Sentences with phrase «sued by a patent»

The White House's Patent Assertion and Innovation report of June 2013 found that since 2005, the number of defendants sued by patent trolls had quadrupled.

And researchers from Harvard and the University of Texas recently examined R&D spending of publicly listed firms that had been sued by patent trolls.

A researcher at MIT found, for example, that medical imaging businesses sued by a patent troll reduced revenues and innovations relative to comparable companies that were not sued.

Most business owners sued by patent trolls don't talk about it to anyone other than their lawyer; a typical response is to cross one's fingers and hope the problem goes away.

When I started my company, I knew in the back of my mind that it wasn't a matter of if we'd get sued by a patent troll, but a matter of when.

Suppose you get sued by a patent troll.

My small welding shop grew to become one of the largest agricultural equipment companies in America and employ nearly 1,000 people, but we were sued by a patent troll that owned a broadly - named patent.

Since 2005, the number of defendants sued by patent trolls has quadrupled.

I've just patented the idea for creating a SHIELD act that protects companies from being sued by patent trolls, and acts that prevent the creation of patents regardless of cost and / or «how - frivolous - they - may - seem.»

A recent study showed that more than half of the firms sued by patent trolls have less than $ 10 million in annual revenue — with startups being a common target.

In that case, a group of pharmacies and grocery stores is being sued by a patent owner with a family of patents relating to processing discounts.

This insurance is exactly what the name implies: customers pay a fee in order to receive legal assistance if and when they are threatened or sued by a patent owner.

If members are sued by a patent troll, encourage them to seek assistance from the Legal Action Program.

Not exact matches

Tesla — Tesla was sued by Utah - based Nikola Motor for patent infringement involving the automaker's Tesla Semi, its electric heavy duty truck.

InterDigital, a U.S. company that earns money by suing and securing licensing agreements for its patents, was unable to find a buyer last year.

Tesla is being sued by Nikola Motor, which makes hydrogen - powered semi-trucks, in a lawsuit alleging design patent infringements.

Waymo, the driverless car unit spun off by Alphabet's Google, sued Uber in February for misappropriating trade secrets and infringing on patents pertaining to its proprietary lidar technology.

Canada's Federal Court could be given greater powers to combat unacceptable behaviour by domestic and foreign «patent trolls» — companies that do not make or sell a product but sue other companies for patent infringement based on existing patent rights the troll has secured.

Acorda responded by suing them, seeking a court declaration that its patents on the drugs were valid.

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.

For this reason, Myriad contends that hundreds of its patents are still valid, and has sued competitor test - providers Ambry Genetics and Gene by Gene for patent infringement.

Trademarks, patents and other intellectual property are fiercely guarded by their owners, who will usually sue to either get a cut of any profit by way of licence or to prevent its use all together,» says Donald Ramsbottom, a solicitor in Portsmouth who specialises in Internet law.

The legal fight began in 2005 when Stanford sued Roche for refusing to pay royalties on three patents held by the university on the HIV test.

When sued by Kodak, Sony searched out documents which had been published before the patent was filed — known in the patent law as «prior art» — and asked the patent office to re-examine the scope of Kodak's legal monopoly.

Monsanto, the largest soy producer now sues every farmer who gets their soy cross-pollinated by Monsanto's patented GMO crops.

By 2001, the five growers who had been sued went to the U.S. Federal District Court of Maryland with the defense that questioned: «Can a plant long well known in nature and cultivated and eaten by humans for decades, be patented merely on the basis of recent realization that the plant has always had some heretofore unknown but naturally occurring beneficial feature?&raquBy 2001, the five growers who had been sued went to the U.S. Federal District Court of Maryland with the defense that questioned: «Can a plant long well known in nature and cultivated and eaten by humans for decades, be patented merely on the basis of recent realization that the plant has always had some heretofore unknown but naturally occurring beneficial feature?&raquby humans for decades, be patented merely on the basis of recent realization that the plant has always had some heretofore unknown but naturally occurring beneficial feature?»

From what could find in this tired state, nintendo and M$ were sued by apparent patent trolls who only wish to sue instead of using patents to make products.

The maker of the Kindle e-reader is now being sued for violating the patent on its Kindle Special Offers screen saver technology by the company that claims to hold that... [Read more...]

Both Apple and Google along with many of their developers are being sued by Lodsys who owns a patent for «in app payment methods.»

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

All but Sam's Club were sued for allegedly copying one patent by having surveys on their websites, while Sam's Club, Black & Decker, and Vitamin Shoppe were sued for just using «feedback soliciting FAQs» or live help chat.

Discovery Communications is suing e-retailer Amazon.com, saying that its popular e-book reader the Kindle infringes upon a patent held by the company.

In fact, it has been suggested that patent holders could take a similar approach to copyright owners — in this case by suing the manufacturers of the printers and the (re) sellers of CAD blueprints on the basis of contributory infringement.

For example, if China was sued for violating a utility patent on the Humvee design and a U.S. federal court found that it was a commercial activity of a state owned company rather than an act of the Chinese military, per se, the U.S. court could enter a judgment against China and the patent owned could collect it by seizing U.S. Treasury bonds owned by China.

A company suing on similar U.S. patents in the United States, ArrivalStar, has been called a troll by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for its patent infringement actions against municipal transit systems and organized a search for prior art against its patents.

Its Android mobile software has attracted a lawsuit from Oracle, while handset makers using the software have also been sued by both Apple and Microsoft, which claims an existing, perpetual license to Nortel patents.

The decision results from a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by TC Heartland, a liquid sweetener manufacturer that was sued for patent infringement in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, in its attempt to have the action against it transferred to a more favorable forum.

This month, the St. Regis Tribe sued Amazon and Microsoft for patent infringement, asserting data processing patents it was assigned by SRC Labs.

(Somehow, by the way, Asman is also suing the Electronic Frontier Foundation (in a separate lawsuit) on behalf of Scott Horstemeyer, apparently because EFF hurt Horstemeyer's feelings by calling his patent stupid.

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In theory, this fee provision should deter aggressive and frivolous litigation by non-practicing entities (so - called patent trolls), by emboldening companies being sued by the trolls to stand their ground and fight back, instead of settling.

The literature suggests that, because of fears of jury bias, foreign patent holders are less likely to sue in the United States than are domestic patent holders; when they do, they put forward only their strongest patents.4 While jury bias is a serious problem, it is made worse by venue rules that limit actions to the jurisdiction in which the infringer is either incorporated or «has committed acts of infringement and has a regular and established place of business.»

Netflix, among others, has also been sued for its download content feature, by Blackbird Technologies, a patent trolling / squatting firm, over the patent governing downloadable video content.

In January, it sued several cable companies, saying their cable modems infringed Rockstar patents by using the DOCSIS standard.

Omni MedSci, the company suing Apple, is owned by Mohammed Islam, who in 2015 was described by a Detroit news site as a «poster child for a patenting professional.»

Recent public comments by Apple show that the Cupertino gadget company has reason to believe it's the most popular target of so - called «patent trolls,» companies whose only business is suing over patents.

Another interesting «troll» stat, one not revealed in Apple's filings: Samsung, a company that has been sued by arch-rival Apple over patents, is the trolls» fifth most popular target.

Along with more than 40 other public safety companies, I was sued by 911 Notify, a notorious patent troll.»

Approximately one in three patent suits were filed in that remote, troll - friendly district, and these suits were almost all filed by companies with no business other than suing for patent infringement.

Meanwhile, the app developers best hope for now may be Martha Stewart — who became annoyed by Lodsys and last week sued to crush its patents in Wisconsin.