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By Eric Waltmire on February 17, 2011
Fifth Generation Computer Corp. v. IBM, Dkt No. 2010-1201 (Fed. Cir. Jan 26, 2011) [PDF]. Fifth Generation sued IBM for alleged infringement of US patent 6,000,024, which is directed to binary tree parallel computing systems. It is well known that parallel computing systems attempt to increase processing speed by the use of multiple processors operating [...]
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By Eric Waltmire on January 29, 2011
St. Clair Intellectual Prop. Consultants v. Cannon, 2009-1052 (Fed. Cir. 2011) [PDF] This case raised the issue of whether one or two references to an alternative embodiment (MPEG) in the specification can overcome the predominance and repeated reference to the first embodiment (still images). Two issues are explored here (1) whether all the claims were [...]
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By Eric Waltmire on January 20, 2011
Centrillion Data Systems LLC v. Quest Communications International, 2010-1110 (Fed. Cir. Jan 20, 2010) [PDF] This case addresses the issue of whether infringement may be found for a “use”–under 35 U.S.C. 271(a)– of a system claim, which includes elements in the possession of more than one actor, e.g., the service provider possesses some elements and [...]
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By Eric Waltmire on November 29, 2010
On November 18, 2010, a patent application [USPTO, PDF] owned by published showing the use of a device, such as an iPhone, to control FM radio. Other sources have noted or speculated that the iPhone has an FM radio receiver [The Register, CNet UK, iPhone Hacks]. This patent application supports the prior reports from CNet [...]
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By Eric Waltmire on October 2, 2010
How and where are great ideas born? This is the topic of a TED Talk by Steven Johnson. Anyone interested in generating good ideas–and what business isn’t–should take 18 minutes and watch Johnson’s TED Talk. Johnson tackles the question of what are the environments that lend to unusual levels of innovation. The popularized view of [...]
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By Eric Waltmire on August 24, 2010
Inc. Magazine reports, in its September 2010 issue that 19% of the companies ranked in the magazine’s “Inc 500″ list hold patents. This is reported on page 188 of the print magazine as a part of the CEO survey. On page 126, it is reported that the CEO survey component of the Inc. 500 list [...]
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By Eric Waltmire on January 27, 2010
IBM Offers Patent Portfolio Management Software to Clients – [IBM] – “IBM also announced that, for the first time, it will offer its invention know-how and patent portfolio management software to clients seeking to enhance their intellectual property (IP) management capabilities in support of innovation-based growth strategies.” Mozilla’s VP of Engineering On Patented H.264 Video [...]
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By Eric Waltmire on December 28, 2009
Abandoning software patents? [Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)] – ” . . . The Supreme Court isn’t obliged to rule on the patentability of software ideas. Bilski’s patent is a business method patent, not a software patent. So why might the court make a broad ruling which would cover software? For people who are already aware [...]
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By Eric Waltmire on September 22, 2009
Patent Auctions Offer Protections to Inventors [NYTimes.com] – "…Wrangling over patents is beginning to move out of the courtroom and into the marketplace. A flurry of new companies and investment groups has sprung up to buy, sell, broker, license and auction patents. And venture capital and private equity is starting to pour into the field…"
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By Eric Waltmire on August 12, 2009
Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word [CNET News] – "A judge on Tuesday [August 11, 2008] ordered Microsoft to stop selling Word, one of its premier products, in its current form due to patent infringement. . . . [The Court] issued a permanent injunction that "prohibits Microsoft from selling or importing to the United [...]
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