Patent Search and Filing

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) Issued Patent for Innovative ATC Satellite Network Architecture (CommsDesign)
RESTON, Va., April 27 /PRNewswire/ — Mobile Satellite Ventures, LP (MSV) announced today that the United States Patent Office awarded it U.S. Patent No. 7,006,789 entitled, “Space-Based Network Architectures for Satellite Radiotelephone Systems.”

Prof fabricated data in patent application (Daily Yomiuri Online)
A Kobe University professor fabricated experimental data when applying for a patent for a high-precision steel-cutting tool that uses diamonds, the university announced Thursday.

Patent infringement case goes to jury (The Marshall News Messenger)
After hearing closing arguments from attorneys for Visto Corporation and SEVEN Networks Inc., a U. S. District Court jury will begin deliberations in a patent infringement case today.

Rambus wins patent suit and $306 million (CNET)
Blog: Rambus beat Hynix in its patent infringement case and a court ordered Hynix to pay $306 million in damages.The court upheld all…

Suit challenges validity of Ariad Pharma patent (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. is being sued in an effort to invalidate its recent patent lawsuit.

Rambus wins patent suit and $306 million (CNET)
Blog: Rambus beat Hynix in its patent infringement case and a court ordered Hynix to pay $306 million in damages.The court upheld all…

New Patent on TV Forces You to Watch Ads (Slashdot)
WebHostingGuy writes “A patent application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says researchers of the Netherland-based consumer electronics company have created a technology that could let broadcasters freeze a channel during a commercial, so viewers wouldn’t be able to avoid it. Philips acknowledged that this technology might not sit well with consumers and suggested in its patent

Patent system needs a ‘Slashdot for prior art’ (ZDNet UK)
The US Patent Office must improve the way it searches for prior art, according to a public policy group

Motorola Patent: Massage-O-Matic Ringer (Gizmodo)
The vibrating cellphone can really make you jump, but this stimulator pad idea from Motorola will be positively shocking. The company filed for a patent to take silent cellphone call notification to…

Apple sued for patent infringement (Macworld.com via Yahoo! News)
Burst.com filed a patent counterclaims lawsuit in the Federal District Court in San Francisco on Monday accusing Apple of infringing on four of its patents. Burst claims that Apple s iTunes Music Store, iTunes software, the iPod devices and Apple s QuickTime Streaming products are all affected by the patents.