Patent Search and Filing

ZOLL Announces Filing of Patent Infringement Suit Against Alsius Corporation and Alsius Medical Corporation (Centre Daily Times)
ZOLL Medical Corporation (Nasdaq GS: ZOLL), a manufacturer of resuscitation devices and related software solutions, announced today that it had filed a lawsuit against Alsius Corporation (Nasdaq: ALUS) and Alsius Medical Corporation in the Central District of California alleging patent infringement.

Sony Files for Touchscreen Printer Patent (Tom’s Hardware)
Sony filed a patent for a touch-screen printer based on Microsoft’s Surface technology, capable of viewing and printing digital pictures wirelessly.

Apple gets multitouch patent (ZDNet UK)
The company has been awarded a patent for multitouch touchscreen technology, versions of which are used in systems from competitors such as Palm and Microsoft

Key Apple Multi-Touch Patent Tech Approved (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)
Apple’s latest patent covers multi-touch functionality like pinch, rotation, and swipe, which would seem to have implications for other companies employing multi-touch technology.

Profile Technologies, Inc. files Patent Application for Directional TDR (Centre Daily Times)
Profile Technologies, Inc. (OTC:PRTK, the Company ) announces the filing of a patent application for Directional Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR). The new method improves upon the Company s existing patented technologies and may have applications in other industries. The Company is now actively using the technology in its EMW-C pipeline inspection service.

Palm: Pre can shake any Apple patent suits (MacNN)
Palm is confident the Pre won’t be shot down by any patent lawsuits from Apple, the webOS smartphone maker tells AllThingsD. Company spokeswoman Lynn Fox responds to implications that the Pre’s multi-touch screen may violate Apple’s own patents for the iPhone with the assertion that Palm has many of its own “fundamental patents” for mobile devices that would let it fend off challenges regardless …

Patent office rejects subdomain patent claims (CNET via Yahoo! News)
Technology firms are often hampered by patent disputes, but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office called into question last week a patent that had the potential to disrupt the habits of millions of Internet users.

Life Tech Seeks to Invalidate Patent in Ongoing Legal Row with Oxford Biomed, Vanderbilt (GenomeWeb News)
Life Technologies asked a Tennessee court this month to invalidate a patent held by Vanderbilt University and licensed by Oxford Biomedical Research, and to rule that Life Tech does not infringe the IP.

Seair says Denisson Industries is alleging patent infringement in Federal Court (MSN Money Canada)
EDMONTON – Seair Inc. (TSXV:SDS) said Tuesday that Denisson Industries Ltd. has filed a statement of claim against it in the Federal Court of Canada alleging patent infringement.

Vical’s gene-based interferon-omega gets US patent (PharmaBiz)
Vical Incorporated announced the issuance of US Patent No 7,470,675 covering the composition, delivery and use of gene-based interferon-omega. Interferon-omega is part of the interferon family of proteins which are naturally produced by the immune system.