Intellectual Property

News and expert analysis on IP developments from the courts to the USPTO.

  • Apple scores patent litigation victory in Germany

    By Rich Steeves | March 3, 2014

    IPCom GmbH & Co KG claimed that Apple infringed on two of its patents that related to technology that prioritized calls on mobile networks. A court in Mannheim, Germany tossed out the lawsuit.

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  • The top 10 businesses targeted by patent trolls

    By Amanda Ciccatelli | March 3, 2014

    Fortune recently published the 2013 list of top 10 patent troll targets, which include AT&T, fighting 70 active cases as of the publication date. Next in line is Google, which was hit with 43 suits last year.

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  • Supreme Court IP hearings at an all-time high

    By Juliana Kenny | February 28, 2014

    The court is only hearing 70 cases this nine-month term ending in June, so IP cases are taking up 11.4 percent of the courts time.

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  • Quiz: Test your knowledge of February’s top legal news

    By Zach Warren | February 28, 2014

    Recapping the most significant or just plain strangest news stories of the past month

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  • Supreme Court to rule on software patents

    By Rich Steeves | February 27, 2014

    In an upcoming case, Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, the Court will determine whether claims to computer-implemented inventions including claims to systems and machines, processes, and items of manufacture are directed to patent-eligible subject matter.

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  • Supreme Court hears cases that could affect patent trolling

    By Juliana Kenny | February 27, 2014

    Who should pay whose fees is a much-belabored point in patent legislation, but the Supreme Court is hearing two cases in order to get closer to a determining ruling on assessing attorneys fees in patent legislation.

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  • ‘Candy’ Crush company cedes copyright claims

    By Rich Steeves | February 26, 2014

    Candy Crush Saga company King has now abandoned its aggressive attempt to trademark the term candy in the United States.

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  • Apple, Google, Samsung join forces to get patent trolls back under the bridge

    By Amanda Ciccatelli | February 26, 2014

    They are among 19 companies that told the EU in a letter to take action to limit the ability of companies that hold patents as their primary source of income from using the legal system to extort money out of other businesses.

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  • IP: Sufficiency of disclosure and the great divide between the U.S. and Europe

    By Troy Groetken, Scott McBride | February 26, 2014

    A close analysis of the disparate c in the United States and Europe demonstrates that such harmonization is incomplete.

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  • Apple files lawsuit over Siri patent rights in China

    By Zach Warren | February 25, 2014

    Apple claims that Shanghai Zhizhen Network Technologys patent concerning voice-recognition technology should be invalid

    1 minute read

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