SureSign suite of offerings, together with the following VeriData offerings: iDem, iPak, ID Plug-in and ID SDK.) Signum also granted Digimarc a worldwide royalty-free license under Signum's own digital watermarking patent portfolio in lieu of payment of monetary damages. |
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| | Citing evidence and arguments presented by Infineon that Rambus had deliberately destroyed documents related to the case in an attempt to prevent rivals from challenging their patents, he termed the dismissal of the suit "appropriate action" to punish the company for its conduct. | | | Rambus, which has made litigation a centerpiece of its strategy, has vowed to appeal and continue fighting similar legal battles against memory makers Micron and Hynix. | | | Member companies were required to disclose patent applications to the JEDEC, which Rambus apparently failed to do. |
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050302-4664.html
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| | PANDUIT Patent Infringement Lawsuit Stayed |
| | Panduit Corp. announced today that it has requested a stay of the patent infringement suit it previously filed against Chatsworth Products, Inc., HellermannTyton and Ortronics, Inc. That suit was filed in the Northern District of Illinois on July 20, 2004, and alleged infringement of Panduit’s United States Patent No. 6,766,093 (the ‘093 patent). | | | Press Release - PANDUIT Patent Infringement Lawsuit Stayed | | | Panduit has now requested a stay of its infringement suit to allow the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to consider an application for reissue of the ‘093 patent filed with the PTO pursuant to 35 U.S.C. Panduit filed the reissue application to correct inventorship and claim priority to a co-pending application. |
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| | Eolas Sues Microsoft for Patent Infringement |
| | Eolas is represented in the suit by the law firm of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. The suit asks the court for both unspecified damages for the infringing activity and for an injunction to force Microsoft to cease all future manufacturing, use and sale of infringing products. | | | Eolas holds worldwide exclusive commercial rights to the '906 patent. | | | The Eolas '906 patent was granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on November 17, 1998, for creation of the first browser system that, for example, allowed for the embedding of small interactive programs, such as "plug-ins," "applets," "scriptlets" or ActiveX® Controls, into World Wide Web documents. |
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