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Beware the Nano Lawyers Growing confusion over nanotechnology-related patents could snare investors. Investors need to consider the strength of a company's intellectual property (IP) portfolio.   |
Chemistry World
January 17, 2013
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Nanotech patent jungle set to become denser in 2013 As we welcome in 2013, will nanotechnology continue to dominate many of the scientific headlines in the coming year, just as it has done over the past decade? |
InternetNews
January 28, 2008
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft: King of The Patent Hill Microsoft emerges as top tech patent holder with more than 15,000 patents pending. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2005
Carl Wherrett |
Goliaths Face a Nano Challenger Nano-Proprietary's patents threaten the display plans of some tech giants. Investors in Nano-Proprietary should be increasingly excited about its prospects |
Reason
October 2007
Jeff Taylor |
Get the Picture? Patent intimidation: Once again vague patents are blocking innovation rather than encouraging it. |
InternetNews
March 22, 2010 |
Microsoft Rules the Software Patents Hill Again In the annual race to win as many patents as possible, Microsoft ends up in front at least in the software category. So how valuable are those patents to a company the size of Microsoft? |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2005
Dave Mock |
BlackBerry Still Getting Squeezed Research In Motion's litigation with NTP may not be over. The companies' ongoing patent battle matters to investors for a number of reasons. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2005
Dave Mock |
The Lowdown on Patent Shakedowns The business of extorting license fees for patents can be very lucrative -- and damaging. It is important for investors to understand how the companies they own utilize and protect their inventions -- and what approach management has taken to deal with intellectual property disputes. |
InternetNews
June 3, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
BellSouth, Comverse Settle Patent Spat BellSouth will license telecom technology covered under two patents to Comverse |
CIO
August 1, 2003
Lawrence Rosen |
Patents: An Expensive Tax on the CIO Software patents cost you money. Like taxes, they skim from your profit margins, but in this case the fees go to pay for other companies' intellectual property. |
InternetNews
April 19, 2007
Michael Hickins |
Microsoft, Samsung Cross Bridge Over GPL Microsoft announced today that it has entered into a broad cross-licensing agreement with South Korean electronics maker Samsung. |
InternetNews
May 20, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
A Primer on Software Patents A closer look at software patents and at their history and implications for IT. |
Home Toys
April 2005 |
Alternative Big-Screen Displays A nanotube TV will give you image quality similar to CRTs, and the best image quality is still found on CRT-TVs. This article looks at the state of the industry. |
InternetNews
October 1, 2004
Ed Sutherland |
A Call for WiMax Licensing Group Via Licensing Corporation is calling for WiMax patent-holders to join a program with the ultimate goal of creating a portfolio of essential 802.16 technology that can be offered to companies at a single license price. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2008
Jill Jusko |
Growth Spurt for Nano: By the Numbers More than $50 billion in nano-enabled products sold worldwide last year. |
InternetNews
May 18, 2010 |
Microsoft Settles Patent Dispute With VirnetX Microsoft agrees to shell out $200 million for a one-time fee, and commit to additional licensing arrangements for two patents concerning VPN technology. |
Salon.com
September 20, 2000
Damien Cave |
Apple's "1-click" deal leaves a sour taste Since when does a computer maker need to license technology from a retailer like Amazon? |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2011
Marcus Pollice |
Web Video Wars: Google, Others Launch a Legal Shelter for WebM In a bid to strengthen the position of the WebM format in what can only be described as the "web video wars," Google and other WebM proponents formed a Community Cross-License initiative to pool relevant patents. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 16, 2014
Carmen Nobel |
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation Technical standards both spur innovation and protect the innovators, but abuses in the intellectual property protection system threaten US competitiveness. Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole discuss remedies. |
Linux Journal
February 1, 2002
Lawrence Rosen |
Geek Law: Dealing with Patents in Software Licenses, Part II How to determine what you can live with regarding patent-retaliation clauses... |
Entrepreneur
January 2004
David Worrell |
License to Profit Could licensing your intellectual property provide the extra capital you've been looking for? |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2004
Wherrett & Yelovich |
Nano Firms Tie the Knot The merger of Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. (CNI) and C Sixty, along with an expanding customer base, makes CNI an even more attractive IPO. Will 2005 be the year carbon nanotubes are introduced to the public? |
Wall Street & Technology
September 19, 2006
Paul Allen |
Patent Processing For both the patent holders and potential transgressors, technology patents can be a high-stakes game in the financial world, in both monetary awards and ongoing business feasibility. |
CIO
August 1, 2003
Mark Radcliffe |
