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Protect Your Software with Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
2008-06-06 17:47:00 You've spent thousands of hours developing a new software program. Now how do you ensure that your competitors don't copy your program and steal your market? The sad truth is you can't, as Apple discovered when Microsoft "borrowed" its graphical user interface to build Windows and corner the PC operating system market. ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Protect Your Software with Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks", url: "http://www.devtopics.com/prote-ct-your-software-with-patents-c-opyrights-and-trademarks/" });
Infosys bags 2 US Patents
2008-06-03 23:54:00 Infosys Technologies has informed the stock exchanges that it has badded 2 patents from US Patent and Trademark Office. The patents were for holography and mobile communications related applications. This is a major boost to teh software major and was reflected on the company’s share prices today. As soon as the announcement hit the market, the ...
Infosys Patents | Infosys awarded Patents
2008-06-03 14:17:00 Infosys awarded 2 patents by United States Patent and Trademark office addthis_url =... Click on Headline to read full Article..
Apple patents solar cells
2008-05-30 10:57:00 Apple has filed a new patent ? known as Solar cells on portable devices. Clearly, they hope to integrate them into small devices, such as iPods and iPhones. Judging by what the application says, Apple wants to cover the device in question in a layer of solar cells. Should this come to fruition, it would ...
Microsoft Patents Proactive Virus Protection
2008-05-27 15:36:00 Slashdot It!Microsoft has just snared a U.S. patent for proactive virus protection, which is how security software helps secure your PC when it encounters shape-shifting malware not already in its antivirus definition file. What I want to know is, what does this mean for all the other vendors -- like McAfee, Symantec, Kaspersky, and Trend Micro -- that have been selling proactive protection software for years? Do they now have to pay Microsoft protection; I mean, royalties?Here's the quick low-down on the new Microsoft patent. Issued on May 20, patent number 7,376,970 is entitled "System and method for proactive computer virus protection." The inventor is Adrian Marinescu, who was at one point (maybe he still is) a lead developer on the Windows kernel team, heavily involved in the heap manager. He previously worked on Windows NT's object manager, which is a key software traffic-cop managing the interaction among all the executive kernel subsystems. All this is by way of saying tha...
By: Tech Talk
Software Patents in Europe and MicrosoftÂ’s Huge Lobbying Budget as of Late
2008-05-22 16:48:00 Despite recession, the finding seems to suggest that the pace of obligatorily-disclosed amounts now trivially exceeds $10 million for Microsoft alone (annually).
By: Server Tales
Microsoft Patents Proactive Virus Protection
2008-05-22 10:56:00 Microsoft Patents Proactive Virus ProtectionMicrosoft has just snared a U.S. patent for proactive virus protection, which is how security software helps secure your PC when it encounters shape-shifting malware not already in its antivirus defin...
May 8th - This Day in History - Robert Thompson Patents the Rubber Tire. Wh
2008-05-08 06:00:00 May 8th - This day in history was a busy one. We’ll hear about tires, dog shows and our favorite 70’s family sitcom, Little House on the Prairie. But first, I want to remind you that this weekend is Mother’s Day! If you still haven’t found her that special gift, then I’ve got the best ...
By: Fabu Daily
German group patents ?Smell-Phone?!
2008-05-05 17:16:00 Lol… it looks like we will have some great new phones that smell based on how you are feeling? Well, it could be used for pranks… Perhaps, you can send a SMS text message, whether that be love or fart, so the user can “smell” the message too. A German syndicate announced this week that it ...
Apple granted three new iPhone input patents
2008-04-26 18:06:00 The US Patent and Trademark Office published several of Apple’s patent approvals today, all of which relate to different aspects of the iPhone’s functionality. The first patent that has been approved deals with organization of the iPhone’s interface, mainly to reduce the clutter of adding too many visual elements to a document. The patent indicates the use of nested interface elements, for example, clicking a button to bring up a menu with operations that the user may perform. read it here appletell
By: iPhonetunes
Apple Patents iPod Goggles
2008-04-23 07:15:00 People have been gossiping about the possibility of ?iPod Shades? from Apple since Steve Jobs toyed with the idea of using head-mounted video displays in a 2005 interview. Well, it looks like the company may have taken the first step towards making this into a reality when a recently filed patent for a ?Head Mounted Display System? went public late last week. The ?goggles? include a an integrated fiber optic line which acts as a lanyard that can be tightened to fit your head.
