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In a slip opinion, the Federal Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ruled that the prosecution history and estoppel from an earlier patent flowed to all the “children” of that patent.
As reported by the Washington Post, startups are among the companies likely to be the most dramatically affected when the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) takes effect in March, 2013. Some predict a gold-rush style “stampede” to the patent office before the Act takes effect.
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an earlier decision that had created uncertainly about the rights of an infringer resulting from patent reexamination proceedings.
A survey conducted by the American Intellectual Property Law Association has revealed the median litigation costs of patents infringement suits:
One day after both companies’ executives were ordered by a federal court to discuss settling their year-long intellectual property dispute, Samsung has again sued Apple. The world’s two biggest smartphone makers have been battling over IP on four continents since April of 2011.
MS flips patents;
AOL portfolio
Now goes to FB
As previously reported in this blog, Microsoft recently acquired a portfolio of 925 AOL patents (earlier reports said 800) for just over $1 billion. Microsoft also acquired a license to several hundred additional patents that AOL kept, along with the ability to further sub-license those patent rights.
In counter-attack,
Facebook strikes back at Yahoo
And buys more patents
As previously reported in this blog, Yahoo sued Facebook last month for patent infringement.
AOL patents
Sell at a premium price
In Microsoft deal
As previously reported by this blog, in recent weeks estimates of the value of AOL’s patents have ranged from a high of $1 billion to a low of $290 million.
AOL patents
Worth only one third as much
As estimated?
Despite earlier predictions, that we discussed previously, that AOL’s patent portfolio could be worth as much as $1 billion, the latest estimates put the value at about $290 million.
