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Patent Court: You Can No Longer Patent Thin Air

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2008-10-30 21:12:52 by Adam Ostrow in Mashable!
...patentable. The court ruled against a man who was attempting to patent a method for hedging against weather-related effects on businesses. As a result, infamous patents like Amazons one-click shopping concept may no longer be valid, because they dont either involve a particular machine or physically transform anything In essence, the ruling...
 
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Patents.com for free patent searches on the web

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2008-09-03 21:25:32 by Guest Author in Alt Search Engines
...Patents.com , I immediately began thinking of how I might use it in my other life as a medical library staffer. After all, not all of us are patent attorneys or inventor wannabees. How might people outside the product development and startup realms benefit from this service First of all, they might benefit by taking a look at Patents.com for...
 
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In a Boring Turn of Events, Google Gets Sued for Patent Infringement Again

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2008-08-18 12:28:23 by Stan Schroeder in Mashable!
...patent infringement The complaint alleges infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,324,538 (the 538 patent), 6,850,940 (the 940 patent), 7,028,034 (the 034 patent) and 7,269,591 (the 591 patent). In English, these protect GraphOns unique method of maintaining an automated and network-accessible database. Allegedly, Googles Base, AdWords, Blogger,...
 
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Priorsmart.com - Worldwide Patent Search Engine

2008-04-04 01:46:00 by thomasg in KillerStartups.com - all
 
...patents. Search by title, abstract, claims, inventor, description, assignee or IPC and submit your query to a selection of sites around the world. If you are looking for a patent in the US, Prior Smart can search for granted patents or ones that have been applied for and options vary depending on the country you are looking for. So, the next...
 
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Sony Slapped With Blu-ray Patent Lawsuit (SNE)

2008-08-28 15:05:00 by Vasanth Sridharan in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...patent troll: Sony, which is being sued for allegedly violating a patent with its Blu-ray discs that an unknown company holds on "optical disc recording Orinda Intellectual Properties is suing Sony for violating patent 5,438,560, which was originally granted in 1995 to Hyundai Electronics Industries, and patents 'an optical disk-shaped...
 
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Guitar Hero Involved in Patent Dispute

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2008-03-13 19:24:37 by Ashley in CyberNet
...patent dispute with Gibson Guitar Corp., a company that makes real guitars According to the Associated Press , Gibson Guitar is claiming that the publisher of Guitar Hero, Activision Inc. should stop selling the game until they get a license under their patent. Gibsons patent back from 1999 covers a virtual-reality device that included a...
 
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Apple working on iPhone flip? Patent application details flip-phone with dual-sided multi-touch.

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2008-03-18 03:42:00 by iPod News admin in iPhone nano - Apple iPhone Articles
...patent application to surface at the USPTO indicates that Apple is at least considering a flip-phone form-factor for their iPhone. Entitled, "Dual sided trackpad," the patent application describes a method whereby a device's capacitance touch sensor panel and display panel are located on separate halves of the flip. The upper portion serves...
 
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Patent Squatter Sues Facebook

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2008-11-19 20:49:27 by Nick O'Neill in All Facebook
...patents which relates generally to a method and system for the management and storage of electronic information. Sounds like a fairly broad patent which the company simply uses to obtain recurring revenue from large digital companies Calling the company a Patent Squatter is probably not completely fair as the company actually does develop...
 
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Open-Source Companies Band Together To Fend Off Patent Trolls (IBM)

2008-12-09 14:55:00 by Eric Krangel in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...patent trolling ," but now there's a new defense: Linux Defenders, a site that promises to help defend open-source innovations from opportunistic and/or bogus patent lawsuits Here's how it works: Open-source programmers file their inventions at the Linux Defenders website. Staff then document the invention and file attribution with IP.com , a...
 
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