Sentences with phrase «which licenses patents»

Several sources have said likely bidders also include Sweden's Ericsson and U.S. - based RPX Corp, which licenses patents on behalf of member clients for a fee.

Not exact matches

Further evidence of the decline can be seen in the decreasing rates of first - time patents since the 1980s, as well as increases in demand for professional licensing, which could further restrict new business opportunities by requiring expensive (and often unnecessary) credentials.

The FTC, which works with the Justice Department to enforce antitrust law, said that Qualcomm used its dominance in supplying baseband processors used in smartphones and tablets to extract elevated royalties for patents in what the complaint dubbed a «no license - no chips» policy.

Best of all, these sorts of innovations can be patented and then licensed to major corporations, which means potentially big bucks to the inventors for a very long time.

After the Microsoft sale Nokia was left with its core network equipment and services business plus its smaller HERE mapping and navigation unit and Nokia Technologies, which manages the licensing of its portfolio of patents and develops new products such as the N1 and the Z Launcher.

The relationship between industry and academic research programs is facilitated by Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs), which meticulously account for the ideas that have the potential to go to market and achieve patents or licenses.

So as far as the Apple lawsuit, which cuts right to the heart of Qualcomm's patent - licensing business model, Jacobs offers a strong attack on his company's adversary.

Following news that Nokia settled its patent litigation with Apple, which is now licensing patents from its rival, analysts quickly moved to figure out the revenue impact.

Bloomberg News reported in March that Mofcom wanted more protection for local companies, which are concerned the combined entity would extend Qualcomm's patent licensing business into areas like mobile payments and autonomous driving.

We literally have hundreds of articles on everything from basic patent law, to the invention process, to preparing a patent application, and to licensing your invention and making money, which really is the goal.

But Neuromama, which has ambitions to license «heavy ion fusion technology patents» among its many projects, began to draw more scrutiny this year after its paper value more than quadrupled to $ 35 billion on scant volume.

This beverage features the EPA Stratospheric Award winning Microcool technology, developed, patented, and licensed by Joseph Company International, which is eco-friendly using CO2 reclaimed from the atmosphere, and activated carbon ascertained from a renewable vegetable source.

Ok, so we have billions of pounds of synthetic chemicals consumed every year as patented drugs, with an army of degreed, licensed and doctored foot soldiers prescribing them recklessly under the once great banner of «medicine,» in an ongoing war against the body's virtually infinite potential to generate symptoms, most of which are — ironically — a means to heal from acute or chronic exposure to synthetic chemicals.

The result caught the attention of Targacept, which licensed mecamylamine patents held by the University of South Florida.

The office has filed a patent on the technology reported in the research paper, which has been licensed to Sensorygen Inc..

This hydrogel patent, along with several other patent pending applications, are licensed by the startup company PepGel LLC, which was co-founded by Sun and Huang to make their technology available for research use and medical device applications.

The tactic tends to work well with rich tech firms like Google, Apple and Microsoft, which can afford to pay the relatively small licensing fees that firms like Lodsys demand for use of their patents.

Our exclusively licensed patents and patent applications are directed to key elements of TCP, which, we believe, differentiate our position in the industry.

He is author or coauthor on 17 patents, several of which have been licensed.

U-M holds a patent on MM - 401 and has licensed it to Ascentage Pharma, a China - based company co-founded by Wang in which the university holds equity.

Despite being the result of public research, golden rice is enmeshed in around seventy patents owned by some thirty - two companies and institutions, according to the US - based International Service for the Acquisition of Agri - biotech Applications (ISAAA).4 Because of the complexity of licensing arrangements, the inventors ceded their rights to Greenovation, a biotech spin - off company from the University of Freiburg, which then struck a deal with AstraZeneca (now Syngenta).

This process was patented and licensed to pharmaceutical companies, which led to the development of a medicinal preparation of vitamin D2 called Viosterol (4).

So really the patent process we use employs other records, which are the licenses, because that way it's easier, faster, and cheaper.

«'' Ford engineers realized their technology may conflict with patents held by Toyota, which led to a 2004 patent - sharing accord between the companies, licensing Ford's use of some of Toyota's hybrid technology [21] in exchange for Toyota's use of some of Ford's diesel and direct - injection engine technology.

Qualcomm, which is the biggest maker of chips for smartphones, gets about 2/3 of its profits from licensing its wireless patents.

What you won't hear from those same people, is how Google pretty much rules the targeted ad game: selling your private information to make a little money (some of which goes to pay for patent licenses and other technologies that are required by their «free» operating system).

Google says it'll retain «the vast majority» of the Motorola patent portfolio, to which Lenovo will receive a license; Lenovo will also receive more than 2,000 patent assets.

This victory marks the second time Nintendo has prevailed against Technology Properties Limited LLC, Phoenix Digital Solutions LLC and Patriot Scientific Corporation, all of which are patent - licensing companies.

