Patent Search and Filing

ITC Puts Patent Probe Against Nokia on Hold (GigaLaw.com)
A U.S. investigation into a patent dispute between Nokia and Qualcomm has been put on ice.

Lawsuits, patent claims silence Black Hat talk (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)
A planned talk on RFID security by a security researcher has been pulled from this week’s Black Hat Federal security conference after secure card maker HID claimed the talk violated the company’s patent rights and threatened to take legal action against Chris Paget, the researcher, and IOActive, Paget’s employer, if the talk went forward.

ITC Puts Patent Probe Against Nokia on Hold (GigaLaw.com)
A U.S. investigation into a patent dispute between Nokia and Qualcomm has been put on ice.

Pfizer Wins Patent Challenge by Mylan (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A federal court on Tuesday upheld the validity of a Pfizer Inc. U.S. patent covering the active ingredient in the multi-billion-dollar cardiovascular drug Norvasc, rebuffing a challenge from generic drug maker Mylan Laboratories Inc.

MP3 Patent Ruling Anything But Music To Many Tech Firms (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Thursday’s $1.52 billion jury verdict against Microsoft over infringement of MP3 patents raises serious questions about the state of patent law today, analysts say.

Vaxiion Therapeutics, Inc. Granted Broad Patent Protection for Breakthrough Vaccine Delivery System (RedNova)
Vaxiion Therapeutics, Inc. today announced the issuance of U.S. patent no. 7,183,105 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Genentech Loses Key Patent Ruling (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Federal regulators rejected a valuable Genentech Inc. patent that protects how it makes some biotechnology drugs, the company said Wednesday.

AT&T, Microsoft take patent battle to US Supreme Court (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Telecommunications giant AT&T and Microsoft took a patent battle to the US Supreme Court Wednesday, in a case that has wide implications for US firms doing business abroad.

Supreme Court Skeptical of ATT Patent Claims Against Mi (Fox News)
Justices sharply question ATT lawyer about claim that Redmond speech-transcription software violated ATT patent overseas.

Spectranetics Announces Preliminary Patent Litigation Verdict (RedNova)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Spectranetics Corporation today announced that it has received an unfavorable jury verdict in a patent litigation dispute with Dr. Peter Rentrop in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York.