March 28th, 2010 by admin
ShareAs Microsoft struggles to fight off several high-visibility patent lawsuits, an ophthalmologist in Wisconsin has filed another patent infringement suit that potentially could cost the software giant an eye-popping amount.
The suit, filed in U.S. District for the Western District of Wisconsin earlier this week, alleges that Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Zune [...]
March 21st, 2010 by admin
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Microsoft isn’t the name that comes to mind when you think of the world’s most inventive tech company. But if you measure inventiveness by the quality and usefulness of patents, Microsoft tops the tech world, according to three different reports in the last few months.
The IEEE Spectrum Patent Scorecard rates Microsoft [...]
March 14th, 2010 by admin
ShareOn April 26, 2010, WIPO celebrates both the 10th anniversary of World Intellectual Property Day and the 40th anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention establishing WIPO (the WIPO Convention).
The theme of World IP Day in this celebratory year is “Innovation – Linking the World”.
To mark the 10th anniversary of the launch of [...]
January 23rd, 2010 by admin
ShareInfineon said that Volterra’s voltage regulators and pulse width modulation controllers infringe four of its U.S. patents.
Infineon filed the lawsuit against Volterra in the U.S. District Court for Delaware on Thursday, the company said in a statement.
Volterra had previously sued Infineon in November 2008 for patent infringement in the U.S. Court for the Northern District [...]