Sentences with phrase «other software patents»

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Traditionally, patents prohibit others from copying new devices and processes, while copyrights do the same for creative endeavors like books, music or software.

Patent trolls now threaten a variety of targets: city governments, hotels, banks and many other entities that happen to use software as a routine part of their business.

Patent trolls are increasingly targeting Main Street retailers, consumers and other end - users of products containing patented technology — for instance, for using point - of - sale software or a particular business method.

The United States plans to apply the tariffs to about $ 50 billion worth of goods to punish China for its theft of trade secrets, including software, patents and other technology.

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Other scientists still argue that software should not be patented because it is composed of unpatentable mathematical algorithms.

Others questioned whether software should be patented at all.

The US Patent and Trademark Office database gives only a few hints at what this might be: it is tagged as «video game software,» «downloadable game program for playing on mobile phones and smart phones,» «downloadable screen saver software and wallpaper software for mobile phones and smart phones,» among others.

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The holder of software patents for lip - sync animation technology urged the Federal Circuit on Wednesday to not rehear its September decision that found the asserted claims patent - eligible under Alice, arguing that Electronic Arts and other gaming companies are trying to gin up a...

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Modern technology has many other contributors, but an amazing amount of modern computing and communications technologies has some heritage somewhere in Bell Labs» patents, software, or mathematics.

However, with the rise of software and other computer - based information - processing methods, the U.S. Patent Office could often not determine whether a given patent application was a technological invention or a business praPatent Office could often not determine whether a given patent application was a technological invention or a business prapatent application was a technological invention or a business practice.

A Texas federal court judge granted an injunction against Microsoft, barring the company from selling some of its Word word - processing software because it violates a Canadian company's patent related to XML (extensible markup language), reports The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and other media sources.

The rule would exclude patents covering tax preparation software or «other tools used to perform or model mathematical calculations or to provide mechanical assistance in the preparation of tax or information returns.»

The complaints against kCura's partners allege that their use and provision to others of the Relativity software constitutes an infringement of the patent.

That decision will be much more important since the software patents at issue in that case are potentially much broader than the iPad design patent and allegedly cover techniques that are found in many other products (other Samsung products as well as third - party products).

«Benchmark studies had shown the software giant, he explained, that other information technology companies filed about two patents for every $ 1 million they spent on research and development.

Mr. Bauer also has extensive experience advising a variety of clients on a range of other types of technology transactions, including patent acquisition and cross-licensing agreements, software and hardware development and licensing arrangements, product manufacturing and distribution agreements, outsourcing and services agreements, and data and content licensing agreements.

It could also be used for a piece of software or other patented technology such as a manufacturing process.

«The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) has launched an «online patent commons reference library» at patentcommons.org with searchable databases containing «promises, pledges, covenants and other legal undertakings made by contributors» to benefit open - source software and standards,» writes Bill Heinze.

If clients are potential indirect patent infringers, meaning they don't actually directly infringe, but they either contribute to infringement (e.g., they supply the key component making infringement possible in an otherwise not - infringing product) or their actions would arguably encourage the direct infringement of others (e.g., a patent claims playing a video game and the client developed the software and sold the game hoping hundreds of thousands of gamers would play it), how can we help insulate them from liability?

Mr. Duan explained that design patent litigation isn't nearly as widespread as software patent litigation, but depending on what happens in Apple v. Samsung and other design patent damages cases, design patents could give rise to many lawsuits by patent trolls in the not too distant future.

Bob is a trial attorney with extensive experience in cases involving trade secrets, covenants not to compete, trademark infringement, software licenses, copyright infringement and patent infringement, as well as other commercial litigation matters.

His patent litigation experience also extends to a wide range of other technologies, including consumer electronics, specialty chemicals, automotive parts, financial services, medical devices, as well as software and web services.

His practice focuses on open source and patent prosecution and client counseling in a variety of fields including computer software, video games, virtual worlds, social media, virtual reality and 3 - D imaging, augmented reality, social networks, mobile advertising and mobile payments, medical devices, among others.