By: Attuworld
Samsung skips the touchscreen, patents gesture-based phone interface
2008-04-20 00:00:00 Filed under: Cellphones Samsung's been getting pretty creative with cell cameras lately -- the Instinct lets you pan around web pages by tracking movement with the camera, for example -- but the company's latest patent application, for a gesture-based phone interface, might be a little less practical. The idea is ...
Samsung skips the touchscreen, patents gesture-based phone interface
2008-04-20 00:00:00 Samsung's been getting pretty creative with cell cameras lately -- the Instinct lets you pan around web pages by tracking movement with the camera, for example -- but the company's latest patent application, for a gesture-based phone interface, might be a little less practical. The idea is to use ...
seed patents, GM crops, industrial food - the power to own and control life
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Brief History of Software Patents
2008-04-17 16:56:00 A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to an inventor for a fixed period of time in exchange for disclosure of an invention. The patent enables the inventor to exclude others from making, using, selling or importing the invention. (wiki) SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Brief History of Software Patents", url: "http://www.devtopics.com/brief--history-of-software-patents/"- });
Apple patents laser based head mounted display
2008-04-17 16:00:00 The biggest problem watching movies on your iPhone? Of course, it?s the display size. The quality of video processing quality on the iPhone is pretty good already, and, thank?s to the Moore?s law, will get much better in time, including the capabilities to view full HD movies in time. Storage? Give a few years and ...
By: koolgizmo
Seagate Claims SSD Maker Violates Patents
2008-04-16 02:25:00 Apple’s MacBook Air laptop features a solid-state drive (SSD). So does HP’s new Mini-Note. While still a tiny part of the market, SSDs are starting to worry traditional hard-drive manufacturers. A lot. In a sign of the showdown between old and new storage technologies, Seagate, the market leader in traditional hard drives, filed a lawsuit in ...
Apple Patents: Widget Organization, Virtual Keyboards, Episodic Games
2008-04-04 16:27:00 A few more patent applications filed by Apple have been published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, three of which were iPhone/iPod touch-related. Among them are a feature for rearranging a homescreen, a configuration for unique virtual keyboards that display for different tasks, such as writing Email, and most interestingly a patent for "episodic" gaming.The first patent, Graphical User Interface for Configuring and Displaying Widgets, covers the organization of widgets on the iPhone and iPod touch.Their second patent, Soft Keyboard Display for a Portable Multifunction Device, covers "computer-implemented method for displaying soft keyboards at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display", or the iPhone's virtual keyboard. Lastly, the third patent, Treatment of Episodic Games, pertains to titles that make up only part of a whole story, such as Half-Life 2. The patent is for a method of detecting what episodes of a game a user has and telling them what ...
Information You Should Know About Patents
2008-04-01 07:00:00 There are many misconceptions about what a patent is and is not. Many believe that patents can “protect an idea” in the sense of preventing people from acting on a concept you thought of. Others believe that mailing yourself notes and drawings is a “poor man’s patent” that provides sufficient protection. In fact, patents are ...
By: Resources zone
Software patents underlie a novel open source business model (video)
2008-03-30 01:36:00 "Software patents are evil." Ask almost any free or open source software advocate, and they'll you that software patents kill creativity and keep computer science from advancing as rapidly as it would if everyone shared their basic work with everyone else, unencumbered by patents or other restrictions. But computer science professor Fred Popowich of Simon Fraser University says this is not necessarily true. So does attorney Larry Rosen, who spent many years as legal counsel for the Open Source Initiative starting (literally) before it had a name.
By: Server Tales
Software patents underlie a novel open source business model (video)
2008-03-30 01:36:00 "Software patents are evil." Ask almost any free or open source software advocate, and they'll you that software patents kill creativity and keep computer science from advancing as rapidly as it would if everyone shared their basic work with everyone else, unencumbered by patents or other restrictions. But computer science professor Fred Popowich of Simon Fraser University says this is not necessarily true. So does attorney Larry Rosen, who spent many years as legal counsel for the Open Source Initiative starting (literally) before it had a name.
