Archive for the ‘Industry News’ Category
When unity creates division: A Kat patent recap
The AmeriKat cannot say whether the hands on the unitary patent clock that are ticking away as she types are counting down to an expected implementation of the patent proposals that have preoccupied the patent community for the past year or to yet another legislative death when the proposals for the Utopian ideal of a unified European patent system ... (more)
Web Data is Big Data
There's a lot of data on the Web crucial to Big Data analyses, but it's not all neatly packaged into feeds and APIs.
Overturned
In re Baxter , a majority allow the USPTO to overturn in reexamination a decision of law made by the court.
It’s GMO War: The Monopoly vs. the People
Last Thursday evening I attended a GMO panel discussion at CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College called GMOs and Eco-labels: Getting More of the Story .
Adapt IP Ventures and WordNetworks Partner to Monetize Social Media and Search Patent Portfolio
ATLANTA and SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Adapt IP Ventures, LLC and WordNetworks, Inc.
Apple’s steering wheel remote control patent revealed
Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of twenty-one newly granted patents for Apple.
Young inventor puts heart into work
The idea for "irescu," a small defibrillator designed to prevent sudden cardiac arrest when implanted beneath the skin, occurred to Benjamin Strauss during a routine ambulance call in Bergenfield last year.
LegalCORPS patent program to serve as national model
By Nancy Crotti Tags: Candee Goodman , David Kappos , Jim Patterson , John Calvert , LegalCORPS Inventor Assistance Program , Lindquist & Vennum , Patterson Thuente Christensen Pedersen P.A. The LegalCORPS Inventor Assistance Program came into being over a 2010 conversation between Minneapolis lawyer Jim Patterson and David Kappos, director of the ... (more)
Patent Office parties to celebrate diversity
Arthur McCloud, sporting a black Afro wig and an impeccable butterfly collar, grinned as a co-worker approached his table outside the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria.
Twitter Gambles on a Patent Plan
Employees are often required to cede the rights to their designs and inventions to their employers.