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The Evolution of USB (Universal Serial Bus) Standards
In the 1990s, office desktops were a tangled mess of serial, parallel, and proprietary cables. Universal Serial Bus (USB) changed all of...
Apr 19, 2021
Oracle v. Google Shows Why Freely Available Source Code Isn't Actually Free
In computing, source code is any collection of code, written using a human-readable programming language, usually as plain text. The...
Apr 9, 2021
What is Estoppel?
When one person has, by his declaration or by his act, intentionally caused or permitted another person to believe a thing to be true and...
Mar 24, 2021


Patent Drafting - Best Practices
Drafting a patent application is not as easy as many think. Many times those new to the industry fail to adequately describe inventions...
Mar 9, 2021


Smart Snore Detecting Devices - Patents & Perspectives
Snoring, a form of tensed breathing, interferes with quality and quantity of sleep, both for the person who snores and for the person who...
Feb 24, 2021


Quantum Computing - Patent Perspective
On a fundamental level, computing systems rely on the ability to store and manipulate information represented and stored as a stream of...
Feb 4, 2021


Smart Clothing - IoT gets even closer!
Similar to the advancement of smartphones and tablets, wearable technology has been favored by early adopters and is now ready to expand...
Feb 1, 2021


Flexible Batteries: State of the Art
Flexible batteries are an active area of research because they enable electronic products to be more bendable, adaptable, and...
Jan 28, 2021


Functional Claiming - What is "Structure" and Why is it Important?
What is a Functional Claim? A functional claim limitation describes an invention in terms of what it does, rather than describing its...
Jan 11, 2021


Patent Licensing: Benefits, Pitfalls and Types
What is Patent Licensing? “The process of patent licensing includes a patent holder that legally allows another party to sell, import, or...
Jan 4, 2021


Determining Patent Quality for Patent Licensing and Acquisitions
IP is disembodied which makes it difficult to value. Patents are composite and thus they are an exception to competition laws worldwide.
Jan 4, 2021
Explained: Fracking for Oil
The idea for fracking dates back to 1862 and has been credited to Edward A. L. Roberts. During the earlier days, explosives were used for...
Jan 4, 2021
Calculating Damages During SEP Litigation
Various courts around the world have determined appropriate methodologies for calculating damages on SEP’s ( Standard Essential Patents ) whereupon patent holders have made an assurance to license to fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. Determination of patent holdup, licensee holdout, use of worldwide portfolio licensing , incremental value rule, etc. is included in these decisions. The court determines damages based on the reference judgments and FRAND te
Dec 28, 2020
SEPs (Standard Essential Patents) - The Status Quo
“There is a misconception—a myth, that the innovation or idea behind the technology becomes more valuable once it has been declared to be...
Dec 21, 2020
Investment in IP-Deficient Startups - A Risk Perspective
Entrepreneurs are quite apprehensive of the early stages of a new business, and they understand that it is an unbelievably engrossing...
Dec 21, 2020


Trade Secret Theft: Explained
Information today has become an influential mechanism – almost equivalent to money or power. Its extravagance and distribution have led...
Nov 30, 2020


Reverse Engineering and the Law: Understand the Restrictions to Minimize Risks
“To ensure you steer clear of any legal risk of reverse engineering, it should be performed only to the extent of allowances, such as for...
Nov 15, 2020


NVIDIA + Arm - The Anatomy of A Semiconductor Beast
Two of the biggest players in the semiconductor industry will be merging in a $40 billion cash plus stock deal. The acquisition of Arm by...
Oct 30, 2020
State of Software Patents Around the World
Technology is the cornerstone of the digital world and abundant of its practicality rests in the software. As a matter of fact, all...
Oct 30, 2020


U.S.C. §101: Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
While drafting a patent application, it goes through the scrutiny of whether it falls under the legal requirements for patentability or...
Sep 20, 2020
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