Microsoft on its anti-piracy and copyright enforcement programme in New Zealand, and during its engagement with New Zealand Government agencies over recent patent reform where, among other changes, the New Zealand parliament significantly amended New Zealand law on the patentability of software

Some of the court's reasoning showed that software patent injunctions are still available in the United States, but the Versata ruling is considerably less useful to Apple because, among other things, the court believed that Versata's relevant patent was central to an add - on product that SAP sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars per installation.

Others have pointed to the laxity of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), which they say has allowed too many patents on obvious software inventions.

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Whether you are patenting mechanical devices, medical products, computer software, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals or ideas in numerous other fields, we are likely to have a lawyer who has written such a patent.

Patent trolls are increasingly targeting Main Street retailers, consumers and other end - users of products containing patented technology — for instance, for using point - of - sale software or a particular business method.

Our powerful, patented, award - winning software excels at searching and analyzing contract text and can be deployed for due diligence, knowledge management, lease abstraction, regulatory compliance and other projects where visibility into contract provisions is critical.

Some of our notable entertainment and media attorneys are: John Quinn, General Counsel of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who has also represented entertainment and media clients in a number of high profile cases; Kathleen Sullivan, the former Dean of Stanford Law School, First Amendment scholar, and nationally renowned appellate advocate, who heads the firm's appellate practice group; Bob Raskopf, an expert in the sports, entertainment and media bars in New York, who is perhaps best known for his work on behalf of professional sports leagues and teams, newspapers and publishers; Claude Stern, who has represented a broad array of leading software developers, videogame manufacturers, online publishers and other media clients in all forms of intellectual property litigation, including copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, and licensing disputes; Bruce Van Dalsem, who has tried and resolved disputes for studios, producers and performing artists in the film, television, music and finance businesses, securing a top five verdict in California based on the misappropriation of a film library; Gary Gans, an expert litigator in motion picture financing, production and distribution disputes, as well as copyright and idea theft cases, who has been named in 2012 by The Hollywood Reporter as one of America's «Top Entertainment Attorneys;» Jeff McFarland, who has litigated entertainment related cases for more than 20 years, including cases involving motion picture and television series profits, video game licenses, idea theft and the «seven year rule;» and Michael Williams, who represents a satellite exhibitor and other media clients in trademark, copyright, patent, antitrust and other commercial litigation.

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While the technology was developed with Microsoft, the patent and intellectual property (IP) rights remain with the hospital, which plans to now sell the software to other hospitals, creating a new line of business and revenue stream.

«Samsung and Google own a lot of patents, but they haven't been able to gain much leverage from those patents against Apple, Microsoft [Corp.] and others,» Florian Mueller, an intellectual - property consultant in Germany who specializes in software patents, wrote on his blog.

Other tech companies, including Microsoft (s msft) and IBM, have taken a different view of the case, suggesting in their briefs that Alice Corp's patents are not appropriate but expressing approval for other types of software patOther tech companies, including Microsoft (s msft) and IBM, have taken a different view of the case, suggesting in their briefs that Alice Corp's patents are not appropriate but expressing approval for other types of software patother types of software patents.

When I go around and talk to other entrepreneurs, what I hear is that they're afraid that if they become successful, they're going to be targeted by patent trolls... What are you planning to do to limit the abuse of software patents?

Obama's support for the new law in Congress comes as the FTC is investigating prominent patent trolls for anti-trust violations, and as the Supreme Court prepares to hear an important case that could limit or end software patents; in other words, the erosion of the patent system has become so severe that all three branches of government are working to fix it.

According to the source tied to Google, Leahy has signaled that his bill (preview here) is a «Christmas tree,» meaning other politicians can hang their preferred provisions atop it; the bill that will ultimately get a vote on the Senate floor will likely contain a provision to challenge software patents.

After years of asking defendants to take it on faith that the system is working, it's now up to Microsoft and others to justify that their ancient software patents — which award 20 - year monopolies in a fast - moving industry — do more good than harm.

This means we don't need to try to distinguish between software patents and other patents.

I... recommend that we approach the problem at the other end, by legislating that software to run on general - purpose computing hardware be excluded from patent infringement.

But Apple enriched Xerox and other companies it purportedly «stole» from, and nobody had patents on any of the software.