Many software-related and business method-related patents have been invalidated for being directed to “abstract ideas.” On January 10, 2018, in Finjan, Inc., v. Blue Coat Systems, Inc., the Federal
unitary patent system. Businesses would be able to apply to the European Patent Office for unitary patents which, if granted, would automatically confer on them patent protection for their inventions
Chinese telecoms company ZTE and its subsidiary ZTE USA have been ordered to pay electronics company Maxell $43.3 million for infringing seven patents incorporating smartphone and tablet technology.
Intellectual property firm Marks & Clerk has identified “consistent global growth” in the number of patents relating to space technology filed in the last 50 years since the Apollo 11 mission. ‘Space
design patents similar to Maatita's, designers and manufacturers will have to carefully examine a product from the limited perspectives shown in the design patent to determine their risk for
previously held that the value derived from the patents were relatively small in the context of Unilever’s wider business. Speaking to WIPR, Chris de Mauny, associate at Bird & Bird, said the Supreme Court
IAM reported yesterday that Intel had launched an auction for its cellular wireless connectivity patents, for a total of roughly 8,200 patent assets. Intel expects to receive indications of interest
different type of intellectual property-related war is currently brewing and it involves, of all things, US patents that have been granted. In much the same way that tribes have historically gathered in
Rothy’s intellectual property infringement lawsuit instituted against OESH Shoes in August last year has been resolved. In the litigation, Rothy’s asserted that certain elements of its design patents