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Searcher January 2001 Nancy Lambert |
The Better Mousetrap - BountyQuest: Let the Hunt Begin On October 18, BountyQuest Corp., a Boston-based start-up, launched a new Web site that has fired the imagination of professional patent searchers... |
Information Today October 30, 2000 Nancy Lambert |
BountyQuest Introduces New Service to Help Strengthen U.S. Patent System On October 18, BountyQuest Corp., a Boston-based start-up, launched a new Web site that has fired the imagination of professional patent searchers... |
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... |
Salon.com February 15, 2002 Damien Cave |
Losing the war on patents Market-based attempts (like BountyQuest) to fix the intellectual property system are faltering. Is it time to bring in the feds? |
Wired June 2000 Evan Ratliff |
Patent Upending The invention police can't stand Greg Aharonian, who says the fuss over Amazon's "one-click" plan is old news. The real problem: The government lost its grip on intellectual property long ago.... |
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? |
IEEE Spectrum June 2007 Suhas Sreedhar |
Peer Review Starts for Software Patent Applications Hoping to curtail the orgy of tech-industry litigation, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently launched an Internet-based peer-review program whereby anyone can help to evaluate a number of software patent applications voluntarily submitted for public evaluation. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2006 Lee A. Hollaar |
Patents 2.0 There are big problems with patents, especially software patents. A new type of patent is needed -- Congress should create a new, limited protection that protects against knockoffs without overreaching. |
InternetNews October 23, 2006 Nicholas Carlson |
IBM Sues Amazon A patent lawsuit involving Amazon.com? You don't say. |
Salon.com March 21, 2001 Damien Cave |
Patents are your friends Can open-source programmers use intellectual property laws to protect themselves from corporate software snatchers? Publishing work on IP.com ensures the patent office will see it and not issue patent for the idea to someone else. |
Information Today June 19, 2008 |
Peer-to-Patent Pilot Releases Report on Pilot Project Peer-to-Patent seeks to improve patent quality by connecting the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to an open network of scientific and technical experts to enhance the patent examination process. |
Bank Technology News July 2008 Glen Fest |
IP Practices Core to Patent Strategy John Cronin, managing director of ipCapital Group, but best known as the founder of IBM's "Patent Factory," says banks themselves are to blame for their patent predicament. |
InternetNews November 8, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
Amazon.com Hit With 'Recommendation' Suit Online retailer Amazon.com was hit by a patent infringement suit that strikes at the core of its business. |
InternetNews May 19, 2006 Nicholas Carlson |
Amazon's 'One-Click' Patent Up For Debate Again In reviewing Amazon.com's 1998 filing for the purchasing method, the U.S. Patent Office determined there was "a substantial question of patentability," according to a decision letter. |
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. |
InternetNews January 10, 2006 Clint Boulton |
USPTO Joins Patent Quality Cause The United States Patent and Trademark Office teams with IBM and the OSDL to improve the way patents are constructed and issued in the U.S. |
InternetNews September 27, 2006 Michael Hickins |
IBM Pushes New Patent Policies Patent reform may be on the way, but IBM has decided to change the system on its own and is leading by example. |
Bank Technology News March 2001 John Hackett |
In Pursuit of Patents Bankers and their suppliers fear fallout from an over-burdened Patent and Trade Office... |
Inc. July 24, 2002 Jennifer A. Redmond |
Strategic Patenting What to consider when you're filing a patent and strategic decisions you'll need to make. |
InternetNews November 24, 2004 Jim Wagner |
Nick Godici, Commissioner for Patents, USPTO The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has been taking a lot of heat in recent years over software patents. Sitting at the center of the firestorm, and the patent process, is Nick Godici, the agency's Commissioner for Patents. |
InternetNews December 10, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner |
Will Linux Defenders Save Linux from Microsoft? New legal initiative is designed to ensure quality patents and get rid of bad ones. |
Bio-IT World June 17, 2004 Cathryn Campbell |
Patent Plaintiff Perils Suing for patent infringement may seem rewarding, but you could lose even more. |
Information Today December 10, 2013 |
EBSCO Discovery Service Integrates Full-Text Patents EBSCO Information Services added content from the United States Patent and Trademark Office to EBSCO Discovery Service. |
Information Today July 3, 2000 Nancy Lambert |
Does British Telecom Own Hyperlinks? An investigation of the history behind British Telecom's patent which it claims covers hyperlinks. |
InternetNews June 4, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft Double-click Patent Sows FUD Will you pay Redmond every time you click-click? |
Information Today April 2005 George H. Pike |
Patenting the Internet The role of Internet patents has come into question as a number of patents have been issued to cover routine Internet practice such as media streaming. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Steven J. Frank |
