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US Patent and Trademark Office Nixes
Eolas Browser Plug-in Patent
US Patent and Trademark Office Nixes
Eolas Browser Plug-in Patent
03/06/2004 01:59 AMChinese Patent Office Grants Fingerprint
Recognition Hardware Patent
Chinese Patent Office Grants Fingerprint
Recognition Hardware Patent
12/28/2004 11:11 PMChinaTechNews.com Dec 29 2004 3:10AM GMT
World Wide Web Consortium Presents the
US Patent Office with Evidence
Invalidating Eolas Patent
World Wide Web Consortium Presents the
US Patent Office with Evidence
Invalidating Eolas Patent
10/30/2003 12:34 AMWorld Wide Web Consortium Presents the US Patent Office with Evidence
Invalidating Eolas Patent .. se ha presentado en las oficinas de
patentes y marcas de los Estados Unidos .. Read the briefing .. News
release
w3.org/2003/10/28-906-briefing
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U.S. Patent Office Grants New Patent for
BUGS Carbon Reactivation Technology;
Innovative Biotechnology Solutio
U.S. Patent Office Grants New Patent for
BUGS Carbon Reactivation Technology;
Innovative Biotechnology Solutio
06/17/2005 04:27 PMInvestors Business Daily Jun 16 2005 1:56PM GMT
Eolas browser plug-in patent invalidated
by US Patent Office
Eolas browser plug-in patent invalidated
by US Patent Office
03/08/2004 11:08 PMThe US Patent and Trademark Office has now stepped in and invalidated
the Eolas patent. The decision, if it is upheld, will clear Microsoft
of charges of wrong-doing.
Patent Office Agrees To Check Into All
That Prior Art On The Eolas Patent
Patent Office Agrees To Check Into All
That Prior Art On The Eolas Patent
11/12/2003 01:35 PMThe latest in the Eolas patent saga is that someone at the Patent
Office has
finally agreed to
review the patent based on stacks and stacks of prior art that
people have been finding. Amazingly, the Patent Office appears to
have responded quickly (though, they don't say how long it will take
for a new decision on the patent) to the requests for a re-examination
of the patent. There's a quote from the USPTO's deputy commissioner
for patent examination policy saying that this was an "extraordinary
situation" which necessitated the quick response. The problem with
this statement is that it's
not an extraordinary situation. In
fact, it's an increasingly common situation, where silly patents are
getting the stamp of approval every day - and then used to hold other
companies up for extortion, rather than for encouraging innovation.
CyberMonday Midday: Microsoft Settles
Patent Suit with InterTrust; Wireless
Sees Patent Tech as Growth Key: Re
CyberMonday Midday: Microsoft Settles
Patent Suit with InterTrust; Wireless
Sees Patent Tech as Growth Key: Re
04/12/2004 07:26 PMAVN Online Apr 12 2004 11:05PM GMT
Patent Office to Undertake New Review of
Critical Web Patent
Patent Office to Undertake New Review of
Critical Web Patent
11/13/2003 03:09 AMBeSpacific Nov 13 2003 1:29AM ET
Patent Office asked to review Microsoft
FAT patent
Patent Office asked to review Microsoft
FAT patent
04/15/2004 05:09 PMWrite open source software - and go to jail
Silly Patent Of The Day: Adobe Hit With
Lawsuit Over Hyperlink Patent
Silly Patent Of The Day: Adobe Hit With
Lawsuit Over Hyperlink Patent
07/08/2004 05:05 PMI think it's about time we came up with a new topic/icon for stupid
patents. There are just so many of them these days. The latest is
that Adobe, who is no stranger to
abusing
intellectual property rules, is now being hit
with a patent over their
PDF technology. The patent is for
a method of extracting network
information via hyperlinks. Reading through the patent, they're
basically describing a system for clicking on a hyperlinking and
having the system not only download the page in question, but all
locally related pages linked from that page as well. Perhaps a useful
system, but it seems like this sort of technology was around well
before the patent was granted, and it's unclear what it has to do with
PDF files.
Newly Launched Patent Database Opens
Free Search Access to IBM's Open Source
Software Patent Collection
Newly Launched Patent Database Opens
Free Search Access to IBM's Open Source
Software Patent Collection
02/01/2005 09:16 PMPatentCafe's Natural Language Based OSS Patent Search Engine™
Accelerates Software Developers' Use of IBM's 500 Pledged Patents.
