Cellphone unlocking rule from US Patent Office gets first challenger
With the US Patent Office just recently stating that customers can unlock their wireless handsets at will without repercussion, the first challenger has stepped up to the plate to see what they can do. Prepaid carrier TracFone Wireless
Apple wins patent for MPEG video encoding
The US Patent & Trademark Office awarded Apple with a new patent for 'Dynamic selection of field/frame-based MPEG video encoding.' The patent relates to video encoding concerning the dynamic selection between field-based encoding and
Apple's iPod audio feedback patent
The US Patent & Trademark Office today published Apple's patent application titled 'Techniques for presenting sound effects on a portable media player.' The new technology, which relates to sound effects on a portable media device,
You name the iPhone
Their search of the United States Patent and Trademark office turned up two applications as well, one of which the Inquirer thinks was an unsuccessful application from Apple (by "Ocean Telecom Services"). So we're throwing the question
Sakai, Moodle, and ATutor Challenge Blackboard Patents
A patent dispute pitting open source advocates for online learning with the US Patent and Trademark Office to revoke 44 of Blackboard’s patent claims. especially after Blackboard cited the patent to sue another company in the
Patent Office to Re-examine Another Patent in Synopsys-Magma Dispute
Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA) announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) will re-examine US Patent No. 6725438 (the’438 patent), one of three patents at issue in a lawsuit between Magma and Synopsys Inc.
Patented: Network Access Control Technology
The official title, according to the US Patent and Trademark office, is "Security apparatus and method for local area networks." The invention "includes a method and apparatus for controlling data link layer access to protected servers
Blackboard: two separate re-examination requests to the US Patent
On the same day Desire2Learn also issued an application to the court [64 kB PDF] for a stay in the patent infringement proceedings pending re-examination of Patent 6988138 by the US Patent and Trademark Office. 5/12/2006.
iPodObserver - Apple Files Audio Feedback Patent The Mac Observer
The US patent and trademark Office published a patent application on Thursday from Apple Computer for an audio feedback system for handheld devices. Original post by Live Search News: apple computer and software by Elliott Back
PR Newswire - Patent Office Asked to Review and Revoke Blackboard
The battle against the Blackboard patent has opened up on a new front as the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) "has filed a formal request with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for re-examination of Blackboard's

U.S. patent office swamped by backlog - The Big Idea - MSNBC.com
For most inventors, developing and perfecting an idea takes far more time, energy and money than it does to get a patent. But with the US Patent Office
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World Wide Web Consortium Presents US Patent Office with Evidence Invalidating Eolas Patent. W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee urges USPTO Director to review
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US Patent Office Strikes Again: Awards Broad Patent to Blackboard
I blame the US Patent office as much as Blackboard for this utter nonsense. In the end it boils down to the US Patent office playing a huge part in all
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