Apple Hit With Lawsuit Over iPhone Safari Web Browser

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...

Russian Company to Sue Google for $3 Billion for Contextual Ads 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."

Invention special: Green technology

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...

Brazil to produce generic AIDS drug

" © AP 2008-09-18 03:43:04 - BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's health minister says Latin America's biggest country will produce an inexpensive generic version of an AIDS drug made by Merck & Co. Jose Gomes...

[Crowd-powered] Program brings Web's collective wisdom to patent process

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) --...

Is Google Starting Its Own Country?

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...

Berlin's Electronics Trade Fair stormed by Customs officials

"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...

India emerges as hub for patent offshoring

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...

Big Pharma pushes for patents of pot-based pills

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...

Future Apple Devices May Be Solar Powered

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...

Apple Files Patent on Solar Power for Its Products

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...

Old Tech New Patent: Microsoft Patents Proactive Virus Protection

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....

Monsanto's Harvest of Fear

"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...

Occlutech wins confirmation of its IP vs Aga Medical patent by AIPPI

"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...

Finger on Your Pulse: Microsoft Seeks New Spyware

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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