The patent wars engulfing the tech industry have taken a new twist as five cable companies filed a lawsuit to stop Rockstar, a consortium owned by Google (s goog) competitors that bought up 4,000
old patents in 2012 and began suing a wide variety of device makers.
As we've noted before, Google's non-aggression pact is no magic bullet to stop nuisance cloud - based lawsuits, in part because it provides little deterrent to so - called trolls — shell companies, often backed by lawyers and private investors, that do nothing but acquire
old patents in order to file lawsuits.
The rise of patent trolls, which are a target of the proposed law, can be traced in no small part to Intellectual Ventures, which has armed thousands of shell companies with
old patents in recent years.
Not exact matches
Apple, which won a federal suit
in California that Samsung infringed on iPhone
patents, is trying to get the courts to force Samsung to stop selling
older Galaxy products
in the U.S..
On June 4, the ITC, the U.S. agency that serves as a watchdog on international trade, ruled
in favor of Samsung's
patent and limited the ability of Apple to sell some
older smartphone products.
• «My grandfather — who is now 94 and who's got all the zipper machine
patents in Google
patent search — took me to Radio Shack when I was about 8 years -
old.
In February, Brian Camelio, a former studio musician for Journey and Phish who some consider the father of crowdfunding, obtained a
patent for a process that is similar to 2.5 - year -
old Kickstarter's business model.
And the court has given states broad immunity from being sued
in any court for money damages — for example, for infringing a
patent or discriminating against
older or disabled state employees — even though the Constitution limits this immunity only to suits
in federal court by a citizen of a different state.
I think I have an idea of where it began and why it grew and how it continues to grow — it's a combination of my origin story, of comparison, of our messed - up culture, of over-heard comments, of patriarchal bullshit, of feeling different than the
patented ideal, of thought conditioning, of despair, of how we centre women who conform to the ideal, of our fear of getting
older, of how the women
in my circles spoke about their own bodies and obsessed over calorie counting and wrinkles, of how our culture speaks about women everywhere from the Internet to sanctuaries to coffee shops to our own inner monologues.
We of the present age are not the first to find difficulties
in the
Old Testament, for they are
patent.
I am 25 yrs
old, got a Masters degree
in Aerospace, work at GM with 2
patents and 2 technial publications and I am a muslim.
My soon to be 7 - year -
old son is going into 3rd grade
in the fall and is very active, so he chose KidsShoes branded Spotty Short Sneakers with
patented extra cushioning Action Flex technology.
This stroller allows the
older child to sit on the
patented rear platform while the other while the younger child can seat
in front riding.
«Innovative
in both concept and design the
patented spill - resistant Munchie Mug eliminates snack - time messes for children 10 months and
older.
On Wednesday and next Thursday, the East Hampton Historical Society will offer an overview of the Dongan
Patent, which set the format for East Hampton Town's
oldest governing body, established
in 1686.
With the approval of the local ethics committee, a 16 - year -
old boy with a rare type of liver cancer called fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma was given infusions of 3BP into the blood vessels supplying the tumor, formulated
in a proprietary and
patented fashion.
Gunther Karsten, a 43 - year -
old patent translator and seven - time German memory champion, showed up
in his distraction - minimizing uniform: earmuffs and sunglasses with the lenses taped over except for two small pinholes.
And to ensure that his postdocs and staff don't feel they are doing work
in the lab that can be funneled into one of his ventures, he encourages open discussion about
patents and he generally doesn't transfer any IP discovered
in his academic lab into an
old company.
Two new industries, biotechnology and multimedia, are getting very upset about entrepreneurs who file broad
patents on ideas that others
in the industry regard as
old and well known.
If at any time
in the future a competitor independently invents and
patents the same idea, the original inventor simply waves an
old copy of the Lapland Pig Breeders» Gazette at them.
It was during Einstein's spare time as a technical examiner
in the Swiss
patent office
in 1905 that the 26 - year -
old produced four major papers that would change science forever.
Observers see the ruling as the first significant test of the European Union's decade -
old «biotechnolgy directive,» a policy statement that backed DNA
patents in principle.
