July 15, 2011

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

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-200...#ixzz1SEfDRSub
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

July 11, 2011

Can Microsoft and Apple Kill Google's Android with Lawsuits?

Can Microsoft and Apple Kill Google's Android with Lawsuits?:
But despite the appearance that Android won, the ecosystem is now facing the looming potential of doom. That doom could come thanks to Apple, RIM, and Microsoft's growing portfolio of purchased intellectual property and desire to sue Android handset makers into submission.

Apple currently is suing HTC, Samsung, and Motorola in cases that stretch across multiple countries and continents. Microsoft is suing Motorola as well and is using legal threats to try to force Samsung into a per phone licensing deal (as much as $15 USD per Android phone sold), as it did with HTC last year. Likewise, Oracle Corp. is seeking $6.1B USD in damages, claiming that Android is infringing on the Java patents it obtained in its acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

The combined picture is clear. Apple and Microsoft have sued or entered into sweet licensing agreements with virtually every major Android maker (a few like LG Electronics Inc. have been spared, presumably on the merits of their smaller market share)."