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IEEE Spectrum
June 2007
Sandra Upson |
Live Patent Auctions Tantalize Inventors Ocean Tomo claims to be the first company to offer live intellectual property auctions, and in many respects it may well be a pioneer. Selling patents at live auctions may address at least one uncertainty in the patent-purchasing process, which is assessing market demand for the asset.   |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2010
Steve LeVine |
IBM May Not Be the Patent King After All IBM wins more U.S. patents than any other company, but Microsoft's are worth much more money, says a new study. |
Wall Street & Technology
September 19, 2006
Paul Allen |
Patent Processing For both the patent holders and potential transgressors, technology patents can be a high-stakes game in the financial world, in both monetary awards and ongoing business feasibility. |
The Motley Fool
January 12, 2007
Zoe Van Schyndel |
Invention Investing A new ETF, the Claymore/Ocean Tomo Patent ETF, lets individuals invest in companies with valuable intellectual property. |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2005
Dave Mock |
The Lowdown on Patent Shakedowns The business of extorting license fees for patents can be very lucrative -- and damaging. It is important for investors to understand how the companies they own utilize and protect their inventions -- and what approach management has taken to deal with intellectual property disputes. |
InternetNews
March 30, 2005
Tim Gray |
EBay Wins Patent Ruling If the action is upheld it would invalidate the MercExchange patent that led to a $25 million judgment against eBay over the "Buy It Now" feature. |
Information Today
October 16, 2006
K. Matthew Dames |
The Patent System on Tilt: IBM Seeks to Change the Game IBM wants to change the way the patent system works, holding itself out as an exemplar of openness. |
InternetNews
June 3, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
BellSouth, Comverse Settle Patent Spat BellSouth will license telecom technology covered under two patents to Comverse |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Why High-Tech Firms Can't Afford to Ignore Patents When it comes to patents, high technology firms are, out of necessity, interdependent... |
InternetNews
January 28, 2008
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft: King of The Patent Hill Microsoft emerges as top tech patent holder with more than 15,000 patents pending. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Do Patents Lead to Profits? A pile of intellectual property helps -- but it's not enough. Companies that break rules and devise new ways of doing things can create entire new industries. |
CIO
January 1, 2003
Christopher Koch |
Patently Stupid? It's not clear at the start of 2003 whether the software patent frenzy will cause innovation to flower or be trampled. |
Information Today
May 2006
George H. Pike |
Feature: BlackBerry: Lawsuit and Patent Reform Whether through the courts or before Congress, the BlackBerry experience suggests that some modification of patent law is not only likely, it's necessary. |
Bank Technology News
July 2008
Glen Fest |
IP Practices Core to Patent Strategy John Cronin, managing director of ipCapital Group, but best known as the founder of IBM's "Patent Factory," says banks themselves are to blame for their patent predicament. |
Inc.
July 24, 2002
Jennifer A. Redmond |
Strategic Patenting What to consider when you're filing a patent and strategic decisions you'll need to make. |
InternetNews
May 20, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
A Primer on Software Patents A closer look at software patents and at their history and implications for IT. |
InternetNews
June 19, 2009
Christopher Saunders |
Obama Picks IBM Patent Guru to Head USPTO In a move that could place a tech industry insider at the helm of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, President Obama plans to nominate David Kappos, vice president of intellectual property law at IBM, as its next director. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2011
John Grgurich |
How the Patent Wars Are Hurting High-Tech Well-intentioned patent laws are threatening to stifle innovation. |
Bank Technology News
January 2004
Karen Krebsbach |
Bight Ideas Financial services firms are deluging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with applications, which soared 15-fold between 1995 and 2002. Patent attorney Dale Lazar urges banks to get in line: converting valuable ideas into assets can pay off big time. |
Bank Technology News
July 2008
Glen Fest |
Intellectual Property on Trial The Financial Services Roundtable and several institutional members such as Bank of America are urging a federal court to overturn the patentability of certain business method processes. |
Information Today
September 15, 2011
George H. Pike |
Congress Enacts Patent Reform Legislation In what is being described as the most substantial overhaul of U.S. patent law in nearly 60 years, Congress passed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, patent reform legislation that has been years in the making. |
InternetNews
February 28, 2008 |
eBay, MercExchange Settle Long Legal Fight eBay and MercExchange have settled a long-running patent lawsuit, said eBay on Thursday, ending a fight that prompted a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2011
Christian Zibreg |
RIM Wants to Outbid Google, Apple, and Nokia for Nortel's Patent Treasure Trove Whoever wins could end up with an impressive shield against lawsuits. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2009
Jill Jusko |
IBM Remains Atop the Patent List For the 16th consecutive year, high-tech giant IBM Corp. has nabbed the top spot for the number of patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but U.S. slips in global patent dominance. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
