Healthcare products company Covidien has been awarded with $176.5m verdict in patent litigation against Ethicon Endo-Surgery,a Johnson & Johnson company. The suit filed is related to Ethicon's Harmonic line of ultrasonic surgical products ...
Tags: Covidien, Patent Infringement Suit, Ethicon Endo-Surgery
The land rush for mobile patents is so feverish that about one-quarter of all patents issued in the U.S. this year will be mobile-related, according to a study released on Wednesday. "It just shows, given the number of filings, how ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Sequential Brands Group, Inc. announced that it acquired the intellectual property management company that owns two consumer lifestyle brands, Ellen Tracy and Caribbean Joe. The purchase price of the transaction was comprised of $62.3 ...
The reform attempt made by the traditional manufacturing enterprises fromoverseas sales to domestic sales may not make success soon, at least for the present. As early as three years ago, located in China's Lighting Mecca, Guzhen Town, ...
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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS), has filed a new lawsuit in US District Court alleging the infringement of Peregrine ...
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Magnolia Solar Corp of Woburn, MA and Albany, NY, USA says that its subsidiary Magnolia Solar Inc has demonstrated a flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) solar cell with an energy conversion efficiency of 13%, rivaling the ...
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The European Commission has today presented a package of initiatives to make trademark registration systems all over the European Union cheaper, quicker, more reliable and predictable. The proposed reform would improve conditions for ...
AN inquiry examining allegations of price gouging of Australian technology consumers is expected to look at geo-blocking and intellectual property issues in its deliberations. The Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications is ...
Promart Retail- a discount retail chain and value format brand has been announced as the most admired value fashion retailer of the year in an award ceremony conducted by Images Group. Promart has been announced in the top position in this ...
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Apple has acquired mapping startup WiFiSlam, which is developing an indoor location service for smartphones, Apple said Monday. An Apple spokesman declined to comment on its purpose in making the acquisition or its future plans for the ...
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An administrative law judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled against a ban on Microsoft's Xbox as he found it did not violate a patent owned by Motorola Mobility. In a one-paragraph ruling, Judge David P. Shaw gave an ...
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Nokia said on Monday it is not prepared to license any of its patented technologies that might be essential to the VP8 video codec that is backed by Google. VP8 is a video compressing technology that was acquired by Google in 2010 from ...
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As the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers launches a new trademark clearinghouse on Tuesday, businesses that own trademarks should consider getting involved in the program, some ICANN watchers said. ICANN is launching the ...
US-based RiceBran Technologies has announced plans to launch a new line of ingredients based on rice bran protein, under the PRORYZA brand. The company stated that the PRORYZA rice bran protein ingredients will be produced using methods ...
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) Board of Directors unanimously approved a new mission statement and strategic plan to guide AAFA’s priorities, operations, and accomplishments into the future. The vote, held today ...
Tags: Apparel, Footwear, Apparel Industry