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Rambus, Nvidia Sign Patent Licensing Deal
ABC News
Technology licensing company Rambus Inc. said Wednesday it has signed a licensing agreement with chip maker Nvidia Corp. to settle a long-running patent dispute. Financial terms of the five-year agreement were not disclosed. The deal allows Nvidia, ...
Rambus Rises After Patent Agreement With Nvidia, Settling ClaimsBusinessWeek
Rambus signs patent deal with Nvidia, shares jumpReuters
Rambus, Nvidia Settle Lawsuits, Sign IC Patent DealPCWorld
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BBC News

Apple seeks change to 'essential' patent licence rules
BBC News
Apple has asked for more clarity over how patents deemed crucial to industry standards should be handled. The firm wrote a letter to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) in November, which has now been reported by the Wall Street ...
Apple Asks for Clear Rules on 'Essential' PatentsPC Magazine
Apple asks for governing rules on mobile patentsCNET (blog)
Immersion Files US Patent Complaint Against Motorola MobilityBusinessWeek
Wall Street Journal -Register -FierceWireless
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New York Times

Business Owners Adjusting to Patent System Overhaul
New York Times
The most sweeping patent system changes in more than 50 years became law in September with enactment of the America Invents Act, which the White House has said will help turn inventions into businesses faster. Entrepreneurs and small-business owners ...

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Wired News (blog)

Patent Troll Claims Ownership of Interactive Web ? And Might Win
Wired News (blog)
By Joe Mullin The mother of all patent troll trials unfolds in Texas where Google, Amazon and Adobe are fighting a patent claiming ownership over online video, image rotation and search auto-complete. We explain and start a series. The city of Tyler, ...



ObjectVideo and Sony Enter Into Patent License Agreement
MarketWatch (press release)
RESTON, VA, Feb 08, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- ObjectVideo(R), Inc., the Leader in Intelligent Video, announced today that with the signing of a patent license agreement with Sony Corporation, it has asked the United States International Trade ...

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Keep It Fair: Apple, Google Address Concerns Over Mobile Patent Licensing
All is indeed fair in love and war, but not everything is fair in patent licensing. Google (NSDQ:GOOG - News) and Apple (NSDQ:AAPL - News) are working on measures to level the playing field in the mobile patent disputes ...

Apple patent throws wrench into Facebook plans
A newly granted patent gives Apple strong claims to sell media files for company credits rather than currency

AsepticSure Patent Protection Goes Global
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Medizone International, Inc. (MZEI:OB) (MZEI:QB), the company behind the AJIC peer-reviewed disinfection technology AsepticSure, announced today that it has  ...

Patent Troll Claims Ownership of Interactive Web ? And Might Win
The city of Tyler, Texas, is better known as the nation?s ?rose capital? than as a hotspot of the technology industry. It?s a quiet, conservative city of about 100,000, full of wide streets and big trucks. This week, though, Tyler is the site of a remarkable battle over the history of the World Wide Web [...]

Improved Electron Management - ICAP Patent Brokerage Announces a Patent Portfolio for Sale Improving Direction of ...
CHICAGO, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  ICAP Patent Brokerage , a division of ICAP plc and the world's largest intellectual property brokerage and patent auction firm, is offering a portfolio for sale that ...

Business Owners Adjusting to Patent System Overhaul
Entrepreneurs see pros and cons in the America Invents Act, which is being phased in through March 2013.

Rambus, Nvidia Settle Lawsuits, Sign IC Patent Deal
Rambus and Nvidia have settled past lawsuits and signed a patent agreement covering a broad range of integrated circuit products, Rambus said on Wednesday.

You probably think this patent?s about you
You probably think this patent?s about you The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 7, 2012 01:47PM MDT Vanity top, patent No. D653,735, invented by Shao Wang of Salt Lake City. Adjustable golf spike, patent No. 8,109,016, invented by David B. Keough of Sandy. Gun mount, patent No. 8,109,028, invented by Kent S. Roberts of American Fork, and Brent Roberts of American Fork. System for recovering ...

inovia Agents Rank Among the Top Patent Firms in MIP?s 2012 Survey
inovia, the leading foreign filing platform provider, announced today the inclusion of many of its agents in Managing Intellectual Property magazine?s ?Patent Survey 2012? rankings

Apple Hit With Playlist Patent, Suit Filed By Former Judge's Firm
A Texas shell company, Smart Audio Technologies, has filed a suit claiming Apple?s iPod Nano and other devices violate its patent for random song playlists.