Cancer treatment patent amended (Contra Costa Times)
Fremont-based RITA Medical Systems Inc. (RITA), a maker of cancer therapies, was granted an amendment to a patent for radio frequency and microwave technology by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The technology is used to melt cancerous tissue. The patent was issued in 1997 and applied to adds claims.
Monsanto, UC end dairy patent feud (The Sacramento Bee)
The University of California will receive more than $100 million from Monsanto Co. to settle a patent dispute over a hormone that boosts dairy cow milk production.
Monsanto to pay +$100mn to settle patent infringement lawsuit (New Ratings)
NEW YORK, February 28 (newratings.com) Biotechnology giant Monsanto Co ( MON.NYS ) Monday announced it had agreed to pay the University of California more than $100 million to settle a patent infringement suit.
AirTight Networks Refutes Claims of Patent Interference (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
AirTight Networks(TM), the leading provider of wireless perimeter security solutions, today refuted claims by one of its competitors that US Patent No. 7,002,943, granted on Tuesday 21 February 2006 is unenforceable.
Internet rich-media patent battle looms (Computer Weekly)
A tiny San Francisco website development company has been awarded a US patent covering the use of rich-media applications on the internet, which could signal the beginning of a big patent battle involving most of the internet s main development technologies.
RIM says US agency rejects NTP patent (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. confirmed on Friday that it has received a copy of a final rejection from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of Patent 5,436,960.
Theater Review: Hard-working cast helps ‘Patent’ shine (Louisville Courier-Journal)
One wonders if the question posed in the title of the adults-playing-kids musical now paying a return visit to Derby Dinner Playhouse has any relevance for today’s Catholic school students. “Do Black Leather Patent Shoes Really Reflect Up?” is proudly retro.
Enzo Awarded Patent For Phosphate Labeling For DNA Diagnostic And Medical Research Products (ChemicalOnline)
Enzo Biochem, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Enzo Life Sciences, Inc., has been granted U.S. Patent No. 6,992,180, entitled “Oligo-or polynucleotides comprising phosphate-moiety labeled nucleotides,” describing techniques applicable to a wide variety of DNA diagnostic and medical research products
Activists decry pharma giant’s anti-HIV patent app (Asia News Network)
About 50 activists from the Network of People Living with HIV/Aids called upon the Intellectual Property Department yesterday (Feb 21) to ban Glaxo Smith Kline s application for a patent registration of its antiretroviral drug Combid.
Network demands US drug patent be vetoed (Bangkok Post)
Nearly 50 members of the Thai Network of People Living with HIV Aids yesterday lobbied the Commerce Ministry and the Intellectual Property Department to reject US-based GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) request for patent registration of an HIV medicine known as COMBID. Network chairman Kamol Upakaew pointed out COMBID is not a brand-new anti-HIV medication but a combination of two drugs, AZT and 3TC,
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