On Monday, a patent-infringement dispute between Kodak and South Korea's Samsung Electronics that began in November 2008 ended with a licensing pact allowing the companies access to each other's electronic imaging patents.
*A Reduction or elimination of the planned electronic filing of patent applications, online searching and upgrades of examiner computer equipment.
Law firms that geared up for Year 2000 advice and a projected wave of damage lawsuits have used the expertise they gained to expand their work in electronic commerce, technology patent litigation and other areas once viewed as exotic.
Labeled a "protective mechanism for an electronic device," the patent describes a sensor that can detect when your device is falling and work with internal components to shift the gadget's center of mass to minimize damage.
A pioneering Industrial Designer, he held 24 mechanical, two electronic, three international patents, and over 50 design patents and copyrights.
Eventually, Mr. Yuen envisions devices built with Gemstar's electronic book reading patents to blossom into personal organizers, wireless pagers and phones and generalized portable entertainment devices for text, video and sound.
Finally, the office's e-commerce initiative is referred to, including the plans to provide better database and patents journal access, electronic fee payment, electronic filing of patent and trade mark applications, and an industrial designs filing and database facility.
Cantor Fitzgerald's two-year-old patent for electronic bond trading, the subject of an infringement lawsuit with ICAP, is not valid, a jury ruled yesterday.
The patent, titled, "electronic device that computes health data," describes a device that comprises a camera, an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor to measure and calculate health data.
