Patent Search and Filing

Patent Rulings Against Vonage Upheld (Washington Post)
Verizon Communications won an appeals court ruling yesterday upholding most of a patent verdict over smaller rival Vonage Holdings, the second legal setback for the Internet phone company in as many days.

Hotlines: Arbitron Sues Media Audit For Patent Infringement (AdWeek.com via Yahoo! News)
NEW YORK Arbitron said last week that it has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against The Media Audit and its European partner, Ipsos.

Microsoft, Kenwood Sign Patent Agreement (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Microsoft Corp. said late Monday it signed a patent cross-license agreement with consumer electronics maker Kenwood Corp.

Lakers tested, but take out Holland Patent (Cnylink)
All kinds of new challenges were thrust upon the Cazenovia football team in the course of last Saturday s Class B West first-place showdown with Holland Patent at Buckley-Volo

Patent Reform Debate: Tech Industry vs. Everyone Else (E-Commerce Times)
Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway, and Steve Perlman, who developed Apple’s QuickTime video technology and WebTV, were among the people who descended upon Capitol Hill to protest the Patent Reform Act passed by the House of Representatives at the beginning of September. Kamen and Perlman are perhaps two of the more iconic representatives of a group called the Innovation Alliance.

Patent law overhaul: Bad for start-ups? (CNET)
Patent-dependent companies and inventors have fighting words for a bill that passed the House and, they hope, will die in the Senate.

Google’s secret patent portfolio predicts gPhone (EETimes)
An analysis of Google’s worldwide patent portfolio shows the search giant’s filings include not only mobile-phone tech, but also video games and TV.

AT&T ordered to pay $156 million in patent case (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Top U.S .phone company AT&T Inc said on Monday that it was ordered to pay $156 million after losing a jury verdict in a patent infringement case brought by TGIP Inc.

Icron Issued Canadian Patent for USB 2.0 Extension Technology (T-Net British Columbia)
Vancouver, BC, September 14, 2007–(T-Net)–Icron Technologies (TSX Venture: IT), the developers of ExtremeUSB today announced that it has been issued a patent from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office for enhancements to its ExtremeUSB technology for high-speed USB 2.0 implementations.

Biolase Gets Teeth Cleaning Patent (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Dental laser company Biolase Technology Inc. said Thursday it received a new patent for a teeth cleaning and whitening system using a toothbrush which emits electromagnetic energy, combined with a gel or paste containing a photosensitive agent.