Apple fires lawsuit at New York counterfeit stores #Apple #trademark #infringement #fakeapple

Apple fires lawsuit at New York counterfeit stores Apple has filed suit against several New York retailers after they were caught selling fake Apple products out of stores in Flushing, New York. The lawsuit, which has been filed in New York District Court, accuses Janice Po Chiang and 50 other unnamed retailers of selling counterfeit … Continue reading →

Rich Patent and Product Portfolios Make Motricity and Sky-mobi Appealing

Rich Patent and Product Portfolios Make Motricity and Sky-mobi Appealing The Bedford Report Provides Equity Research on Motricity and Sky-mobi NEW YORK, NY, Aug 22, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Technology firms focused on diversified communication services are seeing secular growth provide new markets and business. Many companies within the sector are fighting hard for … Continue reading →

Justice Department Is Reportedly Investigating Standard & Poor's Mortgage Ratings

Justice Department Is Reportedly Investigating Standard & Poor’s Mortgage Ratings The U.S. Justice Department is reportedly investigating whether Standard & Poor’s improperly inflated ratings on troubled mortgage securities. The New York Times reports on the probe. Justice Department lawyers are asking about instances in which S&P business managers may have overruled analysts who wanted to award lower … Continue reading →

Wireless Diagnostic Skin Patch Patent Announced by GENTAG

Wireless Diagnostic Skin Patch Patent Announced by GENTAG Company’s 10th Wireless Sensor Patent Covers NFC Cell Phones, Has Wide Range of Consumer Applications WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — GENTAG, Inc. is pleased to announce the recent issuance of US Patent 7,969,307, complementing its joint patent portfolio with Motorola, including US Patents 7,148,803; 7,492,254; and … Continue reading →

Apple Adds Earthquake Warning To Japanese iOS #Apple #iOS

Apple Adds Earthquake Warning To Japanese iOS The Japanese version of iOS 5 will have a special notifications widget: a setting to turn on instant messages from Japan’s earthquake early warning system. The system is so sensitive that it could reduce your battery life as it polls the warning servers constantly. iOS 5′s new notifications … Continue reading →

GroupMe Bought by Skype for More than $50 Million

GroupMe Bought by Skype for More than $50 Million  GroupMe Founders GroupMe just celebrated its one year anniversary, and founders Steve Martocci and Jared Hecht certainly had something to smile about. A deal in the works for months was just completed, with global VOIP giant Skype acquiring GroupMe for an undisclosed price north of $50 … Continue reading →

Former Lawyers Pursue Alternative Careers and Find the Work Grueling

Former Lawyers Pursue Alternative Careers and Find the Work Gruelling Many lawyers may dream of careers outside the law, pursuing their passions and enjoying the good life. Two lawyers who tried it, however, found the work can be gruelling, the New York Times reports. “Plan B, it turns out, is a lot harder than it seems,” the … Continue reading →

Apple patent hints at augmented reality camera app #fb

Apple patent hints at augmented reality camera app In this case, the app is picking up points of interest based on a search, then overlaying that information onscreen. (Credit: US Patent and Trademark Office) A patent application unearthed today and detailed by Patently Apple, suggests Apple could be planning to bring augmented reality-based mapping and … Continue reading →

USPTO awards U.S. Patent No. 8,000,000

Second Sight Medical Products is receiving some publicity for being awarded U.S. Patent No. 8,000,000. The patent claims a “visual prosthesis” that uses a camera that then sends a stimulating impulse to neural tissue in a subject’s eye.  Although Second Sight gets the patent, the research was at least partially paid by the U.S. Government.

Interesting Graphic Depicting Few Companies Left Out of Mobile Patent Lawsuits #fb

In a single graphic, it shows how many companies are involved in litigation over mobile patents, and how they are all interconnected. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the lawsuit coverage on MacRumors recently, Apple is at the center of more lawsuits than any other company. Article & Image source: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/17/few-companies-left-out-of-mobile-patent-lawsuits/

Harvard Business Review Author Says Silicon Valley Over-Values Top Talent

Harvard Business Review Author Says Silicon Valley Over-Values Top Talent There’s an escalating war for talent in Silicon Valley and some companies are resorting to “acqhiring,” buying up companies just to snatch away top engineers and sometimes paying in the millions for each star employee. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg justified the tactic recently, saying an … Continue reading →

Beauregard Claim with Unpatentable Method Steps Does Not Satisfy 35 U.S.C. 101

Beauregard Claim with Unpatentable Method Steps Does Not Satisfy 35 U.S.C. 101 A patent claim to a computer readable medium containing program instructions to carry out steps for detecting credit card fraud is not patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. 101, a Federal Circuit panel held August 16, 2011. Cybersource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc., Fed. Cir., No. 2009-1358, … Continue reading →

If software method is not patentable, then neither is "computer readable medium"

If the software method is not patentable, then neither is the “computer readable medium” CyberSource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc. — F.3d — (Fed. Cir. 2011) In an important decision, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rendered many broadly written software patents invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as interpreted byBilski v. … Continue reading →

Isolated DNA Molecules Used for Cancer Screening Are Patent Eligible

The Federal Circuit on July 29, 2011, held in a 2-1 decision that isolated BRCA1/2 DNA molecules used for diagnosing increased breast and ovarian cancer risk are eligible for patent protection under 35 U.S.C. §101. Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO, Fed. Cir., No. 2010-1406, 7/29/2011. In addition, the panel unanimously agreed that claims on … Continue reading →

Our Recent Publication in International Bar Association Newsletter #fb

Local working requirements and enforceability of patents: an Indian perspective of challenges and opportunities surrounding a granted patent Article on “Local working requirements and enforceability of patents: an Indian perspective of challenges and opportunities surrounding a granted patent” as Published in Asia Pacific Regional Forum Newsletter of the International Bar Association (IBA) Legal Practice Division, … Continue reading →

Indian Trade Marks Office Provides Updated List of Missing Registered Trade Mark files for each Branch

Indian Trade Marks Office Provides Updated List of Missing Registered Trade Mark files for each Branch Via Public Notice dated 29/07/2011, Indian Trade Marks Office informs public and registered proprietors that pursuant to the steps taken by the Trademark Office Registry of India and through cooperation of the registered proprietors of their respective trademarks in … Continue reading →