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The Emergence of Patent Pools in the Tech Industry: Benefits and Drawbacks
September 18th, 2023
Navigate the complex landscape of patent pools in the tech industry with this comprehensive guide. Explore the benefits of shared risk, reduced litigation, and standardization while understanding potential drawbacks, such as antitrust concerns and st…
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Jury Orders Google to Pay $338.7 Million for Patent Infringement
August 21st, 2023
A Texas federal court jury has found that Google violated a developer’s patent rights and ordered the company to pay $338.7 million in damages. As Reuters reported, the jury found that Google’s Chromecast and other devices infringed patents owned…
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PTAB Rules VLSI Patent Unpatentable
August 17th, 2023
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) recently ruled that an important VLSI patent was unpatentable. The patent at issue was responsible for $1.5 billion of a $2.2 billion Texas jury verdict VLSI won in 2021 against Intel for patent infringement.…
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Federal Circuit Affirms Patent Win for Netflix
August 15th, 2023
The Federal Circuit has issued a non-precedential ruling affirming a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that claims in a Broadcom patent related to video-on-demand technology were unpatentable. The Broadcom patents at issue were cha…
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What does “patent pending” mean?
August 10th, 2023
The phrase “patent pending” (sometimes abbreviated “Pat. Pend.”) can be marked on a product or its packaging or marketing material (such as a website) to alert the public that the manufacturer has applied for a patent for the product (or some…
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Federal Circuit Finds Gaming Claims Unpatentable
August 9th, 2023
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that the challenged claims of Bot M8 LLC’s gaming patent, U.S. Patent No. 8,078,540, were unpatentable. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC petitioned for Inter…
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US Government Agencies Team Up to Fight AI Abuse
August 8th, 2023
The US Department of Justice (DoJ), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have released a joint statement on fighting bias and discrimination created via the us…
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USPTO Vacates Salesforce Reexaminations
August 3rd, 2023
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has vacated Salesforce’s reexaminations against Applications in Internet Time (AIT) because Salesforce was a real-party-in-interest (RPI) in RPX’s previous inter partes review (IPR) against the same pate…
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USPTO Director Again Reverses Patent Board
August 1st, 2023
Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has again reversed a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). We discussed an earlier decisio…
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Federal Circuit: Digital Image Patent Claims are Abstract
July 24th, 2023
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a federal district court decision that certain claims of digital imaging patents are patent-ineligible. The case involves a dispute between the patent owner, Sanderling Management Ltd., and Snap Inc., which operates t…
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