Blockbuster and Netflix Settle Patent Infringement Suit; Terms ‘Not Material’ (Seeking Alpha via Yahoo! Finance)
Video rental giants Netflix and Blockbuster filed with the SEC the settlement of an April 2006 lawsuit in which Netflix alleged Blockbuster had infringed on its online video rental patent.
StemCells Agrees to Stay in Patent Suit (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Biotechnology company StemCells Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to a stay in its patent-dispute lawsuit against Neuralstem Inc. while the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office re-examines the patents in question.
Tech vendors disagree on patent reform (TechWorld)
Two tech vendors say patent reform bills in Congress would hurt innovation. Legislation that would overhaul the US patent system would hurt innovation and decrease the value of patents, according to two silicon companies.
Drug Maker Renews Push for Patent Bill (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A victim of its own tardiness, drug maker Medicines Co. is lobbying for federal legislation that would allow the government to approve late requests for patent extensions.
Tech Vendors Disagree on Patent Reform (PC World)
Represantatives from Texas Instruments and AmberWave Systems say proposed legislation goes too far in overhauling the patent system.
Star Scientific Plans Appeal Over Patent (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Star Scientific Inc. early Wednesday vowed to appeal two federal court rulings against the smokeless tobacco developer in its patent dispute with cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Wins Patent Infringement Suit (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SALEM, N.C., June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company applauds today’s decision in favor of the company in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Star Scientific, Inc. .
Novogen, Chattem Settle Patent Dispute (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Australian biopharmaceutical company Novogen Ltd. settled its patent lawsuit against health care products company Chattem Inc. on confidential terms, the companies said on Tuesday.
US Patent Office Issues Patent on EterLink’s Brain Temperature Tunnel Technology (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PLEASANTON, Calif.—-EterLink is proud to announce that it received Patent No. 7,187,960 from the USPTO for “Apparatus and Method For Measuring Biologic Parameters” in connection with EterLink’s proprietary Brain Temperature Tunnel (BTT) technology.
Local.com Receives Search Patent (WebProNews)
Local.com has been awarded a patent for its indexing and retrieving of Web related information by geographical location. Local.com received patent number 7,231,405 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent covers local search technology related to finding location information from Web documents, indexing the information and making it searchable geographically. In Local.com’s …
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