San Diego – With the Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 2012 set, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) can expect to see $100 million less in its budget. Never mind that the USPTO is a fee-funded agency, and does not receive any funding from taxpayer dollars. What this cut equates to is a
San Diego Based Callaway Golf’s Patents Deemed Invalid in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
San Diego – A U.S. District Court in Delaware recently upheld a jury verdict that ruled four of Callaway Golf’s patents are invalid. The judgment, which stems from a 2006 patent infringement lawsuit Callaway filed against Acushnet Co., officially closes the case in that particular court but can be appealed at the Federal Circuit level.
Acushnet Co.
Microsoft vs. i4i Patent Lawsuit May Rattle Tech Industry
San Diego – A patent infringement case between Microsoft and i4i argued before the Supreme Court may cause a domino effect in the technology industry. Washington-based Microsoft is seeking to change the legal criteria for invalidating patents.
At the core of the Microsoft vs. i4i dispute is a design patent that i4i applied for in 1994 which
Apple sues Samsung for Patent and Trademark Infringement over iPhones and iPads
San Diego – In an ongoing battle over what Apple is alleging to be blatant infringement of its intellectual property, it recently filed a patent and trademark infringement lawsuit against Samsung. The infringing products up for debate are Samsung’s Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets, which are said to infringe on Apple’s line of iPhones and iPads.
Apple’s
Crayola Won’t Play Nice Over Bubble Patent
Orange County – Crayola, the globally famous manufacturer of crayons, is in a fight over bubbles. It seems that the patent for colored bubbles, owned by competitor C2C Technologies, could very well threaten the existence of Crayola’s own washable colored bubble product released earlier this year.
The Pennsylvania-based crayon giant also known as Binney
A Decade Later, Google Gets Patent for Doodles
Orange County – In 1998, to mark their attendance at the Burning Man festival, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin decided to include a stick figure drawing of the Burning Man behind the Google logo on the front page of their website. This was the first of what would be many modified Google logos
The America Invents Act Brings U.S. Closer To First-To-File Patent System
Los Angeles – The U.S. Senate has passed the America Invents Act, a new law that is aimed to create synergy between U.S. patent law and foreign patent laws. Most importantly, the law will move the United States one step closer to the well-embraced first-to-file system used by most other countries. With the first-to-file
New Solar Patent to Charge Apple’s Batteries?
Los Angeles – In the world of mobile media devices, it seems as though each new product release offers endlessly increasing processing power and yet also consumes less power. Apple Inc., the leader of mobile iOS devices, is attempting to tap solar power in a new patent.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted
Toilet Paper Patent Has Kimberly-Clark On A Roll
Los Angeles – With the thousands of patent applications submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for various technological innovations each year, personal care product manufacturer Kimberly-Clark (KMB) has jumped on the bandwagon with its very own patent pending rolling system tubeless technology. Back in 2010, Clark subsidiary Scott Naturals launched Tube-Free Toilet
U.S. Leads World in Patent Registrations
Orange County – The number of patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 2010 increased by 31 percent over the previous year. With 219,614 patents granted in 2010, it was the most substantial increase on record. It appears that our economic slump hasn’t affected the country’s innovators and inventors.
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