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Single European patent moves closer to fruition
News A single Europe-wide patent scheme is a step nearer, after EU member states agreed the main elements, including a unified European patent court. The European Court of Justice is also expected to give its opinion as to the legality of the...
[December 7, 2009, 16:19]
European Patent Office scotches appeal for review
News The European Patent Office has declined a request from the UK Court of Appeal to clarify European software patent law. Court of Appeal judge Lord Justice Jacob asked the European Patent Office (EPO) to review the rules on software patents, saying...
[March 22, 2007, 8:35]
EC pushes on with Europe-wide patents
News The EC launched a public consultation on Monday that invites individuals and companies to comment on the Community Patent and related changes to the current patent system, such as the launch of a European Patent Court.
[January 16, 2006, 16:10]
EU-wide patents 'move closer'
Talkback Suppose you go to the High Court in the UK and win - the European Patent is no longer valid in the UK. If the EPLA is agreed, there will be a single European Patent Court who would make one decision for the whole of the European Patent.
[May 8, 2006, 9:50]
HMV, OD2 sued over download patent
News If E-Data's patent is validated in court, industry observers say the company could become one of the richest companies in the IT industry. In March 1999, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that defendants had not...
[September 4, 2003, 14:00]
Another judge rules for program patentability
News Symbian has won a High Court appeal against a ruling that said it could not patent part of its mobile operating system. Although the European Patent Organisation (EPO) had granted Symbian the patent, the same application was turned down in July...
[March 25, 2008, 15:41]
Red Hat voices concerns over Microsoft patent model
News While Red Hat welcomed Microsoft's recent decision to comply with the European Court of First Instance's antitrust ruling, Michael Cunningham, general counsel for Red Hat, stated that the company was still concerned about Microsoft's patent model.
[October 24, 2007, 18:07]
EC: Software is not patentable
News The draft Community Patent regulation confirms in its Article 28.1(a) that patents granted for a subject matter (such as computer programs), which is excluded from patentability pursuant to Article 52 EPC [European Patent Convention], may be...
[May 24, 2006, 15:25]
Inconsistency in the air over UK software patent examinations
Blog As you may know, the English Court of Appeal’s decision on the scope of what type of software-related inventions were patentable in the UK upheld an earlier High Court decision overturning the UK Intellectual Property Office's (IPO's) refusal to...
[October 29, 2008, 7:10]
Scientists protest EU software patents
News Various EU parliamentary committees are currently in the midst of a long process of reviewing the Commission's proposed directive on the "patentability of computer-implemented inventions", aimed at creating an EU-wide regime that would place...
[April 28, 2003, 12:10]
Patent for help function sparks legal fight
News The Tokyo District Court ruled last week that Ichitaro, a word-processing software produced by software company Justsystem, infringes the patent for a help function, according to a report in The Japan Times Online.
[February 7, 2005, 16:35]
Microsoft demands patent reform
News Microsoft's top legal executive also addressed the need for a special court to hear all patent cases at the federal district level, as an effort to bring consistency and predictability to patent litigation.
[March 14, 2005, 7:55]
Rambus in EC antitrust probe
News In the first European Commission operation of its kind, the Commission will investigate whether Rambus participated in a "patent ambush". European companies wishing to apply JEDEC DRAM standards may be exposed to patent litigation from Rambus in...
[August 23, 2007, 15:31]
AMD files to learn Intel's secrets
News The Huntsville, Alabama-based company alleged Intel was angered by patent claims made by Intergraph and retaliated by withholding advance information about upcoming workstation technology. Intergraph, however, continues to pursue patent...
[October 25, 2001, 9:06]
Nokia and Qualcomm's fractious past
News Nokia files patent counter assertions in the same court against Qualcomm for its alleged infringement of six Nokia implementation patents on Qualcomm chipsets March 2007: The litigation spreads to Germany and the Netherlands when Nokia files a...
[October 2, 2007, 9:44]
Microsoft sued over European music downloads
News E-Data's patent is also valid in nine other European countries, including England, France, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium and Sweden. A small New York company has sued Microsoft, charging that the software giant's...
[October 14, 2003, 16:20]
Microsoft marks 10 years of antitrust action
News And Monday's settlement with InterTrust over patent infringement charges tacked on $440m. Losing or settling case after case, Microsoft has tested the bounds of antitrust and patent infringement law, with little evidence that its power has waned or...
[April 14, 2004, 12:30]
Microsoft will comply with EU antitrust ruling
News Microsoft has agreed to comply with a 2004 EU court ruling on anticompetition, bringing changes that will "profoundly affect the software industry" according to Neelie Kroes, European commissioner for competition policy.
[October 22, 2007, 16:10]
Judge rules computer programs can be patented
News The UK's application of European patent law has been thrown into uncertainty after a High Court judge disagreed with the principle that computer programs are not patentable. However, the European Patent Convention (EPC), a revised version of which...
[January 29, 2008, 9:49]
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Downloads Petersburg | Venice | Vienna | Zurich Other: Israel | Montreal | Shanghai | SydneyMEDICINE: General: Human Anatomy and Physiology | Cell Biology | Pharmacology | Medical Abbreviations and Terminology | Nutrition | Nursing and Physical Assessment...
[October 5, 2007, 7:00]