Further, Bolsen reported that Coskata has licensed a variety of anaerobic bacterial strains capable of converting both CO and H2, and has patents pending for its bioreactor designs, which are scalable and capable of carrying out fermentation or converting syngas to ethanol at low - to - moderate pressures and low temperatures.

Just last week, for example, our Upstream Research Company announced that it is licensing ExxonMobil's patented steam injection system and production method, which allows producers to recover more oil from Canada's oil sands with carbon dioxide emissions reduced by up to 10 percent per barrel.

The NFC licensing programme, which France Brevets markets together with its partner NFC Technology LLC, includes patents by the companies Inside Secure and Orange.

WilmerHale is one of 20 elite law firms named to The National Law Journal's inaugural Intellectual Property Hot List, which honors firms that demonstrated creative strategies for litigation, patent prosecution, licensing or other transactional work in the previous year.

«Alongside its formidable prosecution and licensing practice, the firm's full - service patent group boasts sophisticated scientific expertise that helps to set it apart in the hugely competitive life sciences patent litigation market,» according to Intellectual Asset Management, which noted that Foley Hoag is regularly retained in «some of the biggest biotech cases in the market.»

«As one possibility, there could be hybrid programs in place that could be relied upon to strategically adopt expedited examination with delayed publication and / or issuance of cleantech patents, and which also contribute to incurred patent expenses directly associated with the preparation, prosecution, allowance or licensing of the green applications.»

There is a majority opinion that says Judge Posner had erred to the extent that he applied a per se rule that injunctions are unavailable for SEPs, yet affirms his decision to deny SEP - based injunctive relief in this case because, among other things, «Motorola's FRAND commitments, which have yielded many license agreements encompassing the» 898 patent, strongly suggest that money damages are adequate to fully compensate Motorola for any infringement».

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.

By the way, March wasn't much better for Google with a preliminary ruling against Motorola's ITC complaint against the Xbox, Nokia's refusal to grant a license to its allegedly VP8 - essential patents, Nokia's progress toward its first Android patent license deal, and a trial based on which Microsoft may very well win (in early June) a German injunction not only against Motorola but also its parent company, Google, with respect to Google Maps.

Despite finding that eBay infringed MercExchange's patents (which were considered valid), MercExchange was denied an injunction by the first instance, a district court which argued that MercExchange was willing to license those patents (in other words, only after some license fees) and, very importantly, was not «practicing the patents» commercially.

From a timing perspective, this appeal to the Federal Circuit is most likely Microsoft's nearest - term opportunity to prove Android's infringement of more of its U.S. patents and to reach a tipping point at which Google, Motorola Mobility's owner, may agree that a royalty - bearing license deal is the commercially most intelligent choice.

With extensive experience in matters concerning technology standards and patent pools, he serves as counsel to the DVD6C and BD4C patent licensing organizations, which license DVD and Blu - ray patents worldwide, and spearheads DVD6C license enforcement through litigation and international arbitration proceedings.

The trend represents a worst - case scenario for patent - licensing firms, which their detractors call «patent trolls.»

Licensing all types of intellectual property is also an area in which Benjamin has a great deal of experience, this ranges from the licensing of concepts through to international patent licensing as well as the licensing of copyright and trade marks throughout the world in multiple jurisLicensing all types of intellectual property is also an area in which Benjamin has a great deal of experience, this ranges from the licensing of concepts through to international patent licensing as well as the licensing of copyright and trade marks throughout the world in multiple jurislicensing of concepts through to international patent licensing as well as the licensing of copyright and trade marks throughout the world in multiple jurislicensing as well as the licensing of copyright and trade marks throughout the world in multiple jurislicensing of copyright and trade marks throughout the world in multiple jurisdictions.

It confirms that the patents and licenses that have been issued by Ontario since 1912 and under which private proponents have been operating will not be rendered invalid due to Canada's non-involvement in the issuance of such patents and licenses.

Patent pools are arrangements where several firms license or assign patents to a common entity which in term licenses the entire pool of patents to interested parties, typically on a non-exclusive non-discriminatory basis.

Conventional wisdom would have that Tesla should hold onto the monopoly the USPTO provides, which is largely monetized either through licenses or a patent's competitive blocking power.

This turns out looking like the sweetest deal for Microsoft, which retains licensing to all of the patents, including the ones it purchased outright, the ones that AOL is keeping and the ones that Facebook is acquiring.

Last fall, for instance, the company sued Microsoft for patent infringement but a jury ordered Google to pay up for fighting dirty with standards - essential FRAND patents, which must be licensed on Fair, Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory terms.

This leaves us with an untold number of bad patents, many of which represent 20 years of troublesome lawsuits, licensing fees, and stifled innovation.

Several large tech companies previously invested in IV, which gave them low - cost licenses to IV's vast patent portfolios as well as a portion of royalties IV collected.

Non Practicing Entity (NPE) = Company which derives the majority of its total revenue from Patent Licensing activities.