Patent Reform Cacophy The Patent Reform Act may, in the end, merely contribute another layer of cost, delay, and uncertainty. |
Information Today May 2006 George H. Pike |
Feature: BlackBerry: Lawsuit and Patent Reform Whether through the courts or before Congress, the BlackBerry experience suggests that some modification of patent law is not only likely, it's necessary. |
AskMen.com March 19, 2003 Steve Richer |
How To: Patent An Invention Investors will not do business with you until you have that precious little number that guarantees that you own the rights to the invention. Read on to see how you can obtain a patent. |
Information Today October 16, 2006 K. Matthew Dames |
The Patent System on Tilt: IBM Seeks to Change the Game IBM wants to change the way the patent system works, holding itself out as an exemplar of openness. |
InternetNews June 11, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft Patent in Review The United States Patent and Trademark Office granted a request by the Public Patent Foundation to review one of Microsoft's many patents, the organization said today. |
CIO February 15, 2003 Geoffrey James |
Patent Office Stops Shuffling Paper The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced in December the latest stage in its two-year, $40 million project to make accessible via the Web all the documents that accompany the patent applications process by Oct. 1, 2004. |
The Motley Fool March 10, 2005 Tim Beyers |
Amazon's Patent Gift The e-commerce giant gets a patent for gifting. Amazon's innovation, according to the patent, derives from how it can get to know you through how and what you order. |
InternetNews March 16, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
Patently Unfair? Overworked patent examiners and outdated rules are just two of the reasons critics of some tech patents say the process needs fixing. |
CFO May 1, 2008 Marie Leone |
Patents under Pressure The battle over business-method patents heads to court in what may be a landmark decision. |
Bank Technology News January 2004 Karen Krebsbach |
Bight Ideas Financial services firms are deluging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with applications, which soared 15-fold between 1995 and 2002. Patent attorney Dale Lazar urges banks to get in line: converting valuable ideas into assets can pay off big time. |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Microsoft Bullies Amazon Microsoft and Amazon sign a patent deal, a deal that Amazon couldn't refuse. |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2014 David Dalke |
New Patent-Defense Path for Pharma Inter Partes Review can potentially offer a more economical and streamlined litigation strategy for pharma and biotech players. |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 Rich Duprey |
No Patents on Thinking ... Yet Over the years, the U.S. Patent office has patented a few too many ideas. The Supreme Court is now spending more time deciding whether a company has really infringed on a patent, rather than automatically issuing an infringement. |
Salon.com August 27, 1999 Mark Gimein |
Jay Walker's patent mania Is the Priceline.com founder a genuine inventor -- or an intellectual-property parasite? |
Information Today September 15, 2011 George H. Pike |
Congress Enacts Patent Reform Legislation In what is being described as the most substantial overhaul of U.S. patent law in nearly 60 years, Congress passed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, patent reform legislation that has been years in the making. |
InternetNews March 5, 2007 Roy Mark |
The 'Wikifying' of Software Patents Utilizing social networking tools, a Patent and Trademark Office pilot program aims to speed applications and better inform patent examiners. |
InternetNews November 16, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
PubPat Claims 'Prior Art' on JPEG Patent The Public Patent Foundation is asking the U.S. Patent office to take another look at the data compression format. |
InternetNews November 11, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Amazon Gets Patents on Consumer Reviews Amazon was awarded three new patents, covering its purchase circles, search and consumer reviews. |
Bio-IT World November 2005 Patrick R. Scanlon |
Patent Term Extension Primer U.S. patent law includes provisions for extending the patent term of medical devices and pharmaceuticals in instances when lengthy FDA approval is taking place during the term. |
PC World April 2006 Andrew Brandt |
Patent Overload Hampers Tech Innovation Application backlog and continuing patent disputes add up to a mounting crisis. |
InternetNews July 14, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
Streaming Media Dispute Closer to Trial A preliminary Markman Order sets out the terms of the patent infringement dispute between Acacia and 11 porn sites. |
Chemistry World October 31, 2012 Andrew Turley |
Chemists contribute to prior art hunt Do you know some chemistry? Do you have spare time? Then it might be that you can make money stress testing the patent literature with Article One Partners, a crowdsourcing website. |
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. |
Information Today May 2004 George H. Pike |
You Can't Do That, It's Patented There are an increasing number of questionable patent claims that cover Internet technologies and techniques, and permission must be obtained for their use. |