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Achillion’s NS4A antagonists in hep C gets US patent (PharmaBiz)
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a leader in the discovery and development of small molecule drugs to combat the most challenging infectious diseases, announced that the US Patent & Trademark Office has granted Achillion US Patent No 7,476,686 related to the Achillion NS4A antagonists to treat the hepatitis C virus (HCV). This new patent, entitled ‘Substituted Aryl Thioureas and related …

Patent license agreement halted between MOSAID, Qimonda (Ottawa Business Journal)
In light of Qimonda AG’s insolvency proceedings, Ottawa-based MOSAID Technologies Inc. ( TSX:MSD ) said in a statement Friday that it would terminate the patent license agreement between the two companies.

News: Apple patent points to motion-aware iPhone interface, video chat (iLounge)
A new Apple patent application suggests the company is working on ways to make the iPhone OS interface more usable during activities. Titled Variable Device Graphical User Interface, the patent describes a method of sensing when the device is in motion, such as during a workout or other physical activity, and adjusting the graphical interface accordingly. Interface adjustments could …

BackWeb Adds Sybase and iAnywhere as Defendants in its Patent Infringement Lawsuit (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN JOSE, Calif.—-BackWeb Technologies Ltd. announced today that it has amended the patent infringement lawsuit it filed on March 20, 2009 in the United States District Court in San Francisco, California, to include Sybase and its subsidiary iAnywhere as additional defendants in the action BackWeb initially filed against Microsoft.

Alcatel-Lucent Patent in $358 Million Suit Rejected by U.S. (Bloomberg)
April 13 (Bloomberg) — An Alcatel-Lucent SA patent that resulted in a $358 million jury verdict against Microsoft Corp. was rejected by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office after the agency took a second look at the invention.

Microsoft Loses Anti-piracy Patent Case (PC World via Yahoo! News)
A jury in Rhode Island found Microsoft guilty of patent infringement, ordering it to pay US$38 million to Uniloc, the patent holder.

Decades-Long Patent Case Generates Multimillion-Dollar Award (Law.com)
One of the longest, strangest patent cases on record is now on its way to generating a whopper of a payday for a medical device company called C.R. Bard. Last week federal district court Judge Mary Murguia doubled a $185 million jury verdict against W.L. Gore & Associates, and tacked on $19 million in attorney fees. According to Bard’s lead counsel, Steven Cherny of Kirkland & Ellis, …

Hynix Appeals Final Judgment in Rambus Patent-Infringement Suit (Bloomberg)
April 6 (Bloomberg) — Hynix Semiconductor Inc. appealed a federal judge s final judgment favoring Rambus Inc. in the companies eight-year long patent-infringement case in California.

Patent Reform Effort: Big Outfits Vs. Small (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
With the economy in crisis, tech officials say patent reform is critical to maintaining U.S. tech leadership. Legislation to retool the complex patent system is making its way through Congress.

Senate panel approves patent reform bill (CNET)
The Patent Reform Act will go before the full Senate for consideration, after the Senate Judiciary Committee worked out a compromise on controversial patent reform issues.