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  • March 2008

    • Gibson Sues Over Guitar Hero

      Associated Press  |  Mar 21, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Gibson Sues Over Guitar Hero

      (Newser) - Gibson Guitar has sued Guitar Hero retailers, saying the Activision video games infringe on a patent it holds for a virtual-reality concert. The federal suit seeks to stop Wal-Mart, Target, Kmart, Amazon, GameStop, and Toys "R" Us from selling the games, reports AP. But Activision is fighting back—earlier this month it sued to have Guitar Hero declared free of patent violation. More »

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      lawsuit  • video game  • Wal-Mart  • Amazon.com  • Target  • Guitar Hero  • patents  • Activision  • patent infringement  • Toys 'R' Us  • Gibson

  • February 2008

    • EBay Finally Settles Patent Suit

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 29, 08 12:17 PM CST

      EBay Finally Settles Patent Suit

      (Newser) - After years of legal battling that escalated to the Supreme Court, eBay has settled a patent-infringement lawsuit by e-commerce technology company MercExchange. The companies aren’t revealing the financial terms, but eBay will buy the three patents that led to the suit. The auction giant said the agreement won’t affect its 2007 results or 2008 financial guidance, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      lawsuit  • US Supreme Court  • eBay  • patents  • patent infringement  • e-commerce

  • January 2008

    • Corporations Share Green Tech Patents

      PC World  |  Jan 14, 08 2:31 PM CST

      Corporations Share Green Tech Patents

      (Newser) - IBM tops the list of companies donating patents to a group that aims to help businesses produce greener products by sharing eco-friendly technology. Big Blue has promised 27 patents to the Eco-patent Commons; Nokia, Sony and mail equipment maker Pitney-Bowes will also donate, reports PC World . Shared patents will be freely available to all companies. More »

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      Sony  • IBM  • Nokia  • green technology  • recycling  • patents

  • December 2007

    • Apple, AT&T Targets of $360M iPhone Lawsuit

      Reuters  |  Dec 4, 07 12:43 PM CST

      Apple, AT&T Targets of $360M iPhone Lawsuit

      (Newser) - Add one to the number of lawsuits Apple’s iPhone has been hit with. Klausner Technologies yesterday said it filed a $360 million suit against Apple and AT&T for infringing on its patents for “Visual Voicemail,” Reuters reports. The sleek mobile phone’s highly touted function  allows users to see who called them and then listen to each message individually. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • AT and T  • patents  • voicemail

  • November 2007

    • Legal Woes Haunt Qualcomm

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Nov 8, 07 10:49 PM CST

      Legal Woes Haunt Qualcomm

      (Newser) - Qualcomm reported record sales and profits for its 2007 fiscal year, but if its executives thought that would please a jittery Wall Street, they were wrong, as shares fell in after hours trading. The Financial Times reports the company is in a long-running and costly multinational legal battle with Nokia, and disappointing revenue forecasts excluded any estimated royalties from the cell phone giant. More »

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      Nokia  • patents  • Qualcomm  • Broadcom  • net revenue

  • October 2007

    • Making Money: Patent Pending

      Associated Press  |  Oct 24, 07 6:43 PM CDT

      Making Money: Patent Pending

      (Newser) - Big Blue is seeing green in a recent patent filing. IBM, which holds more patents than any company in the world and reaps more than $1 billion in royalties annually, says it wants to make it easier for small companies to license its ideas on a “floating privilege basis.” So it's seeking a patent on a method of granting access to patent portfolios, reports the AP. More »

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      business  • technology  • IBM  • patents  • patent trolls

    • Amazon May Lose ‘1-Click’ Patent

      Ars Technica  |  Oct 17, 07 5:16 PM CDT

      Amazon May Lose ‘1-Click’ Patent

      (Newser) - Amazon may be one patent poorer after the US Patent Office decimated its claim to the “1-Click” shopping cart emblem yesterday—throwing into question a 1999 infringement settlement with Barnes & Noble. The online orderer will have a chance to re-write its application, Ars Technica reports, but stands to lose the patent altogether after the patent office rejected 21 of its original 26 claims. More »

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      Amazon.com  • patents  • Barnes and Noble

    • Vonage Shares Soar 76% on Sprint Deal

      Bloomberg  |  Oct 8, 07 2:30 PM CDT

      Vonage Shares Soar 76% on Sprint Deal

      (Newser) - Vonage shares saw their biggest-ever bump today, after the company announced it has settled its patent lawsuit with Sprint for $80 million. In addition to cutting its legal losses, Vonage gains a license to use the disputed tech. “It's good in that things could have gotten worse,” one analyst told Bloomberg. “But it's not entirely positive because of the financial obligations.” More »

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      lawsuit  • Verizon  • telecommunications  • telecom industry  • Sprint  • patents  • Vonage

  • August 2007

    • Supreme Court Slays Patent Trolls

      MIT Technology Review  |  Aug 21, 07 6:38 PM CDT

      Supreme Court Slays Patent Trolls

      (Newser) - Technology Review looks at three recent Supreme Court decisions—taken together, "historic"—that crack down on "patent trolls," unscrupulous companies that file thousands of patents and just as many lawsuits, aggressively hunting for license fees. The new rulings make it harder to launch these licensing campaigns, and easier for courts to deny injunctions and patents. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • courts  • patents  • patent trolls

  • June 2007
  • May 2007

    • Court Relaxes Patent Test

      CNET  |  May 1, 07 7:36 AM CDT

      Court Relaxes Patent Test

      (Newser) - Tech companies are thrilled with a Supreme Court ruling yesterday that relaxed the "obviousness" test for patents—the standard for deciding when a combination of existing elements deserves patent protection. No longer will Silicon Valley giants have to wrangle with patent "trolls"—people who anticipate minute improvements to products, then cry  infringement, CNET reports. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • technology  • law  • intellectual property  • patents

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