By: Server Tales
Purchasing Patents for Sale
2008-03-29 06:00:00 Just as a growing number of people are starting to sell their patents, there is a rise in the number of people looking to buy them. However, it is wise to do some homework and number-crunching before spending big bucks to own a patent. It is also altogether imprudent to buy patents or ideas from ...
By: Resources zone
Pfizers Head of Patents Faces Allegations of Child Pornography
2008-03-28 18:22:00 The AP is reporting that the feds have charged Pfizers global patent director, Alan Hesketh, with receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography. Hesketh, 61, stands accused of posing as a 28-year-old woman and, while chatting online, trading
By: mini wisdom
Apple patents LCD Display
2008-03-27 19:23:00 Now a days Apple is everywhere, first it came up with the SDK for iPhone for which developers all over the world were eagerly waiting. Then yesterday I read that a Gartner Analyst who tracks Apple has said that Apple has given orders of 10 million 3G iPhone, another of Apple’s eagerly awaited iPhone variant. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Apple patents LCD Display", url: "http://www.fonearena.com/blog/-2008/03/27/apple-patents-lcd-di-splay.html" });
Information on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks.
2008-03-25 01:22:00 This is all from my “patent, trademarks, and copyrights” file. It’s just a dump of the word document so excuse the poor formatting, which I have also uploaded to be downloaded for free here in a convenient word document. (Right click > save as) Information on Patents, copyrights and trademarks All of the following data was ...
Call for clarity on code patents
2008-03-21 09:43:00 Call for clarity on code patentsA legal row between the UK government and Symbian has revived the issue of whether computer programs can be patented.http://news.bbc.co.uk/-go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/730737-5.stm
Level 3 Acquires IBMs CDN Patents
2008-03-20 13:17:00 Data Center Knowledge – Are patents the coin of the realm in the content delivery business? If so, the game has just gotten more interesting. Akamai Technologies (AKAM) has prevailed in three different patent infringement cases against rivals in the content delivery markets, most recently with a Feb. 29 court victory ... read more
HTC patents a smartphone type with two keyboards
2008-03-20 13:03:00 HTC has filed a patent application for a smartphone with two keyboards ? numeric and QWERTY. This isn?t a kind of a run-of-the-mill design ? two keyboards make one, i.e. the digits are engraved on the QWERTY-keyboard’s buttons. You can use either of the keyboards in particular positions of the device. For the landscape mode ...
Great Invention Idea? 5 of the Tackiest Easter Themed Patents Ever!
2008-03-20 11:00:00 There is no religious holiday of more importance to a Christian than Easter. To this end, some inventors wish to provide believers with helpful symbols and trinkets to assist or focus their faith. Then there are the others: inventors who capitalize on - exploit? - this kind of solemnity with their own particular tacky take on the holiday. In my opinion, the following patents illustrate this point exactly. What do you think? Technorati Tags: Array
Apple Patents Clamshell iPhone
2008-03-18 18:57:00 The iPhone has earned lots of appreciation and moolah for the already popular computer company, now a latest patent leak from the company suggests that their flagship mobile phone, the iPhone, will be launched in a clamshell format. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Apple Patents Clamshell iPhone ", url: "http://www.fonearena.com/blog/-2008/03/18/apple-patents-clamsh-ell-iphone.html" });
Patenting Life: Companies Seek to Own Biology
2008-03-18 05:00:00 Can you believe that a company filed for a patent on a living species? The J. Craig Venter Institute created the first form of synthetic or “artificial life,” a bacterium named Mycoplasma laboratorium and filed in the US to own all rights to the life-form. The bacteria could be released in the upper atmosphere, absorbing carbon ...
By: Bust A Change
Apple patents flip/clamshell technology usable for future iPhones
2008-03-18 00:26:00 iPhone World: Apple has patented a technique, which could allow for a smaller phone with the technology called “dual sided trackpad”. All the functionality of the iPhone, but half the size with the see-though cover using multi-touch trackpad. The trackpad, which is attached to the phone via hinge would allow for input on both ...
