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Power Integrations patents applicable vs. Fairchild

Power Integrations said that all four patents asserted by the company in its patent-infringement lawsuit against Fairchild Semiconductor have been found enforceable by the court. Power Integrations was found to have acted properly in the process of applying for and obtaining its patents from the Patent Office and, as a result, the court rejected Fairchild's claims of inequitable conduct and ruled the patents enforceable. In October 2006, a jury found that Fairchild willfully infringed each of the four patents and awarded Power Integrations damages of approximately $34 million. In September 2007, a separate jury upheld the validity of each of the four patents.

Ultratech Acquires Patents From IBM for Semiconductor Wafer Annealing

Ultratech, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTEK), a leading supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices, today announced that it has acquired the rights to a collection of patents from IBM -- these include fundamental patents around the area of rapid thermal annealing. Representing both U.S. and foreign patents, the portfolio includes hardware for thermal processing (annealing) of semiconductor wafers, as well as patents for temperature control and metrology. This acquisition strengthens and broadens Ultratech's annealing technology capability for ultra-shallow junction (USJ) formation -- a critical step in semiconductor manufacturing.

Ultratech Acquires Patents From IBM for Semiconductor Wafer Annealing

PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ultratech, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTEK), a leading supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices, today announced that it has acquired the rights to a collection of patents from IBM -- these include fundamental patents around the area of rapid thermal annealing. Representing both U.S. and foreign patents, the portfolio includes hardware for thermal processing (annealing) of semiconductor wafers, as well as patents for temperature control and metrology. This acquisition strengthens and broadens Ultratech's annealing technology capability for ultra-shallow junction (USJ) formation -- a critical step in semiconductor manufacturing.

Ultratech Acquires Patents From IBM for Semiconductor Wafer Annealing

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ultratech, Inc. (NASDAQ: UTEK), a leading supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices, today announced that it has acquired the rights to a collection of patents from IBM -- these include fundamental patents around the area of rapid thermal annealing. Representing both U.S. and foreign patents, the portfolio includes hardware for thermal processing (annealing) of semiconductor wafers, as well as patents for temperature control and metrology. This acquisition strengthens and broadens Ultratech's annealing technology capability for ultra-shallow junction (USJ) formation -- a critical step in semiconductor manufacturing.

Ultratech Acquires Patents From IBM for Semiconductor Wafer Annealing

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ultratech, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTEK - News), a leading supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices, today announced that it has acquired the rights to a collection of patents from IBM -- these include fundamental patents around the area of rapid thermal annealing. Representing both U.S. and foreign patents, the portfolio includes hardware for thermal processing (annealing) of semiconductor wafers, as well as patents for temperature control and metrology. This acquisition strengthens and broadens Ultratech's annealing technology capability for ultra-shallow junction (USJ) formation -- a critical step in semiconductor manufacturing.

Permabit Awarded Two Patents Covering Scalable Data Deduplication

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Permabit Technology Corporation, the industry's leading innovator of scalable, data-reduced storage for enterprise archiving, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company two new patents for its massively scalable data deduplication technologies. These new patents protect the company's scalable data reduction (SDR) technology, which is integrated into its Enterprise Archive Data Center Series product. U.S. Patents 7,412,462 and 7,398,283 broadly cover the use of hash-based deduplication for scalable file and object data storage with access control credentials. These patents also protect Permabit's unique encrypted deduplication, snapshot, and many other features of the company's SDR technology.

Court Rejects Two Medtronic Patents

Boston Scientific obligation reduced from $250 to $19 million NATICK, Mass., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced that the U.S. District Court of Marshall, Texas found two patents of Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) unenforceable for inequitable conduct during the prosecution of the patents before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A jury had previously found that certain Boston Scientific balloon catheters and stent delivery systems infringed three Medtronic patents and that the patents were valid. The jury awarded damages of $250 million. As a result of today's decision, the damages are reduced to approximately $19 million. Following a prior decision by the Court, Medtronic and Boston Scientific had already agreed to reduce the jury verdict to approximately $186 million.

Sept 24 Is World Day Against Software Patents

zoobab writes "Veteran European anti-software patent campaigners have launched the World Day against Software Patents. They say, 'The issue of software patents is a global one, and several governments and patent offices around the world continue to grant software & business method patents on a daily basis; they are pushing for legal codification of the practice, such as currently in New Zealand and India. We declare the 24 September as the World Day Against Software Patents, in commemoration of the European Parliament First Reading in 2003 with amendments stopping the harmful patenting of software, guaranteeing that software programmers and businesses can safely benefit from the fruits of their work under copyright law.'"

CruiseCam International Moves Forward With Patents in Europe

BIRMINGHAM, MI -- (Marketwire) -- 08/07/08 -- CruiseCam International, Inc. (CCMJ), after years in the process of review by the European Patent Office (EPO), has been allowed the use of a number of critical claims that will comprise the basis of its first European patents pertaining to seat-integrated video recording technology. Through the successful efforts of its patent lawyers CruiseCam now can extend its patents portfolio coverage to most European countries. CruiseCam is now proceeding with the process of obtaining European patents for the future release of its commercial seat-integrated video system that has already been granted patents in the United States.

