Patent News Watch
From First to File (www.firsttofile.com)August 4th, 2008
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Appeals Court Revives Patent Suit Against Microsoft ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-Microsoft bites the bullet on .Net suit -Nintendo puts up $38 M to keep Wii in the game -Did Qualcomm Really Win? -Inventors flock to file patents in US -Admitted Patent Troll Finds The Phrase 'Shell Entity' Offensive -Intellectual Property on Trial -Another Circuit Court Kicks Judge Real Off Case -Delaware known as haven for patent suits -Kids invent the darndest things, and the U.S. patent office wants to see them -Man who didn't stop thinking dies at 100 Appeals Court Revives Patent Suit Agaist Microsoft WASHINGTON - Reviving a $500 million patent lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), a federal appeals court ruled Friday that a trial judge was too quick to throw out claims alleging that the software giant infringed six patents related to digital imaging. Microsoft bites the bullet on .Net suit After the Seattle Post Intelligencer reported last week that Vertical Computer Systems (VCSY) and Microsoft had settled their .Net patent suit, three Cringesters emailed me on a Sunday wondering why this story hasn't gotten more attention. Nintendo puts up $38 M to keep Wii in the game Nintendo of America was told last week that it had to stop making its Wii game controllers because the product infringed on the patents of a Texas game designer. Now Nintendo has put up more than $38 million in bonds to keep its popular device on store shelves. Did Qualcomm Really Win? You wouldn't know it by the stock's reaction last week (up 21 percent in two days), but after looking past the warm and fuzzy press releases, I'm not so certain Qualcomm Inc. came away a winner in its settlement with Nokia Corp. Inventors flock to file patents in US The United States is again the favored destination to patent inventions after 43 years in which Japan and the now-defunct Soviet Union held the lead, a U.N. report said Thursday. Admitted Patent Troll Finds The Phrase 'Shell Entity' Offensive You may recall last year that we wrote about a patent lawsuit where the judge banned the use of the word "patent troll." That seemed reasonable enough, since it's clearly a negatively loaded phrase. Intellectual Property on Trial Chrysler's "Let's Refuel America" sales incentive sounds like a gas giveaway that puts the car maker on the hook for skyrocketing gas prices-but look again. In a rare move, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit booted a trial judge off a patent infringement case Friday. But it was not so unusual for the judge: U.S. District Judge Manuel Real. Delaware known as haven for patent suits Lawyers are fleeing hometown courts to file patent infringement complaints in places like Delaware and east Texas where it's easier to win, a new study shows. Kids invent the darndest things, and the U.S. patent office wants to see them You'd think that the last thing needed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which as of last fall had a two-year backlog of pending applications, would be more people submitting their ideas. Man who didn't stop thinking dies at 100 RUTLAND- George L. Gershman packed a lot of living into his 100 years and even more into his stories, but the most important truth about him is that he never retired his mind. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The First to File EFR™ electronic filing and storage system is our next generation product which is designed to reduce paper output in corporate patent departments. This system integrates seamlessly with outside docketing providers and document management systems using XML API technology. The First to File EFR system is an out of box solution with customized fields and user profiles to match your company's IP management workflow. First to File EFR™ also features the following: · Exclusive Tri-Fold™ interface · Effective patent workflow process management · Fully searchable text with InstantOCR™ · WebDAV drag-and-drop functionality · Centralized Reference Library with search and ranking · PAIR integration · LDAP administration · Managed user access · Effective group collaboration · Serversecure™ technology · Document level security access FTF Technologies specializes in finding cost-effective solutions to meet the needs of individual patent departments. To find out more information about First to File EFR™, please click Here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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