Here is the bluetooth patents family that assertedly include claims directed to various cellphone manufacturer’s implementation of bluetooth. Publication Pub. Date Filed Title WO9811672A1 1998-03-19 1997-09-12 Simplified high frequency tuner and tuning method US20060019624A1 2006-01-26 2005-06-15 Simplified high frequency tuner and tuning method US20040038655A1 2004-02-26 2003-08-25 Simplified high frequency tuner and tuning method US20020090924A1 2002-07-11 [...]
Periodically, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is asked when someone other than the patent owner of record may bring a patent infringement suit. The answer: the patentee (person that the patent issued to) and successors in title to the patentee. If the analysis stopped there, you could sue only if you [...]
An en banc opinion of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in DSU Medical v. JMS helps us understand what it means for Inducing Infringment. Infringement can be direct (for example “Dirty Rotten Infringer” or DRI makes, uses, sells, offers for sale or imports a product that satisfies all the limitations of at [...]
The US Supreme Court issued an opinion today in Medimmune, Inc. v. Genetech, Inc., et al. that held (8 to 1) that, under the facts of that case,? a licensee was not required terminate its existing license or be in breach prior to seeking a declaratory judgment that the licensed patent was invalid, unenforceable, or not [...]
Bloomberg.com has an interesting article about patent damages for 2006, asserting that the $1Billion awards level was almost triple the level in 2005. There are some interesting quotes and statistics. One thing I did not like about the article was the assertion that damages were this high because of increased efforts to “fend off competition” [...]
Blaise Moutet has compiled a list of his top 10 US Nanotechnology patents for 2006. You can see his list here. The list is weighted towards nanotubes, but includes other patented technology. Now, if only we could all agree on a definition for nanotechnology…
A new website was officially launched today: FedCirc.Us. This is what the site says about its purpose: “FedCirc.us is a portal of patent caselaw information built on a foundation of timely, accurate and considerate reviews of appellate level court decisions.? Content is organized to provide quick updates on the latest developments in the law and [...]