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Donating Patents: What It Means and Why To Do It?
Any company or individual can forfeit intellectual property rights in a patent by filing a disclaimer under Title 35, section 253 of the...
Mar 13, 2020


Demystifying Trade Secrets
What is a Trade Secret? A trade secret is any information used in commerce that the owner has taken reasonable measures to keep secret,...
Mar 10, 2020


Digital Rights Management (DRM): Comparing PlayReady, FairPlay and WideVine
Digital Rights Management (DRM) refers to the set of policies and rights, used to prevent unauthorized user to access the digital content
Feb 25, 2020


Overcoming Prior Art Under U.S.C. §103 (Non-Obviousness)
35 USC §103 describes the condition of patentability referred to as non-obviousness. It reads as follows: ‘’A patent for a claimed...
Feb 18, 2020


Indirect Patent Infringement: What is it and How to prove it?
Receiving a patent does not automatically provide patent holders with security against patent infringement.
Feb 4, 2020


Patent Monetization: Leveraging Technology For A Greater ROI
What is a Patent? A patent is a form of intellectual property that allows its owner the right to exclude others from making, using,...
Jan 27, 2020


Startup Valuation: How to calculate what your startup is really worth?
A startup is a company that is in the first stage of its operations. Venture capital is a type of funding for startups or growing business.
Jan 20, 2020
Freedom To Operate: A technical insurance against patent infringement claims
“Without Freedom, there is no Creation” - J. Krishnamurti An innovation is useful only if there is freedom to test, market, or sell...
Nov 6, 2019


Understanding Source Code Quality and Design Quality During Technology M&A
With thousands of transactions and billions of dollars spent on technology mergers and acquisitions (M&A) every year, buyers must protect...
Nov 5, 2019


Wi-Fi 6: Benefits, Top Players and Compatibility
The term wireless communication was introduced in the 19th century and wireless communication technology and wireless communication...
Aug 23, 2019
Making Amends : China's New Intellectual Property Appeals Court
The U.S - China trade war is at its peak, and it looks to me that the two greatest world economies have taken the phrase "fight fire with...
Jan 7, 2019
Patenting their Newfangled Spider-man : Sony
What’s being called as the greatest animation film of all time, the new spider-man movie is definitely setting new standards in Hollywood...
Dec 18, 2018
Swiss Institutes Outmatch Oxford and Stanford in Patent Quality
A recent analysis brings to us that Swiss research institutes have transcended Oxford and Stanford in terms of patent quality, putting...
Dec 12, 2018
iPhones Shouldn't Be Banned from Sale, says ITC
The recent update on the Apple-Qualcomm legal dispute comes with Qualcomm’s appeal for the import ban of some iPhones getting denied. ...
Oct 18, 2018
The bystander who rattled the Waymo-Uber settlement.
A lone ranger has found a massive loophole in what was called the hottest legal battle of the past decade. Earlier this year, Uber...
Oct 18, 2018
Facebook and other social networks face infringement charges over GPS based patents
In retrospect of the innumerous lawsuits Facebook has been combating since the past decade, it seems that they should buckle up even...
Oct 18, 2018
Deciding Patent Venue: How TC Heartland Changed the Game
For decades, under section 28 U.S.C. § 1391, the federal court system permitted the plaintiff to select any judicial district for filing...
Aug 31, 2018
Arista agrees to pay $400 million to Cisco
Cisco and Arista have ended a 4-year-old legal conflict over networking patents. Arista is set to pay Cisco a total of $400 million in...
Aug 9, 2018
IBM wins $82 million against Groupon over e-commerce patents
A U.S. jury awarded IBM $82.5 million after finding that Groupon infringed four of its e-commerce patents. It had been a running battle...
Aug 9, 2018


When Claim Charts Do More Harm Than Good For Patent Litigation and Licensing
What is a Claim Chart? - Claim Chart (infringement contention) is one of the most important component in a patent infringement case and...
Aug 6, 2018
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