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IP company offers bounty to invalidate Lodsys patents

...held by Lodsys. Each offers a reward to the party that finds prior art, or examples of pre-existing technologies or other IP that could... Read more

16 June, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn
Sci-fi tech that came true

Sci-fi tech that came true

...Photo credit: Warner BrosThis story originally appeared as Sci-fi tech as prior art (photos) on CNET News. Get the latest technology news and analysis... Read more

3 September, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Apple loses appeal against Dutch Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban

...the ruling on Tuesday. "The existence of at least two pieces of prior art for each of the asserted key design elements led the Dutch... Read more

24 January, 2012
ZDNet UK Ignoble Christmas Catalogue 2011

ZDNet UK Ignoble Christmas Catalogue 2011

...travelling faster than light, and thus back in time, IV says that prior art does not apply as causality has been violated.Company spokesman Susan... Read more

25 December, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
Pioneer Goetz rebuts software patent critics

Pioneer Goetz rebuts software patent critics

...PTO today for BMPs, software or hardware patent applications, is in discovering prior art and determining if there is an invention. The PTO is attempting... Read more

17 December, 2011 by Marty Goetz

Apple loses Samsung device ban bid in US

...is arguing that the patents are largely invalid due to obviousness or prior art. Specifically, Samsung has brought up the spectres of Knight-Ridder's... Read more

5 December, 2011 by David Meyer

Samsung: Kubrick beat Apple to iPad design

...Apple claims should be exclusive to the iPad. One such example of 'prior art' can be found in Kubrick's 1968 classic, where characters are... Read more

24 August, 2011

Apple wins initial patent ruling on HTC's Android phones

In an initial determination, an ITC judge has found that HTC's Android handsets infringe on two Apple patents, but HTC says it can work around the patents and will appeal Read more

18 July, 2011 by David Meyer

USPTO throws out 17 of Oracle patent's claims

...USPTO) dismissed 17 of Oracle's claims asserted in the patent citing prior art, according to Groklaw on Wednesday. Google has a number of other... Read more

23 June, 2011

UK tech lobbyists call for software patents

The SME Innovation Group, which represents small technology development businesses in the UK, has attacked Ian Hargreaves's IP review for arguing against software patents Read more

14 June, 2011 by David Meyer

UK tech patents get peer review trial

...it easier for people to notify the relevant patent-granting authorities of 'prior art' — the intellectual property term for things that have been done before... Read more

1 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Oracle told to slim down patent claims against Google

...from seven patents asserted in this action, and there are hundreds of prior art references in play for invalidity defences. This is too much." Alsup... Read more

5 May, 2011 by Larry Dignan

Apple sues Motorola over tech used in Android phones

...a dozen of the patents used by Apple against HTC because of 'prior art' — which is to say, the patents described technology that was already... Read more

1 November, 2010 by David Meyer

Motorola asks court to invalidate iPhone patents

...earlier in October, Motorola said 12 patents should be invalidated because of prior art, meaning that the patents should not have been granted because they... Read more

18 October, 2010 by David Meyer

Fortinet tussles over Trend Micro security patent

...battle between Trend Micro and Barracuda Networks. Fortinet says its petition identifies prior art that makes Trend Micro's patent invalid. Fortinet has tussled with... Read more

4 June, 2010 by Larry Dignan

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