- Google: That 2.25 Percent MoMo Patent Royalty Sounds About Right to Us
All Things Digital
“It's a prohibitive royalty rate as long as they want to apply it against the selling price of what they call the 'relevant end product,'” says FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller. “If they asked for 2.25 percent of the price of a baseband chip, ...and more » 
Wired NewsTim Berners-Lee Takes the Stand to Keep the Web Free
Wired News
When Berners-Lee invented the web, did he apply for a patent on it, Doan asked. “The internet was already around. I was taking hypertext, and it was around a long time too. I was taking stuff we knew how to do…. All I was doing was putting together ...and more » - Google Confirms Motorola Licensees Pay 2.25% Per-Unit Royalties
ReadWriteWeb
Google would pledge not to "apply for injunctive relief against a willing licensee" for MMI's patents so long as that licensee makes a reciprocal pledge not to take Google to court about the same patents. "Transparency and consistency in licensing ...and more » - Justice Department Poised to Clear Google-Motorola Deal
Wall Street Journal
However, antitrust enforcers in the US and Europe remain concerned about Google's commitment to license Motorola patents to competitors on fair terms, those people said, and will closely monitor Google's use of the patents. The European Commission has ...and more » - Google promises to license Motorola's standards patents fairly after acquisition
The Verge
If the counterparty accepts Google's RAND offer, Google will not apply for injunctive relief based on the acquired MMI Essential Patent Claims. There's also some question of whether it's fair to demand potential licensees of its FRAND patents to pay ...and more » - Apple hoping to secure standardized royalties for 3G wireless patents
Ars Technica
What Apple is arguing here is that the royalties should not apply to an entire iPhone or iPad, but rather to the basic hardware for 3G wireless radios. Finally, Apple believes that standards-essential patent owners should be barred from using such ...and more » - Rambus, Nvidia Wisely Put Patent Dispute Behind Them
ReadWriteWeb
Federal Circuit and Supreme Court decisions have raised the bar for "innovation," redefining it to not necessarily apply to whomever is the first to do something that all its competitors are trying to do. One of the most valuable patent portfolios ...and more » 
411mania.comBeyonce and Jay-Z Apply to Trademark Their Daughter's Name
411mania.com
According to The Washington Post, Beyonce and Jay-Z are applying to trademark their daughter's name, Blue Ivy. The couple applied to the US Patent and Trademark Office on January 26, and interestingly enough, the US Patent and Trademark Office had ...and more » - AsepticSure Patent Protection Goes Global
Sacramento Bee
8, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Medizone International, Inc. (MZEI:OB) (MZEI:QB), the company behind the AJIC peer-reviewed disinfection technology AsepticSure, announced today that it has now completed National patent application filings of its recently ...and more » - Revealed: Apple's plea for fairness in mobile patent war
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Lastly Apple would like the threat of injunction removed from all FRAND patents, so no one could use a FRAND patent to have anyone else's products removed from the shelf. All of which sounds eminently sensible, though it should be noted that it's also ...and more »
