Merck and Bristol-Myers Squibb lose patent protection on Zocor and Pravachol next year, removing any incentive.
There was an ongoing battle with the U.S. Patent Office over whether that patent was valid.
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Noise Free Wireless has just filed a patent lawsuit against Apple whose allegations are considerably, well, louder.
ThinkFire managers did not confront him after learning that Intellectual Ventures was bidding at the same patent auction.
Big companies continue to feel the threat of patent trolls, yet Myhrvold is fine with the status quo.
By doing so, the generic drugmaker limits its exposure to the end of the patent cliff.
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The patent disputes have been key in spurring talks about Apple diversifying its suppliers.
And, Lipitor is the first of many blockbuster drugs to come off patent: e.g.
On Monday, India's Supreme court rejected the firm's appeal to get patent protection for the drug.
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Privateering is becoming especially prevalent in the acquisition of patent portfolios from other companies.
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In addition to patent trolls and privateers, the sheer volume of patents is another overwhelming issue.
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Hope and pray all you want, but the patent wars are far from over.
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Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced that it has signed a patent license agreement with Apple.
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Anyone else can then use that information for their own developments that may outflank your patent.
In some cases firms owning standard-essential rights join together to form a "patent pool".
Since it hadn't invented the drug, Bristol couldn't get a 20-year patent -- a legal monopoly.
For years, a simple story has been told about a complicated subject: the U.S. patent market.
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This narrative holds that patent trolls extort virtuous companies via spurious patent infringement claims.
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The second thing is that GE has a patent -- and I believe in patents.
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This prompted Skyhook to sue for patent infringement and unfair business practices.
It still faces the mother of all patent expirations next year, when Lipitor loses its protection.
In total the Patent Office rejected 17 claims in the patent but approved three.
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It might if a recently published patent application from the company actually pans out.
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On Wednesday, tiny Marathon Patent Group (MARA) announced the acquisition of U.S. Patent 5, 412, 730.
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Kumar, however, contends that the patent should not have been given in the first place.
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Prior art encompasses all knowledge disclosed to the public before the patent is applied for.
But is there really no difference between a legitimate NPE and a patent troll?
For a long time, software was considered by patent law as a form of applied math.
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Yes, Merck or Pfizer has honestly earned the government-issue, fixed-term monopoly that we call a patent.
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