Intellectual Property
Microsoft on Monday launched a patent infringement lawsuit against Barnes & Noble, FoxConn International Holdings and Inventec Corp. over several features in the Android-based Nook e-reader and the Nook Color Tablet products.
Big Tech
Time Warner Cable is receiving cease-and-desist letters for allowing its customers to access television programming through their iPads.
Intellectual Property
Apple Inc. on Friday sued Amazon.com for trademark infringement when Amazon launched its online ‘app store’ to sell software applications for mobile devices.
Intellectual Property
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2011 — The Obama Administration told the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday that federal judges should trust the procedures undertaken at the United States Patent and Trademark Office to ensure that any patents that they approve are valid, and thus uphold a strict legal standard that
Intellectual Property
WASHINGTON, March 10, 2011 – One day after the Senate voted to cut off debate and move toward a vote on changes to patent law, BroadbandBreakfast.com’s Intellectual Property Breakfast Club featured an informed and educated debate about the pros and cons of changing patent law.
Intellectual Property
WASHINGTON March 10, 2011 – The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation brought government officials and business executives Wednesday to discuss the Obama administration’s innovation policies.
Congress
WASHINGTON, March 8, 2011 – The Senate passed a bill Tuesday evening that would significantly reform the U.S. patent system for the first time in nearly 60 years. The bill will now go to the House for consideration. The Senate passed the America Invents Act – formerly the Patent Reform Act of 2011
Congress
WASHINGTON, March 8, 2011 – The Senate voted Monday to end debate and may move to a final vote as early as Tuesday on a bill that would overhaul the nation’s patent system for the first time in nearly 60 years.
Intellectual Property
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2011 — The U.S. Senate on Thursday rebuffed an effort by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. that would have eviscerated the current push to switch the United States’ method of awarding patents to one that is in line with the rest of the world’s.
Big Tech
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2011 — The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday moved to tweak the rules governing the terms on which cable companies and satellite operators can re-transmit the signals of broadcasters in the wake of several high-profile disputes that often left consumers in the dark a
Broadband Calendar
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, March 2, 2011 – The internet and intellectual property policy news and events service BroadbandBreakfast.com will hold its March 2011 Intellectual Property Breakfast Club event, “Patent Reform in the 112th Congress” on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011.
Intellectual Property
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2011 — Top Obama administration officials moved to assuage American inventors’ fears Tuesday that a fundamental change being sought in the nation’s patent system won’t put them at a disadvantage .
Congress
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2011 – The Senate moved a step closer to the first major overhaul to the patent system in nearly 60 years when it introduced a bill to the floor on Monday.
Copyright
WASHINGTON, February 20, 2011 — The lead lawmaker in the U.S. House of Representatives regarding intellectual property issues says that he and his colleagues need to be extremely wary of giving the federal government too much unfettered power when it comes to seizing the domain names of web sites th
Intellectual Property
WASHINGTON, February 18, 2010 — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Thursday appointed biotech and pharma lawyer Teresa Stanek Rea as deputy director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Copyright
WASHINGTON, February 17, 2011 – The Senate Judiciary Committee conducted a hearing Wednesday to address potential criticisms of the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Acts (COICA), which would target websites dedicated to stealing American intellectual property.