Stanford University and the researchers have filed for a
patent on the microchip, and the researchers also are working to launch a startup company to help get the method approved by the FDA and bring it to market, both
in the United States and
in parts of the world where the
old test is too expensive and difficult to use.
E.V.: Under the
old system, TTOs encouraged their academic scientists to maintain good records of their conception and reduction - to - practice of an invention,
in case a
patent or
patent application was pulled into a
patent interference used to determine who invented it first.
The harmonica was
patented in 1821 by a 16 - year -
old German boy.
During my decision - making process, I had occasion to lunch with an
old friend from high school who was training as a
patent agent
in the field of mechanical engineering.
Feng and colleagues Robert Desimone, director of the McGovern Institute, and MIT professor Feng Zhang, a co-inventor of the CRISPR technology (pending U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office investigation and ruling), are working with Chinese researchers to develop CRISPR - modified macaques — a monkey found
in many
Old World environments — to model human schizophrenia and autism.
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in Slate MAC Lipstick
in Faux ESSIE Under Where?
And if Wiggins seems too inexperienced to feel completely natural onscreen, the
patented mix of ache and rage that Paul honed for years on «Breaking Bad» serves him well
in an
older role.
Plummer's a very different actor from Spacey: a generation
older (actually closer to the age of the actual Getty) and possessed of a trademark irascible warmth,
in contrast to Spacey's
patented icy deadpan.
He built his empire on the image of Mickey Mouse (who made his debut
in 1928), but Disney really
patented the brand concept
in 1955, with the launch of Disneyland, where kids could see
old familiar -LSB-...]
He lays it all out for you — his main character's contradictions —
in his
patented measured,
old - fashioned style.
While Amazon likes to obfuscate this fact, the underlying black and white electronic ink display
in the Paperwhite isn't made by Amazon, but its
old partner (and holder of many
patents on the technology) E Ink.
What You May Have Missed New RIM
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in the UKBlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour registration.
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You can go
old school with pirate skeletons protecting treasure chests, or totally modern with movie or video game characters
in their
patented poses.
The
oldest patent I have found so far for an automatic litter box looks,
in concept, very similar to the current LitterMaid and LitterMaid Elite products.
The company's
patented bed upcyles
old or gently used items like dog beds, towels, sheets, blankets or clothes to stuff
in a Molly Mutt sack, which is zipped into a stylish duvet cover.
The pharmaceutical companies producing them see these products as restoring their dominance
in a market where
older patents have expired.
An
older patent discovered by NeoGAF user Disorientator shows a different controller design that looks like a smaller, simpler Wii U GamePad, complete with physical controls and a touchscreen
in the middle.
Most exhibitions take place
in the museum's main building, the
old Patent Office Building (shared with the National Portrait Gallery), while craft - focused exhibitions are shown
in the Renwick Gallery.
American Art's main building, the
Old Patent Office Building, is a National Historic Landmark located
in Washington, D.C.'s downtown cultural district.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum first opened to the public
in its current location
in 1968 when the Smithsonian renovated the
Old Patent Office Building
in order to display its collection of fine art.
The CLT Panels are sitting on Glulam beams, an
older technology
patented in Germany
in 1872.
The most recent was granted
in September 2014,
Patent Number 1,341,640 but there are likely several other «Old Act» patent applications still working through the patent o
Patent Number 1,341,640 but there are likely several other «
Old Act»
patent applications still working through the patent o
patent applications still working through the
patent o
patent office.
There are significant differences between «
Old Act» and «New Act»
patents,
in addition to the numbering scheme, including their term — 17 years from grant for
Old Act
patents and 20 years from the filing date for New Act
patents.
The «Steve Jobs
patent» is theoretically being enforced against Samsung through an ITC import ban that entered into force
in October 2013, but simultaneously with an infringement finding relating to
older products, the ITC cleared Samsung's designaround products for this
patent, including among various others the Galaxy Note, because the ITC concluded that they don't practice at least one limitation of the asserted claims of the» 949
patent.