Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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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…
The tech IP vultures that circled around Nortel's demise reaped a hefty reward of patents, but at the cost of sharing the $4.5 billion patent windfall. Apple took the lion's share, but EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, RIM and Sony also made out very well.…
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…
Ric Richardson virtually established the now-familiar product authentication method, the "try and buy" approach seen on everything from magazine distribution to shareware to Microsoft products. The company that Richardson founded, Uniloc, went on…
Question: what parts of the US government are most concerned with patents? Easy answer: the USPTO. Extra credit if you named the Federal District Courts, the venue for patent disputes. In the past, those might have been the only answers, but you'll now…
"But in the decline of the empire, when every principle of health and life had been exhausted, the tardy application of this partial remedy was incapable of producing any important or salutary effects." -- Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the…
Groupon has grown successfully due to its ability to help city-dwellers explore local dining hotspots, discover various entertainment activities and purchase products they may not have previously considered. Its basis is pretty simple: customers come to…
In mythology, trolls are often portrayed as large brutes with little creativity and even worse manners who enjoy devouring innocent people. In stories and songs alike, they are often found hiding under bridges, waiting for their unsuspecting prey to pass…
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…
Apple spent a lot of 2011 in court (either directly, or in disguise), attempting to keep competitors’ smartphones and tablets off the market. If patent #8,082,523 is any indication, 2012 will be even worse. You don't have to interpret the wording…
Is Intellectual Ventures (IV) really the ‘King of Patent Trolls’? If so, the company has done its best to earn the title. Objectively speaking, the research credentials of founder Nathan Myhrvold are impressive. After studying under none other…
