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UN patent filings dropped in 2009 (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The U.N. says the number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978 as companies hit by the global economic downturn sought fewer new protections on their intellectual property.
Canada s Mosaid signs patent license deal with Sony (MalaysiaNews.net)
BANGALORE — Patent licensing firm Mosaid Technologies Inc said it signed a worldwide, non-exclusive wireless patent license agreement with Japan’s Sony Corp, sending Mosaid shares up 12% to a year-hi…
Patent conditions amended for drugs (China Daily)
The country has amended a patent regulation to give a clear definition of patented pharmaceuticals that are subject to compulsory licensing, amid a system that allows parties to exploit patented inventions without the permission of the patent’s owner.
Can Anyone Hold a Patent over Human Genes? (CBS News)
Judge Hears Arguments about a Company’s Patent on Genes Linked to Higher Risk of Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Tech Giants’ New Way to Thwart Patent Suits (BusinessWeek)
Frustrated by litigation costs, Microsoft, Sony, and Nokia are paying third-party patent acquirers such as RPX to fend off patent lawsuits
Rosetta Genomics Fortifies Patent Position With U.S. Allowance Of Claims Covering Human MicroRNAs MiR-21 And Hcmv-miR … (Medical News Today)
Rosetta Genomics (NASDAQ:ROSG) today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has allowed claims in two patent applications. The first, covering human microRNA miR-21, was derived from the “Tuschl III” patent series that is assigned to the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany and is used in Rosetta’s miRview mets and miRview squamous diagnostic assays. Rosetta holds a co …
NCR targets more big web retailers for patent violations (InternetRetailer.com)
NCR Corp., one of the biggest suppliers of point-of-sale and customer self-service systems to the retailing industry, is aggressively pursuing big online merchants for what it contends are multiple e-commerce patent violations.
Netlist Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Lawsuits With MetaRAM (redOrbit)
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Netlist, Inc. (Nasdaq: NLST) today announced that it has reached a settlement in the patent infringement lawsuits with San Jose, CA-based MetaRAM, Inc.
EU patent ruling on German drug highlights biopiracy debate (Deutsche Welle)
European authorities have withdrawn a patent granted to a German firm on an anti-bronchitis drug derived from a South African medicinal plant. Activists say it marks a success in the fight against biopiracy.
UPDATE:ArcelorMittal Sues 3 US Steel Firms For Patent Breach (Fox News)
UPDATE:ArcelorMittal Sues 3 US Steel Firms For Patent Breach
