The biggest patent case to hit the modern tech world is back again. Apple and Samsung will appear before the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to argue why their opponent was wrong when it came to a patent case from 2012. This is the first time ...
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Philips has posted a €103 million (81 million) net loss on third quarter earnings just three weeks after announcing that it wants to split off its lighting division. The Dutch giant blamed slowing markets in China and Russia and a ...
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The US Supreme Court has indicated that they would rule against granting patents on human genes that prevent other researchers to further study the parts of DNA. In 2009, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation ...
The Indian Supreme Court has rejected Novartis' patent application for its anti-cancer drug Glivec (imatinib mesylate) saying that “application for patent on the beta-crystalline salt does not meet any standard of novelty or ...
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The U.S. Congress needs to shut down so-called patent trolls whose infringement lawsuits are diverting company resources from hiring and research, a group of technology companies told lawmakers Thursday. Representatives of Cisco Systems, ...
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The Chinese government openly pursues the strategic aim of building up self-innovation capabilities and to become an innovative country by 2020. The "Outline of the National Intellectual Property Strategy" issued by the State Council in ...
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Two U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require a losing plaintiff to pay legal costs in many patent infringement lawsuits, in an effort to discourage so-called patent trolls from filing court cases. The Saving High-Tech ...
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Wireless Solution Sweden AB, manufacturer of the W-DMX wireless DMX technology, reports that it has been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to Interlite AB (mother company and patent owner) an invention patent ...
1. How to protect trade secrets and processes? The best thing your company can do is to only disseminate trade secrets to those who have a need to know the information. When outsourcing manufacturers you may consider separating your ...
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Samsung has lashed out at Apple after losing its high-profile US court battle over patents that led to a $12bn loss in market value for Samsung as investors withdrew support. Samsung's share price fell 7.5% in Seoul, South Korea on Monday ...
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The European Parliament has voted in favour of a new patent law to provide one regulation and one court to cover inventions across the European Union (EU). Currently EU citizens can either apply for a national patent in their own country ...
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When you talk with the executives of most U.S. companies the subject often turns to the global market and the opportunities for growth that countries like China offer. However, as that conversation continues the next thing you often hear is ...
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Samsung is exploring the possibility of filing a lawsuit against Apple over the next iPhone, potentially arguing that the device infringes on Samsung's LTE wireless patents, according to unnamed industry sources quoted by the The Korea ...
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With the verdict in the Apple-Samsung trial delivered after less than three days it's tempting to think the jury just wanted to get it over with by the weekend, but that's not necessarily the case, one legal expert said Friday. "It's ...
AK Steel Corporation announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued a decision confirming that AK Steel has prevailed on a key claim in a patent infringement lawsuit brought against the company by two ...
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