by jacobbal | Oct 11, 2010 | Legal/Tech News, Technology
A premise of our patent system lies in striking a bargain with the public. A monopoly of limited duration is granted in return for an invention’s disclosure. The hope is that patent publication will “promote the progress of science and the useful arts” by publicizing...
by Matthew Remissong | Dec 31, 2009 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News
A three judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently upheld the injunction against Microsoft that goes into effect January 11, 2010. The panel also upheld the nearly $300 million in damages from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District...
by wellever | Dec 31, 2009 | Commentary
After withdrawing its complaint against Qualcomm, Nokia filed a suit against Apple claiming the iPhone infringed on Nokia’s wireless technology. Both parties stipulated to an extension for Apple to answer the complaint, and with that answer came a countersuit....
by Travis Rimando | Aug 7, 2009 | Cases
Twitter has been the subject of controversy as of late, primarily regarding the content of “tweets,” Twitter’s user-sent messages. Some of this controversy has turned into legal action. While the highest-profile controversies involve celebrities,...
by nsims | Feb 18, 2009 | Cases |
by: Ali-Reza Boloori, Associate Editor, MTTLR The Supreme Court in Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Elecs., Inc.1 made a broad, contemporary affirmation of the principle of patent exhaustion. By answering in the affirmative the question of “whether patent exhaustion...
