Patents News
Software patents have figured prominently in the news in recent weeks, thanks not just to Oracle's attack on Google but also--more recently--to Paul Allen's breathtaking multi-victim onslaught.Four patents held by a research organization Allen ran are being cited against 10 prominent companies, including Yahoo, eBay, and Staples.Utah patents for guns, nightlights, eyewear and more Updated Aug 31, 2010 10:59PM MDT Method and process of collecting, packaging and processing recyclable waste, patent No. 7,784,399, invented by John Sasine and Marvin Acey of South Jordan, Charles Jongert of Sandy, and Jeffery A. Ashby of Taylorsville, assigned to Paper and Plastic Partnership LLC of Salt Lake City. Dual fault safe and arm ...Eli Lilly and Co. said Wednesday a federal appeals court upheld patents protecting its osteoporosis treatment Evista, giving the drugmaker a victory after some patent-related setbacks this summer.SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Eli Lilly & Co. said Wednesday a federal appeals court ruled that method-of-use patents for the drug maker's osteoporosis medication Evista are valid. The patents are in effect until March 2014, Lilly said. The drug maker said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit also affirmed a prior court ruling that so-called "particle-sized" patents for the ...The US Patent and Trademark Office has officially published a series of 19 newly granted patents for Apple Inc...Eli Lilly and Company today announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a prior ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana that the company's method-of-use patents for Evista® (raloxifene HCl tablets) are valid. These patents provide protection for Evista in the U.S. through March of 2014.Dot Hill Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: HILL ), a provider of world-class storage solutions and software for OEMs, open storage partners and system integrators, today announced the addition of four new patents to the company's technology portfolio, upping the company's intellectual property total to 71 patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.Two new Apple patent applications have appeared in listings at the US Patent and Trademark Office. The first, Method and User Interface for Accessing Groups of Media Assets, is directly linked to the Apple TV, and describes an interface for browsing media sources such as YouTube. By way of a remote, people can scroll through categorized lists of information that can be expanded to include new ...Microsoft's co-founder Paul Allen is suing Apple and Google, plus nine other companies, for patent infringement.Yahoo! News Search Results for Patents
