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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: It’s game over for an Alabama man who claims his patent on “Carpenter Bee Traps” is being infringed by competing products on eBay. Robert Blazer filed his lawsuit in 2015, saying that his U.S. Pate… Continue reading Judge: eBay Can’t Be Sued Over Seller Accused of Patent Infringement
According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple has filed a patent for an “Electronic accessory device.” It describes a “thin” accessory that contains traditional laptop hardware like a large display, physical keyboard, GPU, ports and more — … Continue reading Apple Explores Using An iPhone, iPad To Power a Laptop
The EFF’s “Reclaim Invention” campaign provided the template for a patent troll-fighting bill recently introduced in the Maryland legislature to guide public universities. An anonymous reader writes:
The bill would “void any agreement by the universit… Continue reading Maryland Legislator Wants To Keep State University Patents Away From Trolls
One of the biggest downsides to wireless charging is the wire necessary to actually charge your device. You generally need to place your wireless charging-enabled device on a compatible charger, which needs to be plugged into a wall. Well, Sony hopes t… Continue reading Sony Patent Could Let You Wirelessly Charge Your Phone From Another Device
We hear a lot about patent portfolios when we scan our morning dose of tech news stories. Rarely a day passes without news of yet another legal clash between shady lawyers or Silicon Valley behemoths, either settling spats between multinationals or the questionable activities of patent trolls.
These huge and well-heeled organisations hold many patents, which they gather either through their staff putting in the hard work to make the inventions, or by acquisition of patents from other inventors. It is not often that a large quantity of patents are amassed by any other means, for example by an individual. …read more
Sprint “may have just scored its biggest payout yet,” reports Ars Technica, pointing out that Sprint’s been filing lawsuits over its VoIP patents for more than a decade. An anonymous reader quotes their report:
On Friday, a jury in Sprint’s home distr… Continue reading Sprint Wins $140M Verdict Against Time Warner Cable For Infringing VoIP Patents
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Mac: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit made a decision today to throw out the verdict of a two-year old legal case against Apple based on data storage patents. The original verdict reached by… Continue reading Court Throws Out $533 Million Verdict Against Apple Over Data Storage Patent
According to a ruling by judges at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the disputed patents on the gene-editing tool CRISPR belong to the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. “The ruling comes a little over two months after a high-profile cou… Continue reading Patent Office Rules CRISPR Patents, Potentially Worth Billions, Belong To Broad Institute
An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft Azure will now offer customers protection against patent trolling, via Redmond’s considerable collection of 10,000 legal patents. The practice of patent trolling has become an industry hazard for startups in the la… Continue reading Microsoft Now Offers Patent Troll Defense For Azure Customers
This new program from Microsoft uses their patent portfolio to help protect their Azure customers intellectual property.
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