Patents: A Small Price to Pay for Progress For CIOs, the issue is not whether patents should be granted for software but whether anything can be done to improve the quality of the granted patents. The problem relates more to the examining process in the USPTO than to the appropriateness of patents for software. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2006
Harry Goldstein |
Patent Power The world's most valuable patent portfolios: Boeing... Ricoh... IBM... Hitachi... etc. |
InternetNews
September 7, 2005
Clint Boulton |
CA, IBM Join in Open Patent Pledge Rivals Computer Associates International and IBM have agreed to exchange software license rights and releases in a bid to bring technologies to the public for open source development. |
IndustryWeek
July 22, 2009
Jill Jusko |
Poor Economy Tempers Nanotech's Growth Carbon nanotubes suffer as auto industry struggles. |
InternetNews
October 11, 2007
Sean Michael Kerner |
Should Open Source Fear Microsoft Patents? Is there any substance to Steve Ballmer's latest claims about open source and Microsoft's patents? |
InternetNews
December 15, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Yahoo Bows to JPEG Patent Forgent rocked the tech industry when it claimed a patent covering JPEGs. It looks like the patent may stick as Yahoo has entered into a patent licensing agreement covering its use of Forgent's data-compression technology. |
CIO
January 1, 2003
Christopher Koch |
Patently Stupid? It's not clear at the start of 2003 whether the software patent frenzy will cause innovation to flower or be trampled. |
Salon.com
October 23, 2000
Damien Cave |
Who ya gonna call? Patent busters! BountyQuest CEO Charles Cella explains why his Web site is offering cash to patent destroyers... |
CIO
January 1, 2003
Julie Hanson |
The Next Little Thing Perhaps the Next Big Thing on the horizon, nanotechnology is the science of manipulating materials on an atomic or molecular scale. |
InternetNews
May 14, 2007
Sean Michael Kerner |
Microsoft: Open Source Infringes on 235 Patents Microsoft continues to allege Linux patent infringement but still doesn't identify which ones. |
InternetNews
March 30, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
TomTom Settles Patent Fight With Microsoft After more than a month of suit and countersuit, the navigation device vendor agrees to pay Microsoft for patent rights. |
Technology Research News
February 25, 2004 |
Nanotube mix makes liquid crystal Carbon nanotubes are rolled-up sheets of carbon atoms that can be as narrow as 0.4 nanometers, or the span of four hydrogen atoms. They have useful electrical and mechanical properties and are a leading player in nanotechnology. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2006
Jill Jusko |
Intellectual Property Help Findlaw.com has launched the Intellectual Property Center. The new site presents a substantial amount of free resources, including how to obtain, enforce, and protect patents and trademark rights. |
InternetNews
June 9, 2011 |
Microsoft Loses Supreme Court Patent Case Top U.S. court rules against Microsoft in i4i patent appeal. |
InternetNews
October 12, 2009 |
Microsoft Seeks Patent on Timed S/W Licenses Patent could change the way users 'buy' software or the way Microsoft lets you use it. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2008
Thomas & Breitzman |
Patent Prowess Comprehensive data for the past year reveal strong movement in electronic-book technology and new leaders in semiconductor manufacturing and vehicle safety. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2010
Eric Bleeker |
Paul Allen Sues Everyone (Except Microsoft) Paul Allen's patent suit underscores a troubling trend that could stifle innovation. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
IBM's Patently Good Idea Big Blue's decision to open patents to public scrutiny could spur innovation. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2004
Tom Taulli |
Litigating for Profit Some of IT's biggest profits are found in the courtroom. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2011 |
What's Fueling the Tech Patent Bull Market? As companies amass patents to sue each other, is it time for the patent system to be reformed? |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2010
Steve LeVine |
IBM May Not Be the Patent King After All IBM wins more U.S. patents than any other company, but Microsoft's are worth much more money, says a new study. |
InternetNews
February 11, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Sun's Open Source Choice 'Disappointing' Sun open source patent pledge seen as doing little for open source developers, experts say. |
InternetNews
October 11, 2010 |
Microsoft Patent Licenses Aim to Avert Lawsuit On the eve of the launch of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft has licensed a host of patents relating to smartphone technology, including IP from Palm, in a bid to preempt infringement lawsuits. |
InternetNews
November 15, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Patent Commons Library Opens Doors The Open Source Development Labs group is throwing the doors open to its software patent library today. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
A Global Giant Preps for Patent Profits Ericsson has the power; patent power, that is. |
InternetNews
January 11, 2005
Jim Wagner |
IBM Pledges Patents to Open Source IBM said Tuesday it is pledging 500 software patents to developers of open source software so they can develop without fear. The patents are available to those who abide by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and use one of 50 OSI-certified licenses. |
Bio-IT World
August 13, 2003
Kevin Davies |
Playing by Aussie Rules GTG's Mervyn Jacobson discusses the controversial patenting of non-coding DNA. |