Freely accessible by the entire OSS community, PatentCafe's Open
Source Software Patent Search Engine adds significant value to IBM's
contribution by accelerating the integration of IBM's patented
technology into the marketplace, helping to foster worldwide
interoperability standards. [PRWEB Feb 1, 2005]
The Patent Office is going to re-examine
the Eolas patent
The Patent Office is going to re-examine
the Eolas patent
11/13/2003 08:53 AMnews.com.com/2100-1032_3-5106129.html
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Eolas patent defended before US patent
office
Eolas patent defended before US patent
office
05/13/2004 07:48 AMComputer Weekly May 13 2004 12:23PM GMT
Patent office to re-examine Eolas patent
Patent office to re-examine Eolas patent
11/12/2003 01:14 PMPatent Office Reviews Disputed Web
Patent
Patent Office Reviews Disputed Web
Patent
11/14/2003 04:41 AMBizReport.com Nov 14 2003 4:18AM ET
US Patent Office Grants Special Patent
Status to Private Inventor Regarding
Alleged Technology Infringement by
Acterna Corporation’s DSAM 2500 Cable
Modem Tester
US Patent Office Grants Special Patent
Status to Private Inventor Regarding
Alleged Technology Infringement by
Acterna Corporation’s DSAM 2500 Cable
Modem Tester
09/27/2004 03:30 AMRichard C. Jaworski announces that the US Patent Office has granted
his “Petition to Make Special” on his System of Testing the Upstream
Cable Modem Channel (TUCMC) patent application. The petition to the US
Patent Office alleged infringement of his technology by Acterna
Corporation in their DSAM 2500 Cable Modem Test Instrument. Mr.
Jaworski has written evidence that Acterna knew of the patent and the
technology prior to releasing the feature in the DSAM 2500. According
to patent law, triple damages are applicable for prior knowledge
infringement as soon as the patent issues. Due to its special status,
Jaworski expects the patent to issue in the immediate future. [PRWEB
Sep 27, 2004]
Whose Patent Is It, Anyway?
Whose Patent Is It, Anyway?
03/14/2005 06:16 PMIn one sector after another, companies warn that China's swift
industrial rise is being greased by brazen and increasingly
sophisticated theft of intellectual property.
EU patent law not to proceed after all?
EU patent law not to proceed after all?
05/15/2004 08:25 AMMicrosoft Goes After Another XML Patent
Microsoft Goes After Another XML Patent
02/12/2004 04:50 PMMicrosoft has been granted a patent for XML script automation.
Who Says You Can't Patent Watching TV?
Who Says You Can't Patent Watching TV?
07/21/2004 08:22 PMtheodp writes
"EFF attorney Jason Schultz offers his take on Microsoft's new patent for encouraging viewers to watch television programs." Another
day, another weird TV related patent from Microsoft. This one seems
to focus on some sort of weird incentive program for getting people to
watch more TV. Why is this patentable?
On The Eve Of A Patent Apocalypse?
On The Eve Of A Patent Apocalypse?
09/21/2004 02:41 AMtheodp writes
"The IHT reports on BTG's use of purchased
patents to sue Amazon and Barnes & Noble over technology that
tracks consumer purchases, raising the question of whether we're one
step closer to an all-out patent war in which every patentholder seeks
to exercise its rights, bringing the software
industry to a standstill and leaving lawyers as the only
winners." We wrote about this patent lawsuit
last
week, but it's good that others are finally realizing that the
current patent situation is a disaster waiting to happen for the tech
industry.
Patent poser
Patent poser
11/02/2003 05:25 PMCNET Asia Nov 2 2003 4:29PM ET
The patent picture
The patent picture
06/11/2004 02:02 AMUSA Today Jun 11 2004 6:03AM GMT
Patent Assignments on the Web
Patent Assignments on the Web
01/27/2004 12:10 AMBeSpacific Jan 27 2004 4:08AM GMT
More Patent Funnies
More Patent Funnies
02/01/2005 09:44 PMPerhaps just now it’s unfashionable to grumble about patents, given
that
Sun and
IBM are showering
the world with bucketfuls of ’em (and a fine thing, too), but if you
want a loud, ugly, wake-up call, start at
VarChars, which is offered by
someone who apparently wishes to be known only as “rayg”. Samples:
IBM Receives Patent
for Using Regular Expressions to Extract Information from
Documents,
Google
Receives Patent for Highlighting of Search Results, and
Microsoft Attempts to
Patent Object Persistence. Read on for some predictably-negative
commentary and—gasp!—a look inside some incredibly-advanced Google
technology...
EFF Patent Attack
EFF Patent Attack
07/07/2004 04:44 AMAs most of us know, the EFF has been after certain IT related patents
recently. You may not, however, be aware of which patents are under
attack.Patents identified by the EFF for challenge include:— a
method for administering tests over the Internet— a system and
method for playing games on a network— a method and apparatus
for implementing a computer network/Internet telephone system
(VoIP)— an audio and video receiving and transmission
system— a system for generating, distributing, storing, and
performing musical work files“What makes these patents among the
worst of the bunch (is) the fact that their owners are threatening and
filing suits against small businesses, individuals, and nonprofits,
not to mention the threats to free expression and innovation that each
of them pose,” the EFF said on its Web site.
Xbox 2 Patent?
Xbox 2 Patent?
