Mar
4
Michigan’s strong patent market
Posted by Dirk Avery at 5:37 pm under Innovation, Patent.
I go to the University of Michigan Law School. Ann Arbor, as a university town, is shielded a little from an otherwise awful state economy. However, innovation and patents are helping to bring things back. Sven Gustafson on MLive writes:
The auto industry may be bleeding money throughout Michigan, but it is fueling […]
Mar
4
Microsoft Entering the Dating Industry?
Posted by Irene Soto at 10:49 am under Patent, Technology.
Last week, this Microsoft patent application published, titled “Image-Based Face Search.” The claims cover a computer-readable media involved in the following method: (1) a user providing an image of a face, (2) the user indicating a preference for one or more facial features, (3) comparing the image provided to a plurality of stored images, and (4) displaying the resultant […]
Mar
4
Patently resolved
Posted by Dirk Avery at 9:13 am under Litigation, Patent.
Nokia wins Qualcomm patent suit in the UK. Bloomberg’s James Lumley has this:
Nokia Oyj, the world’s biggest maker of mobile phones, won a U.K. patent lawsuit filed by Qualcomm Inc. over patents related to GSM technology.
One of Qualcomm’s patents is invalid and another is partially invalid, Justice Christopher Floyd said at a hearing […]
Mar
1
eBay and Merc hug and make-up
Posted by Dirk Avery at 2:45 pm under Litigation, Patent.
InternetNews’s Kenneth Corbin writes:
eBay reached a settlement with MercExchange today [Feb. 28], putting to rest a long-running legal squabble that dates back to September 2001.
eBay said that it would purchase the three patents from MercExchange which had been at the center of a high-profile infringement case that eventually made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. […]