Archive for 'Patent/Legal News'
Patent Laws Are About to Change in the US. Hurt or Help?
The patent laws in the United States are about to change and the proposed changes could destroy the small independent inventor. The current American patent system is based on first-to-invent as opposed to first-to-file as in most other countries. What this means is in the United States, as long as the small inventor: has idea(s) that are new, i.e., unique [...]
IBM Infringement Lawsuit
MOSAID Technologies Inc. (MSD.T) filed a patent infringement lawsuit against International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), after claiming it was unable to reach a settlement with the tech giant after many years of negotiation. The Canadian patent licensing and intellectual property development company said IBM had infringed on six of its U.S. patents for making and [...]
RMBS vs. NVDA
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejected the eight remaining patent-infringement claims by Rambus Inc. (RMBS) as a months-long courtroom battle with Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) moves closer to a conclusion. The latest claims stem from a complaint filed by Rambus alleging Nvidia violated two patents on memory controllers related to graphics processors. A month ago, [...]
