Thomson Reuters News & InsightOptions for invalidating patents
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
Under the pre-AIA landscape, a third party wishing to invalidate a patent had two basic options: (1) ex parte reexamination; and (2) inter partes reexamination. Ex parte reexamination: A request for an ex parte reexamination may be filed by any person, ...and more » 
Southeast Texas RecordRecent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
Southeast Texas Record
The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, costs, interest and attorney's fees. Hao Ni, Timothy T. Wang and Stevenson Moore V of Ni Law Firm in Dallas are representing Rotatable ...- Apple v. Samsung: Rule 37 Sanctions Ordered Against Samsung For Failure To ...
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
P. 37(b)(2) in two separate motions pertaining to alleged violations of discovery orders, including an order regarding discovery on damages. The court had initially ordered Samsung to produce two categories of documents: (1) documents from the ...and more » 
Southeast Texas RecordRecent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
Southeast Texas Record
The defendants are accused of infringing on US Patent No. 6658467 issued on Dec. 2, 2003, for Provision of Informational Resources over an Electronic Network and US Patent No. 7958204 issued June 7, 2011, for Community-Selected Content.and more » - Fourth anniversary patent renewal fee introduced
Lexology (registration)
IP Australia - the governmental agency responsible for patents, trade marks, registered designs and plant breeder's rights - has announced increases to most official fees. The official fee increases can be minimised by using the soon-to-be-introduced ... - Butamax, Pfizer, Burberry, BitTorrent: Intellectual Property
Bloomberg
The Patent Office granted an earlier Butamax request on March 23 to reexamine another Gevo patent, according to the statement. Patent reexaminations take about three years on average. The Patent Office is also reviewing two Butamax patents at Gevo's ...and more » - VirnetX And Aastra Sign A Patent License Agreement
PR Newswire (press release)
(AMEX: VHC) and Aastra USA, Inc. (the "Parties") today announced that on May 3, 2012, they signed a Patent License Agreement (the "Agreement"). Under the terms of the Agreement, VirnetX has agreed to license certain of its patents to Aastra USA, Inc., ...and more » - Patent War; Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Infringed Motorola (NYSE:MMI) Patents ...
eStocksDaily
Following previous criticisms from Microsoft and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), the European Union's rivalry watchdog has opened 2 separate probes into whether Motorola unjustly limited competitors from using its patents by demanding exorbitant fees.and more » 
LazygamerXbox 360 banned in Germany
Lazygamer
Motorola Mobility has been granted an injunction by a German court against Microsoft prohibiting the distribution and sale of the Xbox 360 and Windows 7 after agreeing that Microsoft had infringed upon 2 H.264 codec patents.and more » - Technology Patent Wars
Seeking Alpha
You see Qualcomm and Sony as tier 2 companies. IBM, Microsoft, and Samsung are tier 1. These two groups of companies dominate the patent space. Note: The other companies are not equal in their patent portfolios or in terms of company maturity.and more »
