Sentence examples for contentious patent from inspiring English sources
Qualcomm has agreed to pay $891 million over four years to Broadcom, a chief rival, to settle a contentious patent dispute over technology used in the microprocessors that power mobile phones.
One idea floated when Ross Levinsohn took the reins as the interim CEO of Yahoo is that he might represent a kinder, gentler phase in the Internet company's contentious patent fight against Facebook.
The two tech giants are currently locked in a contentious patent struggle across multiple continents.
I found it curious that Facebook should choose to give Good Morning America an exclusive opportunity to make the announcement -- GMA is one of the best venues for that -- but because Facebook is locked in contentious patent litigation with Yahoo!, one of the program's content partners.
As countries such as China, South Korea and India spend more on research and development, they are filing more patents.The mission creep of America's patent system into more contentious areas is also spreading elsewhere.
"The increasingly contentious debate about the impact of patenting of life forms and genetic engineering is extremely important to all humanity.
This is considered preferable to a mutually destructive exchange of endless lawsuits.The patent battle has become more contentious than ever.
The benefits of treating patent ductus arteriosus, however, remain contentious.
To date, there has been no analysis of Twitter in the context of gene patents, one of the most contentious and longstanding policy issues in this area of research.
The first is the most contentious, suggesting that Congress should enact laws to exempt gene patents from infringement liability potentially allowing anyone to use any gene patent.
Second, the US Supreme Court agreed to rule on what is the most contentious issue of all: which inventions are actually eligible for patent protection.Frivolous lawsuits filed by trolls cost American companies $29 billion in 2011 alone.
