On Tuesday, Mar. 20 2011, the U.S. Supreme delivered its ruling in Mayo Collaborative Services, dba Mayo Medical Laboratories, et al. v.
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Yahoo! Flexes Patent Muscle, Sues Facebook for Infringement
It’s been a long time coming: social networking has become the next battleground for patent infringement lawsuits inside the tech world. On Monday, March 12, Yahoo! filed suit against Facebook in San Jose federal district court, alleging that Mark Zuckerberg’s social media giant is infringing on 10 patents owned by the popular search and news portal. The patents in question cover elements of huge concern to online social networks and those that use them.
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Social Media-Savvy Candidates or Patent Infringers?
The internet has become an increasingly relevant mechanism by which many people view and interact with the world. Perhaps the best example of this is seen in the dramatic effects social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have had on newsworthy events. These sites have played notable, even essential roles in events as diverse as the Arab Spring uprisings to the protests against the Read more ...
The Core of the Apple
On Monday of this week, the internet newswires were abuzz with discussion of Apple’s ”Key Victory” over Motorola in the German courts, temporarily staying for appeal an injunction from a lower court barring the sale of Apple’s iPad and iPhone products. The injunction had been issued in favor of Motorola (Motorola Mobility), who c
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Platform developer secures injunction against Verizon
ActiveVideo Networks, which pioneered cloud-based delivery of video-on-demand and interactive television, was awarded an injunction last week against Verizon for violating four patents on cloud-based video services.
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One for the Flies: Fly Whipping Gun Denied Patent on Basis of Obviousness
Who invented the first fly swatter? I don’t know. In fact, no one knows.
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Apple v. Google: The Battle in Your Pocket
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ACLU Announces Decision to Pursue Myriad in Supreme Court
On October 12, 2011, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Patent Protection Foundation announced their decision to petition the Supreme Court for certiorari after its Federal Circuit rehearing petition for Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S.
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Presumption of Irreparable Harm Wiped Out of Patent Infringement Analysis
On October 13, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit wiped out the presumption of irreparable harm in determining whether injunctive relief is appropriate in a patent infringement claim.
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