Apple patent shows plans for iPad smart bezel

Apple patent shows plans for iPad smart bezel
Patent reveals a bezel with sensors that could trigger certain actions on a device; a separate patent shows a longer-life battery.

Speeding the Patent Process
(New York Times) President Obama, who emphasizes American innovation, says modernizing the federal Patent and Trademark Office is crucial to winning the future. So at a time when a quarter of patent applications come from California, and many of those from Silicon Valley, the patent office is opening its first satellite office in [...]

Apple files patent on cloud safe deposit box
Secure cloud storage to hold encrypted files Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, due to be released in the summer, could include a new ‘safety deposit box’ for important and private files, it has been reported.

Patent Reform Coming to Senate
The Senate aims to begin consideration next month of a bipartisan bill to revamp the U.S. patent system and reduce the likelihood of what critics see as excessive damage awards, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said.

COUNTERPATH PATENT PORTFOLIO RECOGNIZED FOR TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP
CounterPath Named “Best & Brightest” by MDB Capital Group VANCOUVER, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ – CounterPath Corporation (TSX-V: CCV; OTCBB: CPAH) announced today that it has been named as one of MDB Capital Group’s “Best & Brightest” for 2011 , an annual list of companies who ranked above the 90(th) percentile for technology leadership from more than 1,500 small cap companies with U.S. patents …

Patent office struggles to catch up with technology
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama , who emphasizes American innovation, says modernizing the federal Patent and Trademark Office is crucial to “winning the future.” So at a time when a quarter of patent applications come from California, and many of those from Silicon Valley, the patent office is opening its first satellite office – in Detroit.

IpVenture Inc. Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit with Sony
IpVenture, Inc.,a Los Altos-based technology development and licensing company, announced today that it has settled a patent infringement lawsuit between IpVenture and Sony. The company licensed Sony under Power and Thermal Management patents. Los Altos, CA (PRWEB) February 19, 2011 IpVenture, Inc., a technology development and licensing company, announced today, that it has settled a patent …

Skinvisible Awarded Comprehensive Invisicare Patent for Canada
LAS VEGAS — Skinvisible, Inc. announced that the Canadian Patent Office has issued a Notice of Allowance for the comprehensive technology patent for Skinvisible’s Invisicare polymer delivery system.

Alpla wins German PET patent infringement case but Cobarr vows appeal
Alpla said that the German Patent Court had revoked Cobarr s European patent 0 964 031 with all claims directed to a polyester resin having average nylon domain sizes between 0.2 and less than 1 micron except for those requiring premixing with and/or the presence of a dianhydride.