The Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) “offers the public an advanced electronic portal to PDF viewing, downloading and printing an array of information and documents for approximately 500,000 patent applications not covered by confidentiality laws. As new applications become eligible for publication 18 months after they are filed, they will be added to the database.… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Patent and Trademark
Overture’s Patent Infringment Suit Against Google
From internetnews.com an analysis of the issues involved in Overture’s patent infringement suit against Google. System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine Continue Reading
Google and Domain Name Disputes
From Susan Kuchinskas, interesting news of the continuing saga concerning Google’s domain name challenges, as documented in Of Boobles, Froogles and Googles. See also Google’s challenge of Froogles.com name rejected. Continue Reading
Latest Revisions to Patent Laws Available Online
UPSTO Notice: Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), Eighth Edition, August 2001, Latest Revision May 2004 Consolidated Laws (84 pages, PDF)- the latest published version of the patent laws (Appendix L of the MPEP or Consolidated Patent Laws, whichever is more current). Consolidated Rules (328 pages, PDF)- the latest published version of the patent rules… Continue Reading
USPTO Grants Order Challenging Patent on Operating System for File Names
From the Public Patent Foundation press release: “The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued an Order granting the Public Patent Foundation’s Request for Reexamination of Microsoft’s patent on the FAT file system, which Microsoft concedes is “the ubiquitous format used for interchange of media between computers, and, since the advent of inexpensive, removable… Continue Reading
Hearing to Amend the Federal Trademark Dilution Act
Committee Print to Amend the Federal Trademark Dilution Act, April 22, 2004. Oversight Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, of the Committee on the Judiciary. For reference, see 15 U.S.C. 1125(c) Continue Reading
Patent Office To Deploy E-Patent Reference Program
USPTO to Provide Electronic Access to Cited U.S. Patent References with Office Actions and Cease Supplying Paper Copies Continue Reading
Microsoft Patent For Mouse Scroll Wheel
Patent 6,700,564 granted March 4, 2004 – Input device including a wheel assembly for scrolling an image in multiple directions: “Abstract: A computer input device having a housing and an engagable scroll wheel. The scroll wheel is rotatable about an axis to preferably cause vertical scrolling of an image on a display. The rotatable member… Continue Reading
Patent Office Rules Against Eolas in IE Patent Claim
Microsoft Wins One in IE Battle “In a preliminary ruling, the U.S. Patent and Trade Office Friday said the original HTML specs precede a patent for Web page plug-ins owned by Eolas Technologies, invalidating its patent claims against Microsoft. The decision has the potential to block a $521 million payout by the Redmond, Wash.-based software… Continue Reading
Microsoft Will Delay Browser Changes Related to Patent Dispute
An update on the Microsoft-Eolas patent dispute: Microsoft Holds Off on Eolas-Related Changes To Windows and Internet Explorer – “Microsoft Corp. today announced that it will not, for now, implement modifications to its Windows® operating system or Microsoft® Internet Explorer as a result of the Eolas patent lawsuit. Given the present legal status as well… Continue Reading
Patent Assignments on the Web
Patent Assignments on the Web was scheduled to be deployed on January 26, 2004 and indeed, here it is. Continue Reading
Microsoft to Appeal Browser Patent Decision
Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler is quoted in this Internet.com article in response to yesterday’s patent infringement decision (1:99-cv-626), “We feel very good about our prospects on appeal. We remain steadfast in our belief that the Eolas patent is not valid. While the judge did not grant all our post trial motions, the court did accept… Continue Reading
