Patent litigations between competing high tech companies have become standard business practice. In recent years, patents have increasingly gained importance in the high-tech industry as tech giants such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and others have sought to stockpile patents in order to sue their competitors and to ward off lawsuits.  Companies are willing to [...]

Or the future? Nokia has filed a patent for vibrating phone-alert magnetic tattoos. For real.

Here are some links on a recent Supreme Court decision on the Prometheus blood monitoring patents or personalized medicine patents: Link 1, 2, and 3. Thank you to staffer Pavarthi Kota for the links!

On its face, the Indian Supreme Court hearing regarding Novartis’ failed patent application for one of its drugs, Gleevec, would seem to only excite interest among the truly hardcore, pedantic patent law observers.  Previously, the Madras High Court and Indian patent Appellate Board upheld an earlier ruling by India’s Patent Office that held that under [...]

Check out this blog post discussing the patent wars between cell phones. Kind of makes Disney villains seem small-time compared to  these tech companies!

Apple filed suit against Samsung in attempt to block sales of Samsung’s new Galaxy Nexus phone. Apple alleges that the Samsung device violates 4 patents that are central features to the iPhone. These patents include (1) the “slide to unlock” feature on the iPhone, (2) searching among multiple sources of info at once (which is [...]

In March 2011, Microsoft filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) against Barnes & Noble for patent infringement alleging that Barnes & Noble’s Android-based Nook portable devices violated three Microsoft patents. This complaint is just one of many complaints issued by Microsoft against Android software users. Many Android software vendors, including [...]

What if someone from the future told you that 20 or 30 years from now Apple or Google would be unable to find a buyer, would have stock valued at less than $0.50 per share, would be looking to sell almost all of its patents, and would be on the verge of filing for Chapter [...]

IPLJ BLOG FEATURE: From the Desk of the Editor Each month, Editor-in-Chief Jacqueline McMahon weighs in on topics and legal issues covered in the IPLJ. This month Jacqueline looks back on the key stories the IPLJ focused on this past year. “In keeping with the situation”… what better time to recap the exhaustive year of [...]

Just in time for Christmas, some news about America’s favorite holiday beverage. Coca-Cola’s super secret patented formula has been moved for the first time since 1925. Read all about it here, here, and here.   Thank you to staffer Heather Crawford for the links!