Intellectual Property Law

U.S. Patent Commissioner Speaks: Current Developments in Patents
K&L Gates is hosting a free lunchtime webinar featuring John J. Doll, U.S. Commissioner for Patents. U.S. patent law and practice is in its most dynamic period in recent memory...

Trustworthiness
In January 2005, Rambus sued memory chip makers Hynix, Micron, and Nanya for infringing more than a dozen patents. The defendants fought back with a goon ringer: the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...

Rambus Rambles
Memory chip patent holder Rambus saw its stock soar 39% on news that a San Jose jury dismissed charges from competitors Hynix, Micron, and Nanya, that Rambus rigged the playing field by getting patents on the SDRAM memory standard...

To Naught
Rambus, having participated in proceedings leading to the industry standard for dynamic memory chips, patented portions of it. As chronicled in the Patent Prospector, that bit of seeming unseemliness has not been altogether well received during Rambus' patent enforcement campaigns...

Patent Agent/Counsel - Small Corporation - Austin, Texas
Molecular Imprints, Inc. is seeking a patent agent/counsel to assist company in protecting Intellectual Property by drafting and prosecuting patent applications. Responsibilities: ? Assist the company with creating IP assets and protection of inventions and related intellectual property matters...

If you want to increase your intelligence, train your working memory
If you want to sharpen your mental ability to solve new problems outside your area of expertise, you should train your working memory, according to The New York Times article ?Memory Training Shown to Turn Up Brainpower? by Nicholas Bakalar...

Zantac Patent
GlaxoSmithKline and Cypress Pharmaceutical settle patent infringement dispute.

Composix Kugel Mesh Patches
alleging the memory recoil ring has the potential to break and cause bowel perforation or chronic enteric fistulae.

Soliris Patent
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. agrees to pay the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation a $10 million patent infringement settlement.

DRAM Patent
ProMOS Technologies and Mosel Vitelic pay MOSAID Technologies an undisclosed patent infringement settlement.

Sony
to Pay $18.5 Million For Patent Infringment

Qualcomm Settles Patent Suit for $891 Million