Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
After two laps through the federal court system, Prometheus has at last received its final verdict from the US Supreme Court: this patent claiming administration of a therapeutic drug and observation of its metabolite levels is invalid for being based on…
Facebook recently fired a salvo in its defense against Yahoo by purchasing 750 patents from IBM. To backtrack a bit for those who have not been following the latest patent war, Yahoo recently sued Facebook . It’s not hard to see why they did it.…
Nokia has recently filed a patent to the US Patent and Trademark Office regarding the innovation of tattooing, stamping or spraying "ferromagnetic" material onto a user's skin and then pairing it with a mobile device. Cambridge-based Zoran…
In order to better understand the Yahoo vs Facebook lawsuit , let us examine the patents that Yahoo is disputing. Between April 2, 1999, when the patent was filed, and Jun 14, 2005 when it was issued, the 566 patent was rejected by the USPTO four times --…
In the late 1990s, Novartis manufactured and patented imatinib (with the brand name Gleevec), a drug that prolongs life in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Since its release, imatinib has offered hope for patients suffering from (CML);…
Yahoo Inc. alleges that Facebook has infringed ten of its patents related to social networking, advertising and privacy controls. Given Facebook's IPO, the move by Yahoo has been widely decried as an opportunistic cash grab , much like its lawsuit…
Approximately seven million Americans live with scoliosis, a condition wherein the spine is curved side-to-side in an s- or c-shape. Individuals living with this condition may be restrained in their physical abilities by shortness of breath, chest and back…
An ongoing battle, which went public in 2010, arrived in Santa Clara, California on February 17th. A technological company in China, Proview Technology, wants Apple to pay them $1.6 billion to compensate for their alleged trademark infringement on the…
Engulfed in the bidding frenzy of its upcoming $5 billion IPO , the last thing Facebook needed to hear was what Yahoo had to say to them this past Monday: if Facebook does not agree to pay licensing fees for about 10 to 20 patents that Yahoo holds, Yahoo…
Lawyers wrote a new chapter in the Patent Wars recently when Microsoft and Apple took on Google via Motorola Mobility. At issue were the royalties requested by Motorola to use its patents, particularly with regard to video standards. Motorola currently…
Remember that scene in the Harry Potter books where Harry falls off his broom and breaks his arm, and the nurse gives him Skele-gro to heal his breaks? This new patent, assigned to Drexel University, is kind of like that. These clever scientists are using…
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is still on the move across the globe. ACTA has a similar aim to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) twin bills that were recently halted in the US Congress due to an effective showing…
