Patent News Watch
From First to File (www.firsttofile.com)June 2nd, 2008
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-D: Nathan Myrhvold Says He's No Patent Troll
-Cornell wins $184M verdict in patent case
-Boston Scientific told to pay Medtronic $250M in patent suit
-Rocket Docket Of East Texas Not Fast Enough For Lawsuit Against The Troll Tracker?
-Bill would change patent law in favor of crash parts
-Microsoft Demanding Some Of Immersion's Patent Booty From Sony
-Apple iPhone Losing Market Share to RIM, But Patent Could Indicate Future Features
-Images + Hyperlinking = patent infringement?
-O'Brien: Obama, McCain need to talk tech
Operators, Vendors Accuse Patent Firm Of Modem 'Sham'
(Multichannel) The five largest cable operators and six DOCSIS equipment manufacturers have launched a new legal counterattack against a so-called "patent troll" trying to wrest millions of dollars in licensing fees from the industry.
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D: Nathan Myrhvold Says He's No Patent Troll
(Barrons) Nathan Myhrvold, founder of Intellectual Ventures, and former CTO at Microsoft, contends that he is not a patent troll - although that is how his firm is often portrayed. Instead, he says, the firm is a new way of funding innovation that he calls invention capital.
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Cornell wins $184M verdict in patent case
(Syracuse.com) On the witness stand in federal court in Syracuse, a Cornell University professor promised to support charity if the university won a patent infringement trial against Hewlett-Packard Co. in a dispute over his invention.
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Boston Scientific told to pay Medtronic $250M in patent suit
(Bizjournals) A jury in Texas has ruled against Boston Scientific Corp. in a patent suit brought against the Natick medical device company by its chief rival Medtronic Inc., which was also awarded damages of $250 million.
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Rocket Docket Of East Texas Not Fast Enough For Lawsuit Against The Troll Tracker?
(Techdirt) Joe Mullin has all the latest details on the ongoing defamation lawsuit filed by some East Texas lawyers against Rick Frenkel (better known as the Patent Troll Tracker) and his employer Cisco.
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Bill would change patent law in favor of crash parts
(Search-Autoparts) The U.S. House of Representatives is considering new legislation that would create an exemption in U.S. patent law covering the production of aftermarket automobile parts.
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Microsoft Demanding Some Of Immersion's Patent Booty From Sony
A few weeks back, we wrote about how Immersion was involved in a bizarre lawsuit involving a firm focused on the "teledildonics" market (look it up -- or, actually, you're probably better off not).
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Apple iPhone Losing Market Share to RIM, But Patent Could Indicate Future Features
RIM is cleaning up in the smart phone market, but for how long? The 3G iPhone is widely expected to be launched in a week, and documents released by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office show iPhone features we haven't seen yet.
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Images + Hyperlinking = patent infringement?
It's has been a while since a really good internet patent case came along - remember BT wanting to claim they invented hyperlinking (the Court didn't agree) - well now a small Singapore based company, called VueStar Technologies, has started sending out invoices the websites informing them that they need a licence if they use pictures or graphics to link to another web pages.
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O'Brien: Obama, McCain need to talk tech
(Mercurynews) Silicon Valley has played its customary role of PiggyBank.com throughout this presidential primary season. Candidates have repeatedly visited the world's digital capital seeking one of our leading exports: campaign donations.
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