Patent Search and Filing

Internet Giants Sued Over Patent (Web Host Industry Review)
August 31, 2007 — ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Patent-holder Polaris has sued some of the largest players on the Internet over what the company claims was a violation of its email patent.

Playing Detective in a Patent Case (New York Times)
A financial-services executive tracks down information needed for a patent infringement case.

Arthrovision Inc., a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Horizon Sciences & Technologies Files Patent Infringement Action … (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
ArthroVision Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Horizon Sciences & Technologies Inc. has filed a patent infringement complaint before the District Court of Munich, Germany, accusing Chondrometrics of infringing the German part of ArthroVision’s European patent 1 230 561 B1.

Juxtacomm sues over data-integration patent (Infomatics)
Software development company JuxtaComm Technologies has filed a legal case against a range of high profile companies, including IBM and Microsoft , for alleged breaches of a data-integration patent.

Patent Awarded For Weed Instrument Field-Replaceable Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD) (PharmaceuticalOnline)
Weed Instrument of Round Rock, Texas has announced that its popular field-replaceable RTD is now patented. Designed to facilitate easy replacement of the temperature-sensing element without the use of a standard thermowell, the Model 461 Sanitary RTD now carries Patent Number 5,632,557.

iRobot files patent suit against Illinois company (BizJournals)
Burlington-based iRobot Corp. reports it has filed two lawsuits against an Illinois robotics manufacturer and its president for alleged patent infringement and misuse of confidential information.

Nokia Legal Fight With Qualcomm Leads to New Patent Complaint (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) — Nokia Oyj’s battle with Qualcomm Inc. over royalties for chips that run mobile phones led to a new patent-infringement complaint before U.S. trade officials.

Hemisphere GPS Granted Non-infringement Judgment in Patent Infringement Lawsuit With Trimble Navigation Ltd. (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
TSX:HEM) Hemisphere GPS, a designer and manufacturer of advanced GPS products, reports that it has won a patent infringement lawsuit brought against the Company by Trimble Navigation Ltd.

Albemarle Sues Isochem Over Patent (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Chemical company Albemarle Corp. said Wednesday it has filed a patent infringement suit against Isochem Kautschuk GmbH in Germany.

KVH is victor in Minn. patent trial (Providence Business News)
MIDDLETOWN KVH Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: KVHI) did not infringe upon a patent held by King Controls, a U.S. District Court jury in Minnesota ruled on Friday.