As Nokia clearly went to great lengths to assert its strongest patents first, we are confident that its non-essential patent portfolio poses little threat to HTC.
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More than a decade later, HP was granted one of the first patents for blade server architectures.
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One of the centerpieces of this effort is PGR, which allows third parties to challenge patents within the first 9 months of their life.
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The biggest worry is that Pfizer's strategy, if copied, will make the 180-day exclusivity period worth far less, and thus discourage generics firms from challenging patents in the first place.
It took a century for the nation of tinkerers and basement inventors to be awarded the first million patents.
Google's move on Motorola and its warehouse of patents appeared bold at first sight, offering the prospect of a more integrated Android ecosystem.
Reform would bring the U.S. patent system in line with the rest of the world by granting patents on a "first-to-file" rather than a "first-to-invent" basis.
They further say their bigger rival applied for the patents before the FAA first proposed the new rule in spring 1998--without revealing its interest to the agency.
The news that some of Apple's patents had been invalidated was first reported by patent consultant Florian Mueller.
The ITU's roundtable discussing the controversy over standard-essential patents has wrapped up its first day, and surprise -- there wasn't immediate harmony.
Armed with his patents and financing from Crocker First National Bank in California he established a small laboratory in San Francisco on Green Street, at the foot of Telegraph Hill.
Among the proposed changes in both bills is a measure to convert the U.S. to a "first-to-file" system for granting patents (which most other countries use) rather than the "first-to-invent" system currently in place.
Over the course of its existence, the brand collected several patents, including one for its first waterproof trunk in 1854 and the ultralight Maille Anglaise in wicker that was introduced in 1873.
Motorola was one of the first companies to develop patents for GSM phone service and has used them to barter with other vendors for years, keeping its licensing costs to a minimum.
First, look at your own patents and consider cost concerns vis-a-vis both patent reexamination and litigation.
Mr Van Der Meer was granted the patents in 1998, five years before Facebook first appeared.
Patents played almost no role in protecting the first computer operating systems.
The issue of gene patents is coming to the fore with the first diagnostic test for breast cancer genes coming on to the market.
Lawyers for Calvin Klein haven't yet filed any paperwork in the case, but legal experts say they will likely use a host of potentially damaging defenses, including that Lululemon's patents should never have been granted in the first place.
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There are all sorts of things which can act as such barriers to entry: patents, copyrights, trademarks, geographical location, first mover advantage.
First, there are so many software patents, and they have such unclear boundaries, that finding and negotiating the rights to necessary patents is essentially impossible.
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In the U.S., the first generic drug maker to challenge the patents on a branded drug can be granted a six-month monopoly that prevents other copycats from entering the market.
The first half of the year saw Nokia book more patents than in any six-month period since 2007, Mr. Elop said, leaving Nokia with more than 30, 000 in all.
More than 5 million patents have been issued in the U.S. since the first patent law of 1790.
Patent consultant Florian Mueller said this was the first clear case of Google suing another company over its patents.
The first member of Congress to champion the abolition of software patents would attract a significant amount of attention and support from these prosperous and well-educated voters.
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Andrx Chief Executive Elliot Hahn says that if his company wins the first two parts of this case--covering three of five patents--it may go ahead and launch its drug without waiting for the trial to end.
In what would appear to be the first step towards complying with the order to license its standards-essential patents, Google has dropped some of its claims against Microsoft.
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