AT&T Is Pulled Unwillingly Into the Great Patent Wars

AT&T Is Pulled Unwillingly Into the Great Patent Wars
A controversial investment fund run by a former Microsoft executive just added more fuel to the tech industry s runaway patent wars by filing a new suit against AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. In court papers filed in Delaware federal court, Intellectual Ventures said the telco companies are infringing on 14 separate patents that have descriptions like Transmission [...]

Apple Files EU Patent Complaint Against Motorola Mobility
Apple has asked the European Commission to intervene in its patent battle with Motorola Mobility, according to a filing with the SEC.

Google wins slide-to-unlock patent as Apple battle heats up
The search giant’s patent provides for a unlocking method that also lets users perform at least one command, like placing a call or opening an application. Originally posted at The Digital Home

Patent fights increasingly wind up back in government offices
Google and Yahoo are among companies that are expanding the use of a strategy to fight patent suits that shuns the courtroom in favor of government reviews. The battlefield opened last year when the two Internet giants, hit with a lawsuit demanding royalties by Paul G. Allen s Interval Licensing, got the case put on hold after asking the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to scrutinize the patents …

Court to consider gene patent
Companies do not have the right to a patent over human gene sequences and genetic mutations because such biological material is a product of nature, court hears.

ICAP Patent Brokerage Spring 2012 Catalog Now Available Online
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — ICAP Patent Brokerage, the global leader in intellectual property brokerage and a division of ICAP plc, the world’s leading interdealer broker, will auction patent …

Apple-Samsung Patent Fight ‘Huge’
Apple’s latest lawsuit is focused, significant, and on the fast track, a patent law expert says.