News tagged with patent and trademark office

In a single step, engineers create a rainbow-colored polymer

(PhysOrg.com) -- University at Buffalo engineers have developed a one-step, low-cost method to fabricate a polymer with extraordinary properties: When viewed from a single perspective, the polymer is rainbow-colored, ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Google adds more IBM patents to tech arsenal

Google on Wednesday confirmed that it has added more IBM patents to its technology arsenal as smartphone rivals increasingly battle in courts over innovations.

Technology / Business

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple has solar designs, wins patents

(PhysOrg.com) -- Apple recently won patents with the US Patent and Trademark office. These patents focus on ideas for using solar technology for laptops, smartphones and tablets. One such patent involves using ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 23, 2011 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Judge unimpressed with Apple 'App Store' claim

A federal judge on Wednesday denied a bid by Apple to immediately stop Amazon.com from calling its online shop for smartphone programs an "App Store."

Technology / Business

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Microsoft fights Apple claim to 'App Store' name

Microsoft is fighting rival Apple's claim that it has dibs on the name "App Store," arguing the term is generic and can be used by any shop selling programs for gadgets such as smartphones.

Technology / Business

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Patent holder sues smart phone makers over patents

(AP) -- The patent-holding company that won a settlement of more than $600 million from the maker of the BlackBerry said Friday it has sued six other companies in the smart phone industry.

Technology / Business

created Jul 09, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 6

US judge strikes down patent on cancer genes

(AP) -- In a ruling with potentially far-reaching implications for the patenting of human genes, a judge on Monday struck down a company's patents on two genes linked to an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Fujitsu cedes 'iPad' trademark to Apple

Japan's Fujitsu has ceded rights to the "iPad" name to Apple, just in time for the tablet computer from the California company to hit US stores next month.

Technology / Business

created Mar 26, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Japan's Fujitsu says it made first 'iPad'

Apple's new tablet PC is not the first product to be called the "iPad". Japan's Fujitsu says it launched one years ago, and the name has also been used for small engines and even bra inserts.

Technology / Business

created Jan 29, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Dish prevails over TiVo in initial patent ruling

(AP) -- Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday that it has received an initial favorable ruling related to its patent fight with TiVo Inc.

Technology / Business

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Social patents: Using online social networks to handle patent applications

Experts in intellectual property and patents explain in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation how tools, such as online social networking could be used to eradicate the en ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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