Patent Search and Filing

MANGOSOFT Files Patent Infringement Suit Against eBay and Skype (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NASHUA, N.H.—-Sept. 22, 2006–MANGOSOFT, INC. of Nashua, NH , a developer of internet-enabling business software solutions, announced today that its subsidiary, Mangosoft Intellectual Property, Inc., had filed a civil action earlier this morning in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas alleging patent infringement against eBay, Inc. of San Jose, California and its

HydroGlobe patent wins Thomas Alva Edison Award (EurekAlert!)
HOBOKEN, N.J. — A patent from HydroGlobe, a Technogenesis environmental technology company incubated at Stevens Institute of Technology, has won the Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award for Technology Transfer from the Research and Development Council of New Jersey.

Patent Sought for Tri-Format DVD (Los Angeles Times)
A patent application has been filed for a disc that would play two competing high-definition DVD formats. If successful, the disc could help resolve a battle that has divided Hollywood and confounded consumers.

Mosaid, Caltech in patent licensing deal (EETimes)
Mosaid Technologies has signed a patent licensing agreement with the California Institute of Technology covering certain Caltech patents relating to technologies used in wireless communications chips and systems, power management chips and light emitting diodes.

Acacia Gets Braking, Motor Patent Rights (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Acacia Research Corp., which acquires and licenses patented technologies, said Wednesday that its patent acquisition unit bought the rights to patents related to vehicle magnetic braking and induction motors.

China BAK Announces Involvement in Federal Patent Infringement Lawsuit (SYS-CON Media)
China BAK Battery, Inc. (‘China BAK’, or ‘BAK’) , today announced that a federal patent infringement suit was filed on September 12, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas against China BAK. The suit was brought by the Canadian utility, Hydro-Quebec, and the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System. The lawsuit also names A123Systems, Inc., Black &

China BAK Announces Involvement in Federal Patent Infringement Lawsuit (SYS-CON Media)
China BAK Battery, Inc. (‘China BAK’, or ‘BAK’) , today announced that a federal patent infringement suit was filed on September 12, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas against China BAK. The suit was brought by the Canadian utility, Hydro-Quebec, and the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System. The lawsuit also names A123Systems, Inc., Black &

Court rules against ImClone on drug patent (MSNBC)
In a blow to ImClone Systems Inc., a judge ruled Monday that three scientists from Israel are the true inventors of a patent used for the company’s blockbuster cancer drug Erbitux.

Unimed settles patent litigation over AndroGel (Pharmaceutical Business Review)
Unimed Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Solvay Pharmaceuticals, has announced that it has settled all pending patent litigation over a generic version of its testosterone gel, AndroGel.

InViragen Announces Exclusive Patent License Agreement With the Centers for Disease Control (RedNova)
FORT COLLINS, Colo., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ — InViragen, LLC, a biotechnology company dedicated to developing vaccines for emerging infectious diseases worldwide, has entered into an Exclusive Patent License Agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).