Last week in patent news

Out of practice: patent trolls and re-examination
July 6, 2011
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/500-wor...tion-10023188/

Why Google And Android Must Deal With The Mobile Protection Racket
July 9, 2011
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-w...ection-racket/

Microsoft Signs Another Patent Deal In Proxy War Against Google
July 5, 2011
http://moconews.net/article/419-micr...gainst-google/

Report: Microsoft Demanding $15 Per Android Handset From Samsung
July 6, 2011
http://moconews.net/article/419-repo...-from-samsung/

Microsoft’s Android Shakedown
July 7, 2011
http://blogs.forbes.com/timothylee/2...oid-shakedown/

Patent trolling with Microsoft
July 7, 2011
http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/ar...oft/1310007115

Microsoft Baidu Deal, Android Royalties Marked Week
July 10, 2011
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-...d-Week-565073/

Apple, Microsoft Patent Consortium Trying to Kill Android
July 10, 2011
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-...ndroid-137537/

Can Microsoft and Apple Kill Google's Android with Lawsuits?
July 11, 2011
http://www.dailytech.com/Can+Microso...ticle22114.htm

Canada investigating Nortel patent selloff
July 6, 2011
http://www.electronista.com/articles...le.breaks.law/

Google Staffing Up On Patent Lawyers And*Experts
July 13, 2011
http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/13/goo...s-and-experts/

Google passes on chance to signal stronger Android patent*defense
July 15, 2011
http://gigaom.com/2011/07/15/google-...atent-defense/

Oracle wants to question Google's Larry Page in Android patent lawsuit
July 15, 2011
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/tech...t-lawsuit.html

Greedy Oracle is looking to kill Android growth
July 9, 2011
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/articl...android_growth

Oracle v. Google - Updating the Reexams
June 22, 2011
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?s...10621192510777

App developers withdraw from US as patent fears reach 'tipping point'
July 15, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...raw-us-patents

More Love Lost Between Apple And Samsung: Now At The ITC
June 29, 2011
http://moconews.net/article/419-more...ow-at-the-itc/

Samsung demands Apple legal team be disqualified over insider knowledge fears
July 12, 2011
http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-dem...ears-12164459/

Apple vs Samsung: Judge Hints at Serious Credibility Problem of Apple; Favors Samsung
July 14, 2011
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/1799...minary-inj.htm

Quinn Emanuel Takes Aim at Apple's Lawyers in Samsung Smartphone Patent Fight
July 13, 2011
http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticle...e_Patent_Fight

HTC Buys S3 Graphics, Grows Patent Portfolio
July 6, 2011
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-...tfolio-337531/

Apple fires second legal salvo at HTC
July 11, 2011
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-200...-salvo-at-htc/

ITC says HTC violating two of Apple's patents

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July 15, 2011
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-200...?tag=mncol;txt

Apple ordered to pay $8m over playlist patents
July 11, 2011
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07...ent_case_loss/

Apple's new multitouch patent (FAQ)
June 22, 2011
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20...ch-patent-faq/


Apple seeks stylus patents
July 8, 2011
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20...tylus-patents/

Apple applies for stylus patents
July 8, 2011
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/communi...?tag=mncol;txt

One Finger OK, But Only Steve Jobs Can Use Two
July 3, 2011
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/20...se-two-fingers

Apple patent could mean (awesome) new ways of sharing files between devices
July 11, 2011
http://www.appolicious.com/tech/arti...etween-devices

Apple chief patent lawyer leaving: sources
July 12, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...76B0SF20110712

CommerceTel Files for Patent Protection on Groundbreaking Mobile Technologies
July 11, 2011
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/com...k=MW_news_stmp

Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Rights to Patents for 3G and 4G Wireless Technology from a Major Technology Company
July 11, 2011
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/aca...k=MW_news_stmp

Helferich files patent lawsuit against Nokia
July 12, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...76B0R120110712

Intellectual Ventures Launches Its Fourth Lawsuit Targeting Dell and HP
July 12, 2011
http://blogs.forbes.com/nathanvardi/...g-dell-and-hp/

Kootol sends legal notice to Apple, others, claiming patent infringemen
July 14, 2011
http://www.macworld.com/article/1611...ues_apple.html

US Patent Expiration for MP3, MPEG-2, H.264
July 15, 2011
http://www.osnews.com/story/24954/US...3_MPEG-2_H_264

Vicon Announces Patent Suit Settlement
July 14, 2011
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/vic...k=MW_news_stmp

Amazon Loses 1-Click Patent
July 7, 2011
http://blogs.forbes.com/timworstall/...-click-patent/

Freescale charges three companies with patent infringement
July 12, 2011
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/ne...nies-with.html

Blaze Mobile awarded patent for NFC sticker
July 15, 2011
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-200...r-nfc-sticker/

Universal Electronics Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit
July 15, 2011
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/uni...k=MW_news_stmp

"Becton, Dickinson & Co. won a partial appeal of a $5 million patent-infringement verdict that favored Retractable Technologies Inc. on technology used to protect health-care workers from accidental needle sticks.
July 11, 2011
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...-property.html

Austin-based Convergen LifeSciences wins patent for lung cancer treatment
July 14, 2011
http://www.statesman.com/business/au...g-1609962.html