Intellectual Property Rights
TeleCommunication Systems Issued US Patent
ANNAPOLIS, MD - TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, announced in a press release the issuance by the US Patent and Trademark Office of patent number 7,764,219 for "Cellular-Augmented Radar/Laser Detector." This TCS invention allows a cellular-based radar/laser receiver to share emission detection information. Importan... More »
Silicon Laboratories Asserts Intellectual Property Rights
AUSTIN, TEXAS - Silicon Laboratories Inc. announced in a press release the filing of a patent infringement lawsuit against Airoha Technology Corporation, a Taiwan-based IC maker, in the US Federal District Court in Austin, Texas. The lawsuit alleges that Airoha has infringed two patents relating to mixed-signal integrated circuits, specifically United States Patents No. 6,226,506 and No. 6,233,44... More »
Patent Claims Extend Protection of Enzyme and Pharmaceutical Compositions - Halozyme
SAN DIEGO - Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. announced in a press release the issuance of US Patent No. 7,767,429 claiming its proprietary recombinant human hyaluronidase enzyme platform (rHuPH20). Claims to the human PH20 glycoprotein, PEGylated variants, the glycoprotein produced by recombinant methods, and pharmaceutical compositions with other agents, including antibodies, insulins, cytokines, anti-... More »
VirnetX Files New Lawsuit Against Multiple Companies
SCOTTS VALLEY, CA. - VirnetX Holding Corporation announced in a press release that, on August 11, 2010, it filed a complaint against Aastra USA, Inc., Aastra Technologies Ltd., Apple Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., NEC Corporation, and NEC Corporation of America in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division. The complaint includes allegations of patent infr... More »
Synodon Receives US Patent for reallSens
EDMONTON, ALBERTA - Synodon Inc. announced in a press release that the United States Patent Office has issued a notice of allowance for a patent that includes nine claims covering a combination of a Gas Filter Correlation Radiometer (GFCR) embodiment and its application for the detection of gas leaks from underground pipelines by sensing ethane. Similar to the patent that Synodon received from th... More »
President Obama Signs Bill to Provide USPTO Authority to Spend an Additional $129 Million
WASHINGTON - On August 10, President Barack Obama signed into law P.L. 111-224 that gives the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) the authority to spend an additional $129 million of the fees the agency will collect in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. A press release by the Office stated that due to an improving economy and increased patent examination productivity, the agency projects i... More »
Rambus and NVIDIA Sign Patent License Agreement
LOS ALTOS, CA and SANTA CLARA, CA - Rambus Inc., one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies, and NVIDIA, the worldwide leader in visual computing, announced they have signed a patent license agreement related to certain memory controllers, according to a press release by Rambus. Under the agreement, Rambus has granted NVIDIA a patent license for certain memory controllers at a 1 pe... More »
Regulus Therapeutics Announces US Allowance of a Key Tuschl III Patent Covering miR-155
LA JOLLA, CA. - Regulus Therapeutics Inc. announced in a press release that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has allowed claims in a patent application (US Serial No. 12/550,579) derived from the "Tuschl III" patent series. The allowed claims relate to human microRNA miR-155, a microRNA that is a potential target for immuno-inflammatory indications, and a lead program of ... More »
Clarient Announces US and European Patents Allowed for Mammostrat Breast Cancer Prognostic Test
ALISO VIEJO, CA - Clarient Inc., a premier technology and services resource for pathologists, oncologists and the pharmaceutical industry, announced in a press release that the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office have allowed patents covering the technology behind Clarient Insight Dx Mammostrat, a test designed to aid in the classification of the risk of recurr... More »
Selection of Independent Expert and Update on ATRT Review - ICANN
MARINA DEL REY, CA - The Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) has selected the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School as an Independent Expert to assist the ATRT in its review under the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC). In addition to assisting the ATRT with its review, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers stated, the Berkman Center team i... More »