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- The Death of Software Patents?
- Software patents are vitally important to all companies in the high tech arena. Now an analysis by John F. Duffy -- the leading patent scholar who engineered the Supreme Court strategy for the ground-shifting KSR v. Teleflex decision -- suggests that the new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office position on...
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Europe Taking Up Question of Software Patentability
- This must be a day for patent news. Earlier, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reaffirmed the previous In Re Bilski case so that, barring some reversal by the U.S. Supreme Court, a huge number of business method patents will be invalid, including software patents and financial...
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- Supreme Court Bilski Hearing: Potential Danger for Software Firms
- The Bilski case -- which could affect business method patents -- is often conflated with the idea of software patents, leading to the conclusion that a loss for inventor Bilski is identical to a loss for all software companies. That isn't exactly the case, but from what I heard today,...
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
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- Government says "no" to US software patent model; Minister meets patent critics to clarify proposals.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-14 December 2004-PATENT OFFICE: Government says "no" to US software patent model; Minister meets patent critics to clarify proposalsC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12142004 Minister for Science & Innovation, Lord Sainsbury, today outlined the Government's firm commitment to a patent system...
- Research articles 2004-12-14
- MDSI Awarded U.S. Software Patent for Advantex Compose Technology; Advantex Compose to Help Customers and Partners Configure Advantex Solution According to Unique Work Practices.
- RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Feb 19, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: MDSI; TSX: MMD), the leading provider of mobile workforce management solutions, today announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for...
- Research articles 2003-02-19
- MDSI Awarded U.S. Software Patent for Advantex Compose Technology; Advantex Compose to Help Customers and Partners Configure Advantex Solution According to Unique Work Practices
- Business Editors & High Tech Writers RICHMOND, British Columbia--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 19, 2003 MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:MDSI)(TSX:MMD.TO), the leading provider of mobile workforce management solutions, today announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a software patent covering...
- Research articles 2003-02-19
- Status Update on the European Union Software Patent Directive Activity(1).
- Originally published on 5 December, 2001 Article written by Erwin J Basinski2 As of this writing, it is still uncertain when the European Union, DG Internal Market may construct and publish a draft of the planned EU Software Patent Directive, and when such a Directive...
- Research articles 2002-09-12
- Tech Law: Sun Suits, Former EMCer Barred from HP, UK Software Patent, More
- Sun may have broken bribery laws, and shareholders sue over Oracle acquisition; FTC eyes Google, Apple board relationship; Calif. judge may have weakened state email law; Genius and Numark get control of Scratch from Activision and 7 Studios; Craigslist to talk to attorneys general about prostitution ads; former EMC exec...
- Blog posts 2009-05-11
- Microsoft, Apple, Google sued over icon software patent
- Cygnus Systems, Inc., a networking company based in Michigan, got into the holiday spirit by suing Microsoft, Apple, and Google for violating a patent it was recently awarded, which covers the navigation and access of files based on representational thumbnails. Products like Microsoft's Vista, Apple's Cover Flow feature, and Google's...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Europe makes proposals for software patent law.(Brief Article)
- The European Commission EC has proposed a Directive that sets out common rules for the protection by patents of computer-implemented inventions. The proposed Directive would harmonize the way in which national patent laws deal with inventions using software, and clearly differentiate patent law from the law...
- Research articles 2002-05-01
- The proliferation of electronic commerce patents: don't blame the PTO. (Patent and Trademark Office)
- I. INTRODUCTION In the Dot Com world of today, many players are spending large sums on the acquisition of electronic commerce patents. Most of these E-commerce patents are a little bit software patent, a little bit business method patent, and likely invalid. There is indeed growing concern among...
- Research articles 2002-03-22
- Wildfire says General Magic infringed - Wildfire Communications concerned over Network Wildfire software patent infringement - Company Business and Marketing - Brief Article
- Lexington, Mass.--Wildfire Communications, a developer of electronic telephone assistant software, is in talks with General Magic over possible patent infringements involving Wildfire's latest software product, Network Wildfire.
- Research articles 1997-09-22
- Secure Computing Disputes Finjan Software Patent Infringement Claim
- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ:SCUR), the experts in securing connections between people, applications and networksTM today announced that it disputes the patent infringement claims alleged by Finjan Software, Ltd. and will vigorously defend its intellectual property while it continues to operate its business as usual with no...
- Research articles 2006-06-08
- BCAM International, Inc. announces notice of allowance from United States Patent Office relating to the Intelligent Surface Technology
- MELVILLE, NY--BUSINESS WIRE--March 7, 1997--BCAM International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCAM) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael Strauss announced that his Company has received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent Office for its first software patent, in a series of patents relating to BCAM's proprietary "Intelligent Surface Technology" ...
- Research articles 1997-03-07
- CPU TECH Receives U.S. Software Patent for System Simulator
- PLEASANTON, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 7, 1997--CPU Technology Inc. today announced that the company has received U.S. patent 5,615,356 for its SystemLab/NT 4.0 system simulation environment. SystemLabTM enables modeling and simulation of entire large scale computer systems, with performance benchmarks reaching 40 thousand clocks per second. ...
- Research articles 1997-08-07
- EU parliament rejects controversial software patent bill
- STRASBOURG AFP — European Union lawmakers voted down a controversial bill on software patents, ending what had become one of the biggest legislative battles in the EU for years. The bill, which was rejected by 648 votes to 14, had pitted big technology companies wanting greater legal protection for...
- Research articles 2005-07-06
- Josephthal Lyon & Ross Inc. completes bridge financing of US$1.2m for MTI's subsidiary New Paradigm Software, IPO to follow
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--March 29, 1995--Management Technologies Inc. MTI (NASDAQ:MTCI) announces the completion of bridge financing from Josephthal Lyon and Ross Inc., for New Paradigm Software Corp.New Paradigm specializes in across industry integration and application development software patent applied for. New Paradigm is a subsidiary of MTI who have a...
- Research articles 1995-03-29
- Therma-Wave's New Global Optimizer - GO - Software Enhances Opti-Probe Productivity
- FREMONT, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 13, 1998--Therma-Wave announces the release of GO Global Optimizer analysis and recipe development software patent pending, designed for use in conjunction with Opti-Probe systems. GO is a revolutionary advance in recipe setup, incorporating the full capabilities of Therma-Wave's powerful Thin Film Measurement System...
- Research articles 1998-07-13
- Therma-Wave's New Global Optimizer - GO - Software Enhances Opti-Probe Productivity
- FREMONT, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 13, 1998--Therma-Wave announces the release of GO Global Optimizer analysis and recipe development software patent pending, designed for use in conjunction with Opti-Probe systems.GO is a revolutionary advance in recipe setup, incorporating the full capabilities of Therma-Wave's powerful Thin Film Measurement System TFMS software plus advanced film...
- Research articles 1998-07-13
- Microsoft's Patent Dust-Ups
- Posted by: Aaron Ricadela on August 19 For the past half dozen years, Microsoft has been busily getting its patent house in order. In a bid to protect itself against lawsuits alleging that it has infringed on other companies' patents, Microsoft has issued more patents on its inventions and carefully...
- News items 2009-08-19
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