By: iPhone World
Am Tech: Apple TV to Gain DVR Functionality
2008-03-14 19:56:00 Just the other day, an Apple patent filed sometime in 2006 turned up describing how a media hub could implement live TV recording functionality and how a touch sensitive remote control could be used to interact with the device. Today, Shaw Wu of American Technology Research says Apple TV will soon incorporate Digital Video ...
By: Eye On Apple
Where is INDIA wrt Patents ??
2008-03-14 07:52:00 Though Indians have made their way to the Top 10 Richest of the world listed by Forbes , India is still lagging with respect to Research and Development (R&D) though most people disagree this, it is a fact !!!Last year about 8000 papers were submitted for Patents from India of which only 2000 were approved but our neighbouring country China has applied for 1,80,000 patents which 90,000 were approved.On an average companies like Intel and Microsoft alone apply for some 2000 patents an year !!!Why is India lagging behind....we simply can't say that India does'nt have brainsWhom should we blame for this ??Is it like Research is going on but still people aren't applying for patents ..What ever but India needs to get out of this situation as soon as possibleLabels: India wrt Patents , Number of patents india applied , India and Patents
By: Tech Savvy
Gibson States 'Guitar Hero' Violates Its Patents
2008-03-13 00:37:00 Gibson Guitar Inc. claims that Activision Inc infringed on one of its patents. Gibson states the game violates its 1999 patent for technology that can simulate a musical performance. Activision has filed a lawsuit asking the U.S. District Court to declare the patent invalid.
Sony Ericsson patents PSP-handset
2008-03-12 19:00:00 Sony Ericsson has filed a patent application for ?orientation based multiple mode mechanically vibrated touchscreen display. Probably the company will use this development for its PSP phone. According to the patent application, this will be a handset with a full touchscreen display, accelerometer (or other orientation sensor), no physical buttons, and a screen feedback set-up ...
3 Great Patents to Help Celebrate St. Patrick's Day
2008-03-10 20:05:00 The United States Patent Office is working overtime to insure you'll get your St. Patrick's Day party on this year with three good times patents! Check these funny patents out. Any you think we'll see in the shelves soon?
By: Attuworld
Intel patents cosmic ray detectors on-a-chip. What a relief.
2008-03-09 07:10:00 Intel patents cosmic ray detectors on-a-chip. What a relief. Posted Mar 9th 2008 1:10AM by Paul Miller Filed under: Misc. Gadgets That great perpetrator of worldly ills, the cosmic ray, has at last met its match. Intel has patented the concept of an
By: mini wisdom
INTEL PATENTS COSMIC RAY DETECTORS ON-A-CHIP. WHAT A RELIEF.
2008-03-09 07:10:00 Filed under: Misc. Gadgets That great perpetrator of worldly ills, the cosmic ray, has at last met its match. Intel has patented the concept of an on-chip detector of cosmic rays which would auto-correct for soft errors caused by the cosmic ray's interference. Apparently Intel is concerned that cosmic rays -- those perky particles from space that blast through the Earth's atmosphere and tamper with your precious bodily fluids -- are going to become "a major limiter of computer reliability in the next decade" as chips get smaller and smaller. The rays have already been proved to interfere with electronics in small ways, so while Intel doesn't have method for building an actual cosmic ray detector yet, they're certainly getting a jump on the problem with this patent. We know we'll certainly be sleeping better at night.[Via Slashdot] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Research In Motion Patents Touchscreen BlackBerry Design
2008-03-06 00:00:00 Research In Motion has been steadily making its Blackberry handsets more appealing to consumers with new form factors and features. Its latest patent shows another step in the process, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and the possibility of a touchscreen display. Read the full story here.