IBM's Patently Good Idea Big Blue's decision to open patents to public scrutiny could spur innovation. |
The Motley Fool
October 23, 2006
Tim Beyers |
IBM's Newest Chess Match Big Blue says Amazon.com infringes on five patents. Does that mean total victory ends with either Amazon shut down, or paying steep royalties to IBM? Investors, take note. |
CIO
September 28, 2011
Grant Gross |
Controversial Business-Method Patents Face New Attacks A new law revamps the patent system and gives rivals an eight-year window to challenge IT-related patents in the financial-services industry. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2004
Tom Taulli |
Litigating for Profit Some of IT's biggest profits are found in the courtroom. |
InternetNews
March 28, 2011 |
What is the Value of Red Hat's Patents? Linux leader Red Hat has now been recognized for the strength of its patents, what is it doing with all that intellectual property? |
InternetNews
January 11, 2007
Clint Boulton |
IBM Leads 2006 Patent Hike IBM banks 3,651 patents as the industry sees a better than 20 percent upswing in patent grants over 2005. |
Entrepreneur
October 2005
Chris Penttila |
Patent Pending Have an idea for the next big thing? You'll need a patent, but pay attention to big changes in store for U.S. patent law. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2003
John Teresko |
IBM's Patent/Licensing Connection IBM Corp. is deservedly proud of decade-long leadership in patent awards, but licensing revenue is the real reward. IBM's secret: Treat licensing as a significant part of business strategy. |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 13, 2004
Ivan Schneider |
Patent Troubles Pending in Financial Services Rise of business-method patents creates industry concern. |
InternetNews
September 8, 2009 |
Linux Group Grabs Microsoft Patents: Report The Wall Street Journal reported this AM that the Open Invention Network was in the process of acquiring former Microsoft patents in a bid to help protect open source users. |
CIO
August 1, 2003
Mark Radcliffe |
Patents: A Small Price to Pay for Progress For CIOs, the issue is not whether patents should be granted for software but whether anything can be done to improve the quality of the granted patents. The problem relates more to the examining process in the USPTO than to the appropriateness of patents for software. |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2006
Rich Duprey |
A Patently Offensive Ruling? eBay vs. MercExchange was the wrong ruling in the right case. Rather than balancing the power between "patent trolls" and innovation, this ruling could end up tipping the scales against small-time inventors who lack the resources to challenge corporations that usurp a patent's advancements. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2007
Jill Jusko |
Patent Protection Your valuable intellectual property requires keen oversight. To help keep it safe, consider these actions. |
CFO
May 1, 2009
Josh Hyatt |
Those Lucrative Intangibles In hard times, finance chiefs extract value from every asset in sight. But what about the assets they can't see, like copyrights, patents, and trade secrets? As the volume of intellectual property soars, so do efforts to maximize IP's profit potential. |
InternetNews
May 8, 2007
Clint Boulton |
Amazon Ponies Up to End IBM Patent Suits Amazon and IBM entered into a cross-license agreement to bury the legal hatchet. |
InternetNews
January 10, 2006
Clint Boulton |
USPTO Joins Patent Quality Cause The United States Patent and Trademark Office teams with IBM and the OSDL to improve the way patents are constructed and issued in the U.S. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2011 |
What's Fueling the Tech Patent Bull Market? As companies amass patents to sue each other, is it time for the patent system to be reformed? |
IndustryWeek
February 17, 2010
Jill Jusko |
U.S. Patents, International Flavor IBM grabs top spot in 2009 patent rankings, but foreign firms receive more than half. |
PC Magazine
April 6, 2005
John C. Dvorak |
Software Patents: Microsoft's Fatal Error Microsoft's has a lot to worry about as the European Union looks unfavorably on its hidden source code and patent practices. |
BusinessWeek
May 21, 2009
Chris Farrell |
Investment: Assessing Intellectual Assets Some keys to valuing the Intangible Economy's hot companies - those that provide intangible products or services. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2005
Dave Mock |
BlackBerry Still Getting Squeezed Research In Motion's litigation with NTP may not be over. The companies' ongoing patent battle matters to investors for a number of reasons. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
November 24, 2004
Jim Wagner |
Nick Godici, Commissioner for Patents, USPTO The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has been taking a lot of heat in recent years over software patents. Sitting at the center of the firestorm, and the patent process, is Nick Godici, the agency's Commissioner for Patents. |
InternetNews
March 22, 2010 |
Microsoft Rules the Software Patents Hill Again In the annual race to win as many patents as possible, Microsoft ends up in front at least in the software category. So how valuable are those patents to a company the size of Microsoft? |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
IBM's Secret Weapon For Big Blue, invention is the mother of revenue. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2006
Jill Jusko |
Intellectual Property Help Findlaw.com has launched the Intellectual Property Center. The new site presents a substantial amount of free resources, including how to obtain, enforce, and protect patents and trademark rights. |
InternetNews
June 9, 2011 |
Microsoft Loses Supreme Court Patent Case Top U.S. court rules against Microsoft in i4i patent appeal. |
