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Articles tagged with: Patents and Inventions
EU project picks up the patent processing pace
.. would allow individuals and enterprises to obtain a unitary patent common to all. Experts say patents fuel innovation and creativity, thus helping intensify and sustain Europeans' competitiveness. For a team of EU-funded researchers, the use o more
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Fractus Sues Ten Cellphone Manufacturers for Patent Infringement
Ten mobile phone vendors are being sued for allegedly infringing patents relating to internal antennas used on their handsets. Spanish antenna manufacturer, Fractus says that is has sued Samsung, LG, RIM, Pantech, Kyocera, Palm, HTC, Sharp, UTStarcom, and Sanyo for infringing nine different patents. more
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Is the recession suffocating American innovation?
Americans haven't stopped dreaming up newfangled gizmos or sketching engineering marvels on the back of cocktail napkins. But tight credit and business cutbacks have slowed the pace of getting the latest U.S. innovations to market. more
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Faster, better patent processing
Processing patents is complex and time-consuming. Using semantic web technology, researchers have come up with a powerful tool to process patents faster and better. more
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Symbian Legal Appeal Throws UK Software Patents into Confusion
..cult time at home protecting inventions for which the European Patent Office will grant patents, and which the UK Court of Appeal considers should be patentable. On 8 October, a Court of Appeal judgement was given in favour of Symbian, and sig more
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Nuance Sues Zi Corp for Patent Infringement
..usiness. We take great pride in and place significant value on our patents and will aggressively protect our intellectual property rights through all available means."Last week, Nuance Communications posted a loss for the fiscal third quarter of more
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Nokia and Qualcomm Calm their Patent War - Slightly
..negotiations between the companies" The companies have been in dispute over various patents for several years, with the matter escalating last April when Qualcomm licenses to Nokia expired. Nokia had sued Qualcomm in the Delaware Chancery Co more
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Patent Trolls - A 19th Century Solution to a 21st Century Problem
Patent Trolls, or companies which acquire unwanted or dormant patents and then sue companies that they find infringing these patents are an increasingly controversial issue within the telecoms industry. more
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OECD Countries Use Tax Breaks to Drive Corporate R&D Spending
..orldwide between 1991-93 and 2001-03. Foreign ownership of domestic patents increased by 50% between the early 1990s and the early 2000s. European Union countries interact most often with each other and are less globalised than the United States more
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NTP Inc. Files Lawsuits Against Four Wireless Carriers
..y in the federal district court in Richmond, contend that the carriers infringe on eight patents related to wireless email that were granted between 1995 and 2001 to Thomas Campana, whose inventions became NTP's portfolio. The defendants are AT&a more
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