4 September 2010, 8:23 pm
Innovation in Chinese enterprises is steadily increasing with more patents filed and more funds invested in research and development (R&D), the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC) said Saturday.... Read More »
3 September 2010, 2:50 pm
Apple has been granted nine new patents, and I thought I'd take a look at the claims therein and see whether they match up to the descriptions, and whether they seem (to this humble blogger) like realistic items for which to gain exclusive rights. I've included links to all the patents, but the USPT... Read More »
3 September 2010, 7:25 am
conceivably Tech: "Microsoft just received confirmation of a patent that hands the company the intellectual property of shutting an operating system down."... Read More »
3 September 2010, 5:43 am
Celgene Corp. said Friday that Natco Pharma Ltd. is challenging the biotechnology company's patents on the cancer drug Revlimid and it plans to defend them.... Read More »
2 September 2010, 9:14 am
Four patents held by a research organization Allen ran are being cited against 10 prominent companies, including Yahoo, eBay, and Staples.... Read More »
1 September 2010, 7:55 pm
The US Patent and Trademark Office has officially published a series of 19 newly granted patents for Apple Inc...... Read More »
1 September 2010, 11:24 am
Eli Lilly and Co. said Wednesday a federal appeals court upheld patents protecting its osteoporosis treatment Evista, giving the drugmaker a victory after some patent-related setbacks this summer.... Read More »
1 September 2010, 9:58 am
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Eli Lilly & Co. said Wednesday a federal appeals court ruled that method-of-use patents for the drug maker's osteoporosis medication Evista are valid. The patents are in effect until March 2014, Lilly said. The drug maker said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal ... Read More »
31 August 2010, 7:07 pm
Utah patents for guns, nightlights, eyewear and more Updated Aug 31, 2010 10:59PM MDT Method and process of collecting, packaging and processing recyclable waste, patent No. 7,784,399, invented by John Sasine and Marvin Acey of South Jordan, Charles Jongert of Sandy, and Jeffery A. Ashby of Taylorsv... Read More »
31 August 2010, 1:15 pm
Software patents have figured prominently in the news in recent weeks, thanks not just to Oracle's attack on Google but also--more recently--to Paul Allen's breathtaking multi-victim onslaught.... Read More »