Intellectual Property Rights
KEY HIV/AIDS Drug Patents Challenged by PUBPAT
Special to ag-IP-news Agency NEW YORK, NY - The Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) announced in a press release that it has formally asked the United States Patent and Trademark Office to reexamine eight patents held by Abbott Laboratories relating to the critical HIV/AIDS drug ritonavir, which is marketed by the Chicago, Illinois pharmaceutical giant under the name brand Norvir. In its requests,... More »
Applicants Sought from Internet User Community for Seat on Board of Directors
MARINA DEL REY, CA - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) group representing individual Internet users is calling for applications from those who may be interested in helping to develop policy while serving on the organization's Board of Directors. A press release by the Corporation stated that ICANN's At-Large community (representing individual Internet users) is under... More »
Quest Software Enforces Key Patent Covering Its Quest Authentication Services Product
ALISO VIEJO, CA - Quest Software Inc. announced in a press release that it filed suit against Centrify Corp. and Likewise Software Inc. In its Complaint filed in the US District Court in Salt Lake City, Utah, Quest Software alleges that Centrify DirectControl and Likewise Enterprise infringe US Patent No. 7,617,501. The ’501 Patent teaches the extension of Windows Group Policy in heterogene... More »
WIPO and CERN Sign Cooperation Agreement
GENEVA - The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General Francis Gurry and the Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Professor Rolf-Dieter Heuer, signed an agreement on August 20, 2010 designed to strengthen collaboration between the two organizations, according to the Organization. “CERN’s ground-breaking research in the field of particle... More »
AdvanSource Biomaterials Announces Patent for Antimicrobial Polyurethane Resins
WILMINGTON, MASS. - AdvanSource Biomaterials Corporation, a leading developer, manufacturer and seller of advanced polymer technologies and materials for a broad range of medical devices, announced in a press release that it has received a "Notice of Allowance" from the US Patent and Trademark Office in connection with its antimicrobial patent application filed in June 2007. US Patent No. 7,772,2... More »
ICANN Publishes Draft Agreement on .XXX
MARINA DEL REY, CA - A Revised Proposed Registry Agreement with ICM to be designated as the Registry Operator for a .XXX Sponsored Top-Level Domain (.XXX), as well as documentation submitted by ICM Registry in connection with the expedited due diligence conducted at the direction of the Board were supposed to be posted for public comment. This information is posted for a thirty day public comment... More »
Bulk Transfer of Domain Names from Lead Networks Domains to Answerable.com
MARINA DEL REY, CA - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has authorized the bulk transfer of Lead Networks Domains Pvt. Ltd.’s gTLD domain names to Answerable.com (I) Pvt. Ltd., in response to a request from Lead Networks to designate Answerable.com as the gaining registrar for this bulk transfer effective upon the termination of Lead Network’s RAA, and in accordan... More »
A5 Laboratories Granted US Provisional Patent
MONTREAL, QUEBEC - A5 Laboratories Inc. (A5 Labs) announced in a press release that its previously announced patent application to protect its technology for the production of interferon-based products was accepted by the United States patent office. The company was granted the provisional patent number of US 61/400,719 with a patent filing date of August 2, 2010. The patent application was submi... More »
Rovi Signs Sky to an Extended IPG Patent License Agreement
SANTA CLARA - Rovi Corporation announced in a press release that Sky (British Sky Broadcasting Limited) has extended the term of its existing license agreement with Rovi for interactive program guide (IPG) patents. The multi-year agreement provides Sky with a license to the Rovi IPG patent portfolio for Sky’s pay television service platforms. Specific terms of the agreement were not di... More »
Bottomline Technologies Awarded US Patent for Invoice Data Capture Capabilities
PORTSMOUTH, NH - Bottomline Technologies, a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, announced in a press release the issuance of a United States Patent for advanced image data capture technology facilitating the manner in which customers digitize paper invoices, reduce costs and streamline Accounts Payable (AP) processing. “Bottomline’s commitment to ... More »