A new means to scuttle submarine patents

The late Jerome H Lemelson is well known to numerous manufacturers, not only in the United States but all around the world. During his lifetime, Lemelson, who was the extremely litigious inventor-owner of a large number of patents granted by the United States and many other countries, was also famous for his pursuit of what are known in the United States as submarine patents. The term submarine, which is not unique to Lemelson patents, is based upon the fact that US patents so termed have matured from divisional or continuation applications of parent, grandparent, or even more remote ancestor patent applications filed, in some cases, 20 to 30 years before issuance of the submarine descendant patent.

Transurety Gets Patents

MINNEAPOLIS -- Transurety, LLC, has been assigned four major patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). These innovative patents provide unique protection for users by insuring, bonding, and underwriting Internet transmissions. Transurety is using the trademarked name, InsuritiTM for the patented processes. This is the first group of patents that address the insuring of risks associated with sending confidential information over the Internet.

Groundbreaking New Patents Issued for Insuring Internet Transmissions

MINNEAPOLIS --(Business Wire)-- Transurety, LLC, has been assigned four major patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). These innovative patents provide unique protection for users by insuring, bonding, and underwriting Internet transmissions. Transurety is using the trademarked name, Insuriti(TM) for the patented processes. This is the first group of patents that address the insuring of risks associated with sending confidential information over the Internet.

A Campaign to Stop the Introduction of Software Patents in India

"The Candle light vigil to "Say No To Software Patents" is a occasion to raise civil society voice against this back door trojan to Indian patent system. Software Patents kills innovation & competition. Patents turn software publishing into the privilege of a few."

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IP Attorneys Increasingly Getting Their Own Patents And Suing

A year ago, the story of patent attorney Scott Harris started making headlines. While being an IP attorney at a prestigious law firm, on the side, Harris had been getting his own patents, and then using a shell organization to sue companies for infringing. Some of the companies sued were represented by the firm that Harris worked for. Talk about a conflict of interest, right? Well, reporter Joe Mullin has discovered that these sorts of things are increasingly common. Various IP attorneys involved in patent hoarding lawsuits are seeing how lucrative it can be to just get a patent and sue -- and so they're eagerly jumping into the game themselves. Mullin dug up a bunch of cases of IP lawyers getting their own patents, and then suing over those patents, outside of their day job.

IP Technology Services, Inc. Completes Sale of Two Online Search Technology Patents

NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IP Technology Services, Inc. (``IP Tech'') (OTC BB:IPSV.OB - News) announced that it has completed the sale of two online search technology patents. One of the patents generally relates to a method of presenting a large number of search terms for improving the speed and efficiency of an online search. The second patent relates to a method of searching for information on the basis of a level of similarity of information in a primary document. IP Tech received an advisory fee in connection with the sale of each of the patents.

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory inventors on 7 out of every 10 Navy nanotech patents

A study by researchers at the University of Arizona reports that the U.S. Navy ranks third, behind IBM and the University of California system, in the number of nanotechnology patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 1976-2006. Nanotechnology patents were identified by searching for certain keywords in the title or abstracts of published patents.

Groundbreaking New Patents Issued for Insuring Internet Transmissions

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Transurety, LLC, has been assigned four major patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). These innovative patents provide unique protection for users by insuring, bonding, and underwriting Internet transmissions. Transurety is using the trademarked name, Insuriti

Groundbreaking New Patents Issued for Insuring Internet Transmissions

MINNEAPOLIS - (Business Wire) Transurety, LLC, has been assigned four major patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). These innovative patents provide unique protection for users by insuring, bonding, and underwriting Internet transmissions. Transurety is using the trademarked name, Insuriti

Ultratech buys patents from IBM for semiconductor wafer annealing - Update

(RTTNews) - Ultratech, Inc. (UTEK: News ), a lithography and laser-processing equipment maker, Thursday said it acquired the rights to a collection of patents from International Business Machines Corp. (IBM: News ), including fundamental patents of rapid thermal annealing.

Micronics receives two new patents on microfluidic technologies

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Micronics Receives Two New Patents on Microfluidic Technologies

Micronics, Inc. today announced that it has been issued two patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for novel microfluidic devices and methods. These new patents relate to the company's focus on the development of rapid and easy to use clinical diagnostic products.

Permabit Awarded Two Patents Covering Scalable Data Deduplication

Permabit Technology Corporation, the industry's leading innovator of scalable, data-reduced storage for enterprise archiving, recently announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company two new patents for its massively scalable data deduplication technologies. These new patents protect the company's scalable data reduction (SDR) technology, which is integrated into its Enterprise Archive Data Center Series product.

Nokia and Huawei Sign Patents Agreement

Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks have announced a patent license agreement with Huawei and its affiliates for standards essential patents. The agreement covers the worldwide use of all standards essential patents of all parties, including GSM, WCDMA, CDMA2000, optical networking, datacom and WiMAX in mobile devices, infrastructure and services.

Appeals court affirms Qualcomm infringed patents

An appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Qualcomm did indeed infringe two Broadcom patents, and upheld an earlier injunction on products that use the patents.

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