July 25, 2011

Last week (and then some) in patent news

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

Patents Are Very Valuable, Tech Giants Discover: Nathan Myhrvold
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...-myhrvold.html
July 18, 2011

Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in serious trouble
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/a...-trouble/13714
July 16, 2011

Can HTC Get A Second Bite At The Apple While Creating American Jobs?
http://gametimeip.com/2011/07/16/can...american-jobs/
July 16, 2011

These tables show HOW Android infringes Apple's two HTC-beater patents
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011...infringes.html
July 16, 2011

HTC's Apple Patent Loss: Why Android Fans Shouldn't Worry
http://www.pcworld.com/article/23591...dnt_worry.html
July 18, 2011

AAPL Standout Gainer In Lousy Market; HTC Patent Win Helps
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderd...ogle_news_blog
July 18, 2011

Patent battles flare in mobile world
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/artic...sp?aid=2939045
July 19, 2011

Google's Schmidt vows to defend HTC
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-200...to-defend-htc/
July 19, 2011

Google DestROID in Patent Battle
http://www.portfolio.com/companies-e...le-for-android
July 19, 2011

Mobile Computing Patent Wars Could Cost Google $2 Billion Annually
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article29363.html
July 19, 2011

Antitrust Concerns Over the $4.5B Apple-Microsoft-RIM Patent Purchase
July 19, 2011

Canada Won't Review $4.5B Sale of Nortel Patents
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=14109628
July 19, 2011

Apple paid $2.6bn of $4.5bn Nortel patent grab
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07...n_nortel_deal/
July 21, 2011

Patent holder InterDigital exploring possible sale
http://mobilebusinessbriefing.com/ar...-possible-sale
July 20, 2011

After Nortel Loss, Google Looks To InterDigital To Strengthen Patent Portfolio
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...BSI_story.html
July 21, 2011

Apple, Google Are Said to Be Among Companies Sizing Up InterDigital Offers
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...gital-bid.html
July 20, 2011

Apple-HTC, Kodak, Borders, Oracle: Intellectual Property
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...-property.html
July 21, 2011

Google may settle in Android lawsuit with Oracle
http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/21/go...droid-lawsuit/
July 21, 2011

Apple Has Lost Its Way in HTC/Google Patent Lawsuit
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-e..._b_903986.html
July 20, 2011

Apple’s Patent Claws Are Out (Again)
http://www.wallstreetdaily.com/2011/...apple-patents/
July 21, 2011

Android Lawsuits: Google Finds Its Voice
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/...-cio/231002381
July 22, 2011

Oracle to question Larry Page in Google patent lawsuit
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...89e670aab3a.41
July 23, 2011

Netbook maker Acer accuses Apple of starting 'patent war'
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...atent_war.html
July 22, 2011


WARNING: DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS OR THEY'LL MULTIPLY (Lodsys, IV, Kotool)

RIM Signs On With Intellectual Ventures For Its Patent Portfolio
http://www.articleonepartners.com/pa...nt-News/page14
May 30, 2011

Intellectual Ventures Strikes Patent-Licensing Deal With Micron
http://www.articleonepartners.com/pa...nt-News/page14
May 31, 2011

Apple Steps into Lodsys Litigation (highly recommended)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/0...sys-litigation
June 10, 2011

Lodsys goes for Google developers
June 28, 2011

Google Goes Missing In Lodsys Litigation
http://www.informationweek.com/news/...ogle/231001011
July 5, 2011

Software Patents are Becoming a Tax on Innovation
http://blogs.forbes.com/martinzwilli...on-innovation/
July 6, 2011

Lodsys won't back down, moves to wage patent war in Texas
http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters...AINS+%27ANV%27
July 6, 2011

Lodsys extends legal offensive against Apple iOS developers
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/20842...ios-developers
July 6, 2011

How “Patent Trolling” Taxes Innovation
http://www.articleonepartners.com/pa...nt-News/page14
July 11, 2011

New Intellectual Ventures Suit Seeks Payment From Chipmakers
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-n...om-chipmakers/
July 12, 2011

Lodsys now going after apps with More Apps buttons
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/07/13/lodsy...-apps-buttons/ d
July 13, 2011

Lodsys decides links to purchase other apps are close enough to their patents to sue over
http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/...over-20110713/
July 13, 2011

OMG! Cross promotion in "More Games" violates Lodsys' patent too!
http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=100387

Patent Trolls Drive App Developers from U.S. Market
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/0...ers-u-s-market
July 19, 2011

Lodsys sues Rovio over Angry Birds for iPhone and Android
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011...birds-for.html
July 22, 2011

Patent Troll Lodsys Intent on Waking Sleeping Giant of Industry Heavyweights
http://toucharcade.com/2011/07/22/pa...-heavyweights/
July 22, 2011

When Patents Attack (highly recommended)
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/...patents-attack
July 22, 2011

Software patents come home to roost
http://www.firstpost.com/business/so...ost-46839.html
July 23, 2011

Who Does Patent-Trading Firm Intellectual Ventures Work For, Anyway?
http://www.businessinsider.com/intel...#ixzz1T84IdPWN
July 24, 2011

Kootol targets Microsoft, Apple, others over patent
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20...s-over-patent/
July 15, 2011

Patent troll or paper tiger (Kootol)
http://www.i-programmer.info/news/83...er-tiger-.html
July 18, 2011e

Software Patent Trolls In India
http://cjnewsind.blogspot.com/2011/0...-in-india.html
July 23, 2011



More Mobile

Microsoft Paying Alcatel $75 Million Would Be Fair, Witness Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...ness-says.html
July 19, 2011

Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Smartphone Patents
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/aca...k=MW_news_stmp
July 20, 2011

ParkerVision Sues Qualcomm For Patent Infringement - Quick Facts
http://www.rttnews.com/Content/Quick...d=1669944&SM=1
July 20, 2011

Nokia Posts Loss but Pulls in IP Royalties
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...829935156.html
July 21, 2011

Icahn Prods Motorola to Explore Patent Sale
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...googlenews_wsj
July 22, 2011

MMI: Street Debates Reality Of Icahn’s Agitation
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderd...atent-musings/
July 21, 2011

More Apple

Apple, Groupon Are Said to Settle Their Patent Suits With Walker Digital
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...r-digital.html
July 22, 2011

Patent suit takes aim at Apple over iPhone, iPad 3G data transfer
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles..._transfer.html
July 13, 2011

Patents Hint of iOS 5 Voice Input Support
http://www.pcworld.com/article/23582...t_support.html
July 16, 2011

Apple’s Patent-palooza, Rumor-palooza & Godspeed
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/artic...ooza_godspeed/
July 15, 2011

Trade judge rules for Apple in patent case
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-va...in-patent-case
July 18, 2011

Kodak did not infringe on Apple patents, says ITC
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...76H1SQ20110718
July 18, 2011

Key Events in Patent Disputes Between Kodak, Apple
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=14107951
July 19, 2011

Apple loses US ITC patent case against Kodak
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...c-patent-kodak
July 19, 2011

Kodak Explores Options for Imaging Patent Portfolio
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...portfolio.html
July 20, 2011

Apple playlist patent suit winner hits replay for repay
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20...#ixzz1T7yWHkLf
July 20, 2011

Will cloud be the next patent battlefield?
http://www.itworld.com/cloud-computi...nt-battlefield
July 19, 2011

Patent: iPhones could get offline app purchasing power
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31747_7...#ixzz1T81HOiCR
July 21, 2011

Future iPad? Apple Files Multi-Layer, 3D Display Patent
http://www.conceivablytech.com/8529/...display-patent
July 21, 2011

Samsung
Samsung seeks US import ban on Osram
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...6338bac556.5f1
July 16, 2011

Samsung sues Osram as LED patent row escalates
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14181324
July 18, 2011

Anynod’s Smart Cover Clone Pulled From Samsung Stores
http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/19/any...amsung-stores/
July 19, 2011

Samsung Shallow Depth of Field Camera Patent Can Give 3D a Boost
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/07...ve-3d-a-boost/
July 20, 2011

US Patents Awarded

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina
http://m2m.tmcnet.com/news/2011/07/16/5640586.htm
July 16, 2011

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York
http://m2m.tmcnet.com/news/2011/07/17/5641191.htm
July 17, 2011

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California
http://www.mspnews.com/news/2011/07/21/5653446.htm
July 21, 2011

Other

WORLDCOMP'11 - The 2011 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (thanks Harvetta)
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp11/ws

Logitech Sued Over Harmony Remotes, Logitech Revue
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388641,00.asp
July 18, 2011

Microsoft Sued For Alleged Kinect Patent Violation
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/3..._Violation.php
July 22, 2011

Vivisimo Receives U.S. Patent for Clustering System and Method
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...125805088.html
July 19, 2011

SecuGen Corporation Files Lawsuit Against Suprema for Patent Infringement
http://send2pressnewswire.com/2011/0...056_045801.php
July 18, 2011

Contact Chip Banking Cards Violate SmartMetric, Inc. Issued Patent According to Latest Ruling in the SmartMetric Patent Infringement Case Brought Against Visa, MasterCard and American Express
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/con...k=MW_news_stmp
July 20, 2011

Vibram sues to protect FiveFingers shoe patent
http://www.boston.com/Boston/busines...mDK/index.html
July 18, 2011

New York Times Asks Court to Rule Information Access Patent Not Infringed
July 18, 2011
http://www.articleonepartners.com/pa...ent-News/page8

Patent Lawsuit From RPost Could Spell Trouble For Adobe /*EchoSign
http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/19/pat...dobe-echosign/
July 19, 2011

Immunomedics Awarded Additional Patent for PEGylation Method
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/imm...k=MW_news_stmp
July 19, 2011

BioTime (AMEX:BTX) 2nd issuance of US Glycosan Hydrogel Patent
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com/co...tent-0410.html
July 19, 2011

Avila is Granted its First U.S. Patent Covering a Class of Targeted Covalent Drugs
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/avi...k=MW_news_stmp
July 20, 2011

PositiveID Corporation Awarded Key Patent for Sample Prep of DNA and RNA
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/pos...k=MW_news_stmp
July 20, 2011

Lilly stock rises after drugmaker reports higher sales
http://www.ibj.com/lilly-stock-rises.../article/28421
July 21, 2011

Panel Session on Recent Supreme Court Patent Decisions
http://www.patentdocs.org/2011/07/do...decisions.html
July 19, 2011

Some news from the wide, wide world outside the United States…

http://www.articleonepartners.com/pa...-News/page9#85

Ahuja's World Patent news
http://www.wptn.com/wptn/showtopicwi...aspx?topicid=1

Sernova to be Granted Australian Patent
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ser...k=MW_news_stmp
July 16, 2011

Novartis Is Expected to Outpace Peers
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...719705244.html
July 18, 2011

EPO and SPTO sign agreement on IP activities in Latin America
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2011/20110713.html
July 13, 2011

A true partnership for stronger Intellectual Property protection in China
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2011/20110719.html
July 19, 2011

Patent IP will pass from Aptimize to Riverbed
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/...ze-to-riverbed
July 21, 2011

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