01/05/2005 06:37 PMEFF patent-busting in the NYT
EFF patent-busting in the NYT
07/05/2004 06:17 AMMy cow-orker Jason Schultz made the NYT this weekend in a piece about
EFF's fight to bust crappy Internet patents. My favorite bit of the
article is this bit of deadpan juxtaposition:
Another patent on the foundation's list covers a way to make telephone
calls over the Internet. Mr. Schultz said the company holding that
patent, Acceris Communications of Toronto, had drawn the group's
attention by filing an infringement lawsuit against a relatively small
service provider, ITXC, rather than larger companies like Vonage
Holdings. Small companies rarely have the resources to fight
infringement suits, Mr. Schultz said.
The president of Acceris, Kelly D. Murumets, rejected the charge that
the company was pursuing only small rivals.
"Acceris has not targeted smaller players," Ms. Murumets wrote in an
e-mail message. "In point of fact, and only after offering a license,
Acceris filed a lawsuit against a major player" in the industry, ITXC.
Link
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Thanks, Jason!)
Web Patent Invalidated
Web Patent Invalidated
03/06/2004 01:58 AMReuters reports that the infamous Eolas patent has been invalidated by
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. It's a preliminary...
New Google Patent
New Google Patent
02/25/2003 10:14 AM"..refines the initially returned document rankings so that documents
that are frequently cited in the initial set of relevant documents are
preferred..."
Keep an eye on Patent submissions with
RSS
Keep an eye on Patent submissions with
RSS
06/06/2005 12:01 AMFound this on Scobles
site, I have a patent I am working on at this time, and this site
will help me keep a eye on that particular space. No you can't have
any info on my patent application if you know me personally you
probably can figure it out. [PatentMojo]
Patent Reform
Patent Reform
04/11/2005 08:52 AMSteve Lohr: I.B.M. Hopes to Profit by Making Patents Available Free
P2P Spoofing Patent?
P2P Spoofing Patent?
05/09/2004 03:26 AM
Some years ago, a collegue of mine asked me how I would stop music
pirating.
I haven't thought about the problem before but it took me only
a minute to decide
P2P spoofing was the best intermediate answer. It was obvious
that traditional
DRM wouldn't work and spoofing attacked the problem at reasonable
cost, could be deployed
fast, and adapt to changes in real time. My collegue nodded
and that was that.
According to Wired,
someone had the exact same idea and filed a paten
t in
2000. Now I am scratching my head. Is this a silly
patent or not?
Should I be filing patents on similar ideas? Heck, I can pump
out enough ideas
like that everyday to keep an army of patent lawyers busy if
someone would just keep
throwing problems at me and file my answers as patents. I
even have ideas on
how to efficiently generate new patents. Maybe I'll even best
IBM at the game.
If you are an idle patent lawyer, come to me and I'll keep you
busy. How does
50-50 sound? Filing cost? No problem. Let private
investors place
'bets' on the patent applications they like out of daily streams of
patent applications.
Together we'll worsen the patent problem ten-fold within a year and
force the Congress
to come up with a better solution. Now that's a silver-spoon
full of patriotism
for ya. :-)
The Patent Mess
The Patent Mess
05/03/2004 12:08 PMMSNBC is running yet another article that looks at
problems with the patent
system, focusing on the problem we most discuss around here: small
intellectual property houses that buy up perfectly obvious patents, or
those with prior art, and then go around threatening small sites to
get them to pay up rather than fight the ridiculous patent. In most
cases, the patent is for taking some sort of obvious action and moving
it onto the internet. Even a strong defender of patent rights admits
in the article that the "pendulum may have swung too far." No one is
saying their shouldn't be patents, but there are way too many cases
where these sorts of patents are clearly being used to hold back
innovation - which is against the very point of the patent system.
The first patent case
The first patent case
03/13/2003 10:16 AM"In the case of Thor vs. Ug, wherein Thor, holder of patent 0000000001
for Method and Apparatus to Kill Large Beasts for Purposes of Eating,
as implemented by Heavy Rock on End of Stick, contends that Ug has
contravened the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by disassembling
Heavy Rock on Stick to make Pointed Rock on Stick, and that method of
Poking Beasts Until Dead is essentially a foreseen variation of
Hitting Beasts Until Dead, the Appeals court has ruled in...
VLC in Patent Trouble?
VLC in Patent Trouble?
04/07/2005 03:22 PM
It appears that Video Lan Client (VLC) has run into legal trouble due
to various patent issues. VLC is a popular media player for Mac OS X
as well as...
Patent popourri
Patent popourri
04/12/2004 02:14 PMMicrosoft cuts another big check, this time to InterTrust, while AMD
settles with Integraph. Patent disputes have become so commonplace
that there are even firms that specialize in licensing intellectual
property for the sole purpose of litigation.
Junk patent
Junk patent
05/06/2004 12:17 AMUSA Today May 6 2004 4:19AM GMT
Google gets patent
Google gets patent
03/13/2003 10:24 AMNews.com: Google lands Web search patent. "The patent, which Google
filed on Jan. 30, 2001, and was granted Tuesday, governs methodology
for parsing through Web documents to deliver Web surfers the most
relevant pages for their queries. Specifically, it deals with "an
improved search engine that refines a document's relevance score based
on interconnectivity of the document within a set of relevant
documents," according to a summary of the patent."...
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