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Apple won a billion dollar patent lawsuit victory over Samsung back in August. We usually think such jaw-dropping judgments are the realm of the biggest of high-tech companies, but a university has recently joined the billion-dollar patent win league.
Smartphones are hogging most of the patent headlines these days, especially in light of the recent billion-dollar Apple-Samsung verdict. But it doesn’t take sophisticated technology to give rise to a patent lawsuit.
A federal judge in Nevada has denied a motion for summary judgment by defendants charged with engaging in unfair competition by issuing press releases in connection with patent litigation.
Filing for patent protection in multiple jurisdictions – the US and Europe for example – currently means a completely separate process in each location, even though many of the documents involved are the same. This redundancy is expensive and time-consuming for inventors.
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released proposed rules for micro entity status under the America Invents Act (AIA).