Patent News Watch
From First to File (www.firsttofile.com)July 14th, 2008
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-Boston Scientific loses bid for new patent trial in drug-treated stent case
-Patent lawsuit leads to claim of bribery
-Man says Nike cashing in on his cap
-Patent pools may flow in wake of latest alliance
-Time To Close The ITC Patent Injunction Loophole
-Is Cost Accounting To Blame For Patent Hoarding?
-Patent Gridlock Suppresses Innovation
-Can the USPTO handle the surge of going GREEN?
-Apple introduces real-world gestures
3Com to Receive $70 Million from Realtek to Resolve Patent and Technology Issues
(BUSINESS WIRE/WSJ) 3Com Corporation today announced that on July 11, 2008 3Com and Realtek Group reached an agreement with respect to certain networking technologies of 3Com that will resolve the long-standing patent dispute between the companies.
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Boston Scientific loses bid for new patent trial in drug-treated stent case
(The Canadian Press) A U.S. federal judge rejected a request by Boston Scientific Corp. for a new trial in a patent-infringement case that ended with a US$501-million judgment against the medical-device maker.
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Patent lawsuit leads to claim of bribery
(Star Tribune) Buried deep in the pleadings of a patent infringement lawsuit in Minneapolis is a rare glimpse into a world of corporate intrigue highlighted by allegations of bribery to grab a lucrative foreign contract for producing government identity cards.
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Man says Nike cashing in on his cap
(WORLD-HERALD) Gerald Kellogg may never walk in Lance Armstrong's shoes, but he says the two wear the same cap.
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Patent pools may flow in wake of latest alliance
(EE Times) A group of 11 high tech companies that have combined their clout to buy, license and sell strategic patents may point the way for more patent pools to come in a maturing market for intellectual property.
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Time To Close The ITC Patent Injunction Loophole
(Techdirt) For quite some time, we've been pointing out how patent holders have been using a bit of a loophole to get two separate shots at getting an injunction against other companies in patent disputes.
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Is Cost Accounting To Blame For Patent Hoarding?
(Techdirt) Michael F. Martin is a lawyer/investor who is always good for some interesting debates in the comments here on the question of patents.
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Patent Gridlock Suppresses Innovation
(WSJ) The Founders might have used quill pens, but they would roll their eyes at how, in this supposedly technology-minded era, we're undermining their intention to encourage innovation.
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Can the USPTO handle the surge of going GREEN?
(PLI) We have lived the technology boom, the biotech/pharmaceutical boom, and now we are faced with an increasing level of reorganizing our lives to become more politically correct citizens and conserve energy.
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Apple introduces real-world gestures
(Macnn) A new Apple patent was published by the US Patent & Trademark Office late last week that generally relates to the detection and interpretation of gestures by touch-and-hover sensitive devices like the iPhone, and more particularly, to the detection and interpretation of real-world gestures and security-related gestures by touch and hover sensitive devices.
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