Patent Search and Filing

Court Blocks Controversial New Patent Rules (Slashdot)
An anonymous reader writes “InformationWeek is reporting that a court in Virginia has issued an injunction against controversial new patent rules that were supposed to go into effect tomorrow. The court granted a motion filed by GlaxoSmithKline, which is suing the U.S. patent office over the issue. Among other things, the new rules would limit the extent to which existing patent applications can …

Patent Deal May Be Charitable Agreement (Washington Post)
Patent disputes rarely end up helping charities, but two local organizations could get sizable donations from the resolution of a year-long legal battle between Verizon and Vonage.

Vonage settles Verizon’s patent suit (AP via Yahoo! News)
Vonage Holdings Corp., the beleaguered provider of Internet-based telephone service, said Thursday it has settled a patent lawsuit brought by Verizon Communications Inc. for a maximum of $120 million.

Intel to pay $250 million to Transmeta over five years to settle patent lawsuits (San Jose Mercury News)
SAN FRANCISCO – Intel Corp. has agreed to pay $250 million over five years to Transmeta Corp. to settle a patent-infringement lawsuit over chip designs and power management technology, the two companies said Wednesday.

Amgen Claims Win in Patent Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Biotechnology company Amgen Inc. said Tuesday a jury found that Roche’s Mircera infringes on 11 of the company’s patent claims.

EU forces Microsoft to cage open source patent dogs (Addict 3D)
Tom Sanders in California, vnunet.com , Tuesday 23 October 2007 at 00:00:00 Redmond forced to provide free, irrevokable patent pledge to non-commercialopen source Microsoft’s compliance with the 2004 EU anti-trust ruling offering some good news to open source developers and users.

AT&T Sues Vonage for Patent Infringement (PC World via Yahoo! News)
AT&T Inc. on Friday filed a lawsuit against VOIP provider Vonage Holdings Corp., seeking damages for alleged patent infringement.

Gemstar-TV Guide Announces Expansion of European Patent Licensing Through Three New Agreements with Leading … (Broadcast Newsroom)
LOS ANGELES, BUSINESS WIRE — Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMST), a leading media, entertainment and technology company, announced continued expansion of its patent licensing program in Europe, recently signing three new patent license agreements with leading German-based consumer electronic (CE) companies.

New Rules On Willful Patent Infringement Likely To Save Qualcomm Some Cash (Addict 3D)
Qualcomm’s run into plenty of trouble in its ongoing patent battles with Broadcom, but the company finally received some minor good news. Back in August, we had noted that the appeals court that deals with patent issues had changed the standard under which patent infringement is considered “willful” (and, thus, subject to triple damages).

Immunomedics’ Cancer Therapy Gets Patent (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Immunomedics Inc. said Tuesday the biopharmaceutical company received a patent for its product candidate hPAM4 to treat pancreatic cancer, sending its stock sharply higher.