Coalition Seeks to End Software Patents
2008-03-05 15:54:00 Several patent reform organizations have joined forces to abolish software patents. The End Software Patents (ESP) coalition aims to eliminate patents that do not specify a physically innovative step, which would likely include many of the software patents granted today. The coalition was founded by the Free Software Foundation, Public Patent Foundation, and Software Freedom ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Coalition Seeks to End Software Patents", url: "http://www.devtopics.com/coali-tion-seeks-to-end-software-pate-nts/" });
Ireland Birth Patents
2008-03-03 00:00:00 Ireland birth parents database - Find Ireland birth parents records instantly with our search engine. Itapos;s easy to find someoneapos;s birth records, just enter the name and click search. We are available to all of the stateapos;s hospitalsapos; birth records. If you want to get your birth records or anyone elseapos;s, esp. when you donapos;t know in which hospital you/one were born, we are happy to offer you that valuable information.
By: Shareware
Entrepreneurs - Business Plans - Patents - You Can?t Even Start Without $10
2008-03-01 16:45:00 If you are an entrepreneur, 25 or younger, and do not have at least $10,000 available your dreams are definitely going to be put on hold. Unless you are fully capable of creating an extensive business plan, or a patent, by yourself, you need substantial buckaroonies to get started. A business plan, form a credible ...
France Birth Patents
2008-02-27 00:00:00 France birth parents database - Find France birth parents records instantly with our search engine. Itapos;s easy to find someoneapos;s birth records, just enter the name and click search. We are available to all of the stateapos;s hospitalsapos; birth records. If you want to get your birth records or anyone elseapos;s, esp. when you donapos;t know in which hospital you/one were born, we are happy to offer you that valuable information.
By: Shareware
Oman Birth Patents
2008-02-25 00:00:00 Oman birth parents database - Find Oman birth parents records instantly with our search engine. Itapos;s easy to find someoneapos;s birth records, just enter the name and click search. We are available to all of the stateapos;s hospitalsapos; birth records. If you want to get your birth records or anyone elseapos;s, esp. when you donapos;t know in which hospital you/one were born, we are happy to offer you that valuable information.
By: Shareware
PureSpectrum, Inc. Files for Patents on Multiple CFL Applications - Press R
2008-02-15 06:46:00 PureSpectrum, Inc. Files for Patents on Multiple CFL Applications - Press ReleaseLink
Doing Business in India - Intellectual Property Rights - Part 4
2008-02-13 05:23:00 Here is the last (4th) part of a 4 part article written by Sumeet Kachwaha of Kachwaha & Partners giving legal perspective of things if you plan on doing business in India. This aims to be an easy to read, yet comprehensive overview of legal issues involved in doing business in India. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS Indian courts vigorously protect intellectual property rights (IPRs). Following the GATT Agreement India has made its IPR laws TRIPS compliant. In this Chapter, we deal with the three major IPR laws viz. Trademarks, Copyrights and Patents. TRADEMARKS: Registration of a trademark is not mandatory as the law also recognizes and enforces the Common Law right of passing off. However for passing off, the plaintiff has to establish its reputation in relation to the mark and the fact that the offending mark is likely to confuse the public. On the other hand once the mark is registered it automatically confers on the proprietor an exclusive right to use the same in relation...
On Parvo, Patents, and Press Releases
2008-02-10 19:03:00 A self serving press release from Oklahoma State University has the dogblogosphere all aflutter at the "new" killer strain of Parvo.Turns out that the CPV 2c strain is nothing new, your dogs are as safe as they ever were, and the vague and misleading language of the press release is to blame for the hysteria.The press release has one real purpose, to brag about the filing of a patent on the "characteristics" of CPV 2c. Patents on such things are used by universities to make money off of any drugs or products that are developed by themselves or others. It's part of an intellectual property land grab where you file patents on anything that you think will be more valuable than the cost of the patent application and then just hope that someone else will develop a product that uses the information you have a patent on. It doesn't matter if they did their own research or even knew about your patent, if they get a home run product and it's related, then you sue them for big pieces of th...
By: Border Wars
Engineering college teams net patents
2008-02-09 20:49:00 Hindu - One of them, comprising Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering A. Somasundaram, and former students S. Srikaanth, G. Vijayasekaran, N. Akilan and S. Ganapathy,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Engineers Voice
Engineering college teams net patents
2008-02-09 20:48:00 Hindu - One of them, comprising Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering A. Somasundaram, and former students S. Srikaanth, G. Vijayasekaran, N. Akilan and S. Ganapathy,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Engineers Voice
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