Sentences with phrase «over patents»

Some point to so - called patent trolls, companies that exist solely to sue over patent violations.

The development is the latest twist in a dispute over patents on the and gene variants that raise the risk of breast cancer.

There has been buzz over patents in the past that has not come to fruition.

Some days you love the tech industry, and some days you wonder if the fighting over patents will ever come to an end.

For example, patents covering the overall design of a product may have advantages over patents covering individual components of the product.

This reminded me of the debate over patent quality.

This will lead to more patent purchases, lawsuits, and settlements over patented technology in the near term.

The company has been facing disputes from a number of its partners over its patents, licensing, and royalties.

Its devices aren't selling well, executives have abandoned ship, and it's even gotten into a spot of trouble over its patents.

Guest: it's referred to as a patent troll because it doesn't do anything but sue over patents.

Apple may have won quite a few back to back court battles over patent infringement cases, but has had a «minor» setback in China.

In Jang v. Boston Scientific Corp., [15] the court considered whether it had appellate jurisdiction over a patent license dispute.

Apple and Qualcomm are presently embroiled in an international legal battle over patent royalties and the Cupertino - based company is said to be planning to completely circumvent using Qualcomm - made chips in its iPhones and iPads in the near future, though the EC's decision isn't expected to impact that dispute in any manner.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Apple also have sued Qualcomm over patent licenses.

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Later, President Obama expressed his concern over patent trolls and called for reform.

Apple filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm over its patent licensing agreements.

One long - standing feature of the U.S. patent system is exclusive court jurisdiction over patent cases.

Motorola Mobility is being sued by a Google - funded company over a patent infringement allegation into Android smartphones.

Among other things, players collect money, gather up to three «invention cards,» experience pitfalls related to the FDA approval process, and battle with other players over patent litigation and sales of intellectual property.

Joining the ever - increasing crowd of lawmakers who are angry over the patent troll problem, Senator Chuck Schumer has introduced new legislation targeting the issue: the Patent Quality Improvement Act.

Creative Technology, based in Singapore, on Monday filed suit against Apple Computer over patent claims.

The two companies are mired in legal disputes over patents on many internal components going into smartphones.

- there is an effort to ensure for TNCs greater power and incomes through Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) such as over patents.

Samsung is mired in global legal battles with Apple over patent infringement claims, HP discontinued production of its TouchPad after just seven weeks and RIM shipped only 200,000 PlayBooks last quarter, when Apple sold 9.25 million iPads.

Exclusive federal jurisdiction at the trial level, combined with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's exclusive jurisdiction over patent appeals, helps to ensure the uniform application of patent law nationwide.

«Anecdotally, I've heard that some of the litigation that would have been filed in this quarter was shifted up and filed in Q2 because of concern over patent reform,» he added.

Samsung's countersuit is a typical move in the tech world, with major firms holding thousands of patents routinely suing and countersuing each other over patent issues.

Including Lipitor, patent expiries in 2010 - 13 will jeopardize revenues amounting to more than US$ 95 billion for ten of the largest drug companies (see «Peering over the patent cliff»).

She also commented that patent law needed to be reformed to find «a balance between adequately producing innovation while reducing the payday for those pursuing litigation over patents held on small advances in complex technologies.»

Actor Eddie Redmayne has signed on to play influential lawyer Paul Cravath — who became a name partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore — in a historical film about a battle over the patent for the light bulb.

The latest tussle over patents began when the Canadian telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks declared bankruptcy and put up for sale its portfolio of about 6,000 patents covering an array of wireless and Internet technologies.

Street - style stars are obsessing over patent leather pieces, and so is Rihanna.

Similar looks were featured at Fendi, with wide, checked belts on display over patent leather trench coats of the same pattern.

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A patent issued before market authorization has priority over patents issued after market authorization (as would be expected, given that earlier issued patents have had more of their patent monopoly wasted during government approval).

Microsoft earlier sued Samsung over a patent cross-licensing disagreement that it signed in 2011.

Magistrate Mumm is currently presiding over a patent dispute between two aerospace companies, and things have gotten a bit testy during depositions, calling for a benchslap to both client and attorney.

I don't want to take a position on whether patentees or those facing royalty demands and lawsuits over patents that should never have been granted suffer more.

In the meantime, Microsoft has won three German injunctions against Motorola over patents relating to text messaging, file systems and input methods.

In the meantime, Congress should consider stepping in to strip the Federal Circuitâ $ ™ s power over patents and bring relief to the consumers who ultimately pay for nonsense patent lawsuits in the form of higher product prices.»

The patent court's thirtieth birthday this week is a good time to ask whether it was a mistake to give the nation's most patent - friendly appeals court such broad authority over the patent system.

This time, Microsoft is suing over patents such as ones that cover editing electronic documents, and capturing and rendering annotations.

Especially since Apple has been having legal problems over patent rights with Samsung in some key world markets.

RIM has reportedly been ordered to pay $ 147.2 million in damages over a patent concerning how it manages devices connected to its BlackBerry exchange servers.

The company has had to defend many aspects of its business, ranging from the use of name Donkey Kong, the 3D camera technology used in the Nintendo 3DS, the multiple screens on the Nintendo DS, and it also reached an agreement with Philips after it aimed to ban Wii U sales over patent infringement.

The towing equipment company announced it settled a four - year - old dispute with rival Hopkins over patent rights to electronic brake controllers.