This is most interesting, as both of the parties named will have much to gain and/or lose... It will also give much legal grounds for further types of cases, as they will only increase as technology...
"It looks like Google is facing yet another patent lawsuit - this time involving a huge amount of money, the technology that is the key to Google’s money-making machine and a team of Russian developers."
Green inventions to get us off oil, produce clean electricity and fuel, power your iPod by banging your head, and more"As the evidence that humans have altered the Earth's climate and environment for the worst...
AKA "Peer-to-patent", this process posts patent applications online for the public to review, helping to uncover cases of "prior art" and obvious ideas that shouldn't be patented, and helping the Patent Office to cut down on mistakes and through paperwork."WASHINGTON (AP) --...
Life beyond the Googleplex: don't be evil, but do absolutely everything else, including creating offshore, oceanic supercomputer data centres that could set the stage for the creation of Google's very own...
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"220 German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair, hunting for non-payers of royalties, shortly after the expo opened Friday in the German capital of Berlin. German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair shortly...
When my brother-in-law was starting his first company a decade ago, he outsourced some of the development to India through a friend of his on the east coast. Outsourcing to India had two big advantages -- it signficantly cut development costs and it meant the company could...
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I found this statistic surprising: in 1994 there were only two pot-based pharmaceutical drugs in development in the US, while in 2004 there were 27. That's a big leap, one that could potentially hold some clout in...
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Ever since NowPublic member Innes Yates got me thinking about solar powered electronics I've been interested in this field. Apple is always ahead of the curve and this is no exception."Employees at Apple have filed a patent for integrating solar cells into portable...
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Nothing like an Apple in the sun. Will the company lead the way in devices that actually will be free of traditional power?"Owners of Apple devices such as iPods and iPhones may soon be able to chargethem up by...
Microsoft has just been awarded a U.S. patent for proactive virus protection, a system and method of security software used to protect your PC from malware that are not already safeguarded by your antivirus software....
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"Gary Rinehart clearly remembers the summer day in 2002 when the stranger walked in and issued his threat. Rinehart was behind the counter of the Square Deal, his “old-time country store,” as he calls it, on the...
"AIPPI is the world's leading non-government organization for research into and protection of intellectual property, and is a respected source for opinions and arbitration on IP matters such as patent interpretation and the use of IP in unfair competition. In patent...
Human Resources departments could be assessing workers based upon biometric measuring software developed by Microsoft, which brought us such bulletproof products as Vista... Integrity of development aside, this just...
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