Sentences with phrase «than software patents»

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Of course, it's a little more complicated than simply banning every single software patent that already exists.

And Google is holding on to most of Motorola's more than 20,000 mobile patents, providing Google with legal protection for its widely used Android software for smartphones and tablet computers.

Shares of Finjan Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNJN), a provider of cyber-security software and tools, surged higher by more than 8 percent early Thursday morning after the company was awarded a new patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office (Upatent by the US Patent and Trademark Office (UPatent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

«The marketplace for new ideas has been corrupted by software patents used as destructive weapons,» the story's authors wrote, noting that last year, for the first time, Apple and Google spent more on patent litigation and intellectual property than on research and development, a striking fact that sharply illustrates how incentives have become skewed in the tech industry.

At the moment, it is widely agreed in Europe that software embodies mathematical ideas and discoveries, rather than mechanical inventions, and as such can not sensibly be patented.

Dr. Ghouri is the first author of more than 70 peer reviewed scientific publications and principal author on eight granted US Patents in analytics, medical devices, and software.

During that time, 16 individual IP and franchise acquisitions were concluded, resulting in a catalogue of more than 250 actively sold games, over 60 trademarks, hundreds of web domains and a few patents for hardware and software.

Could there be a more awesome name for patented videogame vivisection software than «Zippertech»?

Software patents are controversial in and of themselves, simply because while most agree that creators deserve rights over their ideas, there's often only one way to do things in software and the speed at which things move mean that a patent is more likely to hobble innovation than promote it — which is after all the intended point of the system in the first place.

Edgar says pharmaceutical patents were more likely to run into problems with the promise doctrine than in the software and electronic hardware industries where he does most of his patent work.

He brings more than a decade of experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications in a variety of technical areas, including microprocessor and memory designs, network equipment and software, semiconductors, testing and verification software, databases and storage, and mobile computing and sensor systems.

Taking an example of software related inventions, it is possible that applicant can obtain a patent right with a broader scope in Japan than in the United States.

Nevertheless, all these changes have had rather limited impact on the practice of the Polish Patent Office according to which software exclusion is interpreted much more broadly than in the European Patent Office (EPO).

I noticed something similar years ago: Heather Meeker, pro bono counsel for the Mozilla Foundation, wrote an op - ed for LinuxInsider that called on the community not to oppose software patents and claimed copyright is a bigger problem for open source than patents (although no open source community member I know would agree).

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).

I'm much more focused on software patents than design patents, so I don't have a firm opinion.

As a result, the U.S. may have become more hostile to software - related inventions than Canada, with less than 12 per cent of challenged U.S. patent claims being upheld according to some estimates.

That's clearly a much more critical view of (software) patents than merely supporting the philosophy of Justice Kennedy in the eBay case that injunctions over minor features would give patent holders undue leverage.

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.

No institution is more responsible for the recent explosion of patent litigation in the software industry, the rise of patent trolls, and the proliferation of patent thickets than the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

One would be hard pressed to imagine a more troubling instantiation of this model than the one practiced by Lodsys Group, LLC... Lodsys burst onto the patent assertion scene in 2011 by firing off a spate of demand letters to app developers, many of whom are individuals with extremely little revenue, alleging that they were using software related to «in - app purchasing» that was covered by a handful of Lodsys - owned patents...

Too often, software patents apply broadly to all possible approaches to a problem, rather than to a specific solution.

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.

In the first part of the report, EFF provides in - depth analysis of how overbroad and vague software patents, combined with an insufficient review process by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, have hindered rather than supported innovation.

Finally, today's discussion draft focuses on litigation system, rather than targeting the root cause of the problem: the flood of low - quality, over-broad software patents.

EFF has posted seven proposals for software patent reform at Defendinnovation.org, including shortening the term for software patents from 20 years to no more than five years, allowing winning parties in litigation to recover fees and costs, and ensuring that infringers who arrive at a patented idea independently aren't held liable, for example.

Trolls bring suits involving software patents 62 percent of the time; when those suits involve patents that have been litigated more than once, they concern software 94 percent of the time.

With the conference at Santa Clara, public participation in finding prior art and learning about the patent process on AskPatents, and continued legislative scrutiny of our patent system via the SHIELD Act, perhaps critics of software patents and troll proliferation will receive more than a lump of coal this holiday season.

In fact, lawsuits surrounding software patents have more than tripled since 1999.

If you are looking for a legal services startup that's truly unique, look no further than Intraspexion, the company using deep learning and predictive analytics to predict and prevent potential litigation (through their own patented software system)-- before it happens.

More than half the 406 blockchain related patents last year were filed by China as the market for securing software for digital assets boomed last year.

He also holds more than ten U.S. and international patents for inventions in machine learning, image processing, and software and telecommunications systems.