Patent Search and Filing

Bits Scan: Facebook s Patent, Nokia s Woes and Phishing on Twitter (New York Times)
Facebook Granted Patent on the News Feed As we noted Thursday , Facebook has been granted a patent for the its central feature, the news feed. ReadWriteWeb spotlights the discussion in the blogosphere on the topic, with many questioning if Facebook actually invented the algorithm-driven newsfeed.

Crocs wins appeal in patent claim over copycat shoes (Denver Post)
Crocs won an appeals-court ruling that revived patent-infringement claims over what it considers copycat footwear.

Amazon and Microsoft agree to share access to each other s patent portfolio (InternetRetailer.com)
Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to provide each other access to their patent portfolio, including the technology behind Amazon s Kindle e-book reader, Microsoft announced yesterday.

Microsoft, Amazon cross-license patent portfolios (AP via Yahoo! News)
Microsoft Corp. said Monday it has made a patent cross-licensing deal with Web retailer Amazon.com Inc.

Google Location Filtering Patent: For Google Book Scanning? (All Points Blog)
Patent #7,664,751, is titled ” Variable user interface based on document access privileges .” It was submitted to the patent office in September, 2004 and was awarded to Google last Tuesday. It basically describes a method of limiting access to content based on permissions and location.

Apple Secures Nifty Near-Field Wireless Patent for iPhones (Fast Company Magazine)
A recently revealed patent suggests Apple has exciting plans for its future iPhones and laptops centering on near-field communications. Soon just popping your iPhone near a MacBook may enable wireless syncing. And that’s just the start. Near-field communications themselves aren’t new , but it would be for the Apple devices in question. The technology centers on extremely short-range wireless …

Patent office has 70,000 patent applications to be disposed of: P H Kurian (PharmaBiz)
Controller General of Patents, Design and Trade Marks P H Kurian said that about 70,000 patent application examinations are in pipeline for process and examination in the country and it might take a long time to grant a patent under the Intellectual Property Rights Act in India for Patent offices as they need more examiners to clear the backlog and expedite the new filings.

Feds reviewing Kodak patent complaint against Apple, RIM (San Jose Mercury News)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. A federal agency that oversees trade disputes said Wednesday it will investigate Eastman Kodak’s patent-infringement complaint over digital-camera technology used in iPhones and BlackBerry devices.

Innovalight Awarded Key Patent by U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for Solar Cells Manufactured With Silicon Ink (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Innovalight, Inc., a privately-held firm selling silicon ink-based high efficiency solar cell materials and technology, today announced that the company has been awarded a key patent for the manufacturing of crystalline wafer solar cells with silicon ink.

Unilab readies new patent invalidation case against Pfizer (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
LOCAL PHARMACEUTICAL FIRM UNITED Laboratories Inc. is preparing another patent invalidation case against multinational Pfizer Inc., this time for the crystalline form of the latter s Atorvastatin Calcium anti-cholesterol drug.