Patent
hideA patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention.
The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee and the extent of the exclusive rights vary widely between countries according to national laws and international agreements. Typically, however, a patent application must include one or more claims defining the invention which must be new, inventive, and useful or industrially applicable. In many countries, certain subject areas are excluded from patents, such as business methods and mental acts. The exclusive right granted to a patentee in most countries is the right to prevent others from making, using, selling, or distributing the patented invention without permission.
Under the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, patents should be available in WTO member states for any inventions, in all fields of technology, and the term of protection available should be minimum twenty years. Different types of patents may have varying patent terms (i.e., durations).
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News tagged with patent
Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court
Nov 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections ...
Samsung to pay Qualcomm 1.3 bln dlrs in new licensing deal
Nov 05, 2009 |
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South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Thursday it will pay 1.3 billion dollars plus royalties to US wireless chip supplier Qualcomm under a new 15-year licensing deal.
University research worth $187 billion over 12 years, group says
Oct 31, 2009 |
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In what it calls a first-of-its-kind study, the nation's leading biotechnology trade group this week put a dollar figure on the value of university-driven research, asserting that economic output grew $187 billion from 1996-2007 ...
Scientists protest plan to loosen patent protection on genetic research
Oct 11, 2009 |
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University of Wisconsin-Madison officials are lashing out at new recommendations from an influential federal panel that could dramatically weaken patent protection for the university's genetic research.
Amazon, Apple, Google, Yahoo! targeted in patent case
Oct 06, 2009 |
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A US technology company which won a patent case against software giant Microsoft filed suit on Tuesday against nearly two dozen other high-profile firms accusing them of violating the same patent.
RI judge tosses patent verdict against Microsoft
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A federal judge in Rhode Island threw out a $388 million patent infringement jury verdict against Microsoft Corp., the latest move in a six-year legal skirmish.
Broadcom files patent infringement suit against Emulex
Sep 14, 2009 |
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US computer chip company Broadcom filed a patent infringement suit on Monday against Emulex, two months after dropping a hostile takeover offer for its rival.
Verdict spares Microsoft $358M in patent damages
Sep 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A federal appeals court said Friday that Microsoft Corp. does not have to pay Alcatel-Lucent $358 million for patent infringement because of problems with how the damages were calculated.
Canadian firm predicts victory in Microsoft patent case
Sep 04, 2009 |
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A Canadian company in a patent dispute with Microsoft said Friday it expects to ultimately triumph in the case despite a court ruling allowing the US software giant to continue selling Microsoft Word.
Court: Microsoft OK to sell Word during appeal
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The U.S. Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit says Microsoft Corp. can keep selling its Word desktop software as it appeals an unfavorable patent ruling.
Patent: Nintendo's Wii Football Controller
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nintendo has come up with yet another idea for an accessory to add to its list of Wii peripherals. This time it's a soft football-shaped controller that is said to simulate the feel and touch ...
TiVo Inc. sues AT&T, Verizon over DVR patents
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- TiVo Inc. on Wednesday sued AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. for patent infringement, including one covering the ability to pause and rewind live TV.
Vonage makes free international calls standard
Aug 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Unlimited domestic phone calls are nearly standard feature for landline plans these days. Now, Vonage Holdings Corp., which helped pioneer that feature with its Internet phone service, is expanding it to most international ...
Microsoft asks court to hold off on Word ban
Aug 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to allow it to keep selling Word software as it fights an unfavorable patent ruling.
Microsoft to appeal Word patent ruling
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Microsoft said Wednesday it plans to appeal a ruling by a Texas judge that would ban the US software giant from selling its popular Word program in the United States.
