Novell is undergoing a transition as it has been acquired by software company Attachmate, and the patent sale is part of the acquisition deal.
This applied both to patent application filing decisions and to those made during negotiations with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as part of the process of obtaining a patent.
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Today, the District Court of Mannheim dismissed a complaint by Nokia that HTC had infringed the German part of patent EP 1 581 016 (the '016 patent) entitled "A Communication Network Terminal for Accessing Internet", and awarded HTC its legal costs.
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Previously, Motorola tried to ban sales of the Xbox in US and Germany as part of this patent dispute.
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Although not technically part of the patent, the application's attached visual aids are pretty creative too -- showcasing a completely redesigned Move wand with swappable button faceplates.
The patent system - a vital part of our innovation infrastructure, and the only way that inventors can be certain that their ideas can be protected from those who who would steal them.
"We tell inventors, Instead of keeping your idea locked up, tell how you did it, so someone else can do it, '" Rogan says, maintaining that patent protection is a necessary part of the process.
Meanwhile, rival chipmaker Broadcom got a piece of Qualcomm last June, when the U.S. government trade agency banned imports of phones powered by Qualcomm chips last June as part of a patent dispute between the companies--an order that was blunted by a federal judge in September.
Meanwhile, rival chipmaker Broadcom (nasdaq: BRCM - news - people ) got a piece of Qualcomm last June, when the U.S. government trade agency banned imports of phones powered by Qualcomm chips last June as part of a patent dispute between the companies--an order that was blunted by a federal judge in September.
The court documents are part of the ongoing patent fights between Apple and Samsung.
And part of having your patent incorporated into a standard is that you must licence them on a FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) terms to anyone who asks.
The Apple Samsung part of the smartphone patent fight fight fight is drawing to a close as the jury retires to consider its verdict.
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Abraham Lincoln, the only U.S. president to hold a patent, grew up in the same part of Indiana in which Bowman farms his soybeans.
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Many are coming off patent and being distributed and produced, in large part, by the generic drug makers.
On May 7th the first round of a three-part fight between Oracle and Google over patent and copyright claims relating to the Java programming language ended in a decision that denied outright victory to either firm.
Yesterday, the beleaguered handset maker disclosed that Apple has agreed to pay the company both a one-time lump sum and ongoing royalties as part of a deal to settle all patent infringement litigation between the two companies.
Patent law and litigation is for better or worse a big part of the business world in the U.S. So are debates over such lawsuits.
This is part of the contract that forms the basis for the patent system: in exchange for teaching the public how to practice the invention, a patent holder is granted a time-limited right to exclude others from doing so.
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In part for this reason, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is likely to see increased numbers of provisional applications, which if done properly can be a cost-effective way to obtain an early priority date for a patent application.
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As part of the Microsoft investment, the two parties have settled their patent litigation, and the new subsidiary will have a royalty-bearing license under Microsoft's patents for the Nook, the companies said.
Of course, there's no guarantee that such a system will indeed be a part of Apple's seemingly imminent streaming service, but the patent application was filed way back in November of 2009, which certainly means it's had plenty of time to implement it if it chose to.
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Part of the cause is the overall dismal market, but also to blame are patent expirations and slower government approval of new products.
Government must act the part, as it has in the United States through necessary laws such as bankruptcy and patent rights, protections through courts, incentives such as tax abatements and enabling bodies such as the Small Business Administration.
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