Patents
Patents
Patents have become an important form of intellectual property protection for computer software and informational media, supplementing and sometimes replacing copyright protection. Pat...
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The Development of a Patent System to Protect Inventions
Overview
From the time when the very first man walked upright, invention was key to human development. The introduction of a spoken language pa...
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Patents
A patent is the grant of a property right for an invention from the United States Patent Office to the inventor. A patent is granted for a twenty-year term beginning with the date on which the...
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Patents and Trademarks
Trademarks and patents, along with copyrights, constitute the major forms of legal protection for what is commonly referred to as intellectual property. Although the rights in t...
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TiVo Inc. on Thursday proclaimed itself winner of the latest round in its battle against EchoStar Communications Corp. after federal regulators validated the digital video recorder maker's patent t...
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Dilip Kotecha figured his working days were over when he retired from the food-manufacturing industry. But after an unused patent for instant yogurt landed in his lap, he couldn't resist turning th...
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Microsoft Corp. has given the most detailed description to date of the number of open-source computer programs it says infringe on its patents, but the company says it still prefers licensing deals...
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IBM Corp. says it has dreamed up a new method for profiting from its vast storehouse of patents. And by the way, the company wants to patent the idea.Beyond the circularity of the concept, IBM's ap...
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Crustless peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches, a way to move sideways on a swing, a technique for exercising cats using a laser pointer _ these are among the inventions patented in the United States...
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Amazon.com Inc. denies it violated IBM Corp. patents in building its massive retail Web site, and alleges instead that IBM infringed on Amazon's technology to beef up its own offerings.In countersu...
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The Supreme Court on Monday made it easier to invalidate patents, scaling back a legal test that has fueled an era of protection for new products.In a unanimous ruling, the justices said a federal ...
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Initial testing for an online peer review of up to 250 patent applications is set for next week even as the program's director deflects fears that participants could be liable later for willful pat...
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Wireless technology companies Broadcom Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. have settled a patent dispute involving cell phone chips less than a week before the case was scheduled for trial.The agreement, discl...
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Patents
The Development of a Patent System to Protect Inventions
Patents
Patents and Trademarks
TiVo wins patent validation
