Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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Too much standardized technology is being held up on shipping docks and in courtrooms, according to the International Telecommunication Union. The ITU recently gathered tech heavyweights together to address the surge in litigation involving…
This articles is the second of a four-part series examining the USPTO’s role in administering the patent system. Other articles in this series: Part I: Introduction . Part III: Databases . Part IV: Experts and Expertise . This article will examine…
Last week’s article detailed prior art and patentability , and defined prior art as all information pertinent to a patent that was publicly available before that patent’s application was submitted. This information is important because novelty…
Huawei’s sordid intellectual property past has caught up to them. After nearly a decade of IP property theft accusations from networking gear rivals, last week’s House Intelligence Committee’s report labeled Huawei a security threat and…
This article is the first of a four-part series examining the USPTO’s role in administering the patent system. Other articles in this series: Part II: Human Resources . Part III: Databases . Part IV: Experts and Expertise . For 215 years the United…
Patents exist to promote innovation. By granting a federally recognized documents to inventors with a new idea, the government is able to make these ideas public while at the same time protecting the rights of the inventor. This free exchange of…
Apple’s victory over Samsung smells different than most patent infringement cases marauding our courts. This wasn’t some picayune money grab by an NPE. And unlike Nokia, Apple doesn’t have to woo investors with a patent portfolio.…
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , manufacturers of the Ortho Tri-Cyclen birth control drug, are filing an injunction against Glenmark Generics, Ltd. , an Indian-based generic drug manufacturer that manufactures and sells numerous generic products within the…
Microelectromechanical system gyroscopes may be small in stature, but a patent infringement claim against MEMS upstart InvenSense in the California Northern District Court illustrates just how big the market has become. Wacoh Company, a Japanese R&D…
ACTION : Infringement of U.S. Patent 5,827,529 (referred to as “529 Patent) by Noven Therapeutics/ Noven Pharmaceuticals , makers of products such as the ADHD drug Daytrana, at a considerable harm to the transdermal drug delivery technology company…
Intellectual Ventures paints itself a champion of innovation and a liberator of inventors. More and more detractors consider the patent private equity firm steered by polymath Nathan Myhrvold a giant patent troll. Not long ago, Intellectual Ventures was…
As if Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook don’t have enough problems, Facebook’s being sued. The patent infringement suit filed by Software Rights Archives LLC (SRA) puts Facebook among the ranks of Twitter, Google, Yahoo, AOL, and Microsoft as a…
