ITC Judge Finds Kodak Patent Invalid In RIM Litigation

ITC Judge Finds Kodak Patent Invalid In RIM Litigation
WATERLOO, ONTARIO and IRVING, TEXAS– – Research In Motion today learned of an initial determination by Judge Pender at the U.S. International Trade Commission finding that Eastman Kodak's U.S. Patent …

Judge scolds attorneys in Oracle vs. Google patent trial
The judge presiding over a patent trial pitting Oracle against Google scolded rival attorneys on Monday as deliberating jurors grappled with subtleties of references in computer software code.

Kodak loses preliminary patent ITC ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Eastman Kodak Co lost a preliminary patent ruling on Monday, as a trade panel judge ruled that Apple and Research in Motion did not violate a Kodak patent because it was invalid. An administrative law judge at the International Trade Commission said that the critical portion of Kodak's patent, which allows a user to preview digital images, was invalid because it was …

Wi-Lan says court rules in its favor in patent case

Wi-Lan says court rules in its favor in patent case
(Reuters) – Patent licensing company Wi-Lan Inc said a U.S. judge had ruled in its favor in a patent infringement claim related to handset products and high-speed packet access base stations. Wi-Lan had alleged that Alcatel-Lucent USA, HTC Corp and Sony Corp's Sony Mobile Communications (USA) Inc had infringed four of its patents. The company said the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas, which …

PTO Director: Patent Backlog Reduced After Landmark Legislation
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has reduced the patent-application backlog to the lowest level in several years, patent Director David Kappos told a House committee on Wednesday.

Implant Sciences' Thirteenth Patent Foreshadows the Future of Trace Detection Technology

Implant Sciences' Thirteenth Patent Foreshadows the Future of Trace Detection Technology
WILMINGTON, MA– – Implant Sciences Corporation , a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced that it has been issued patent # 8,173,959 …