Intellectual Ventures patent challenged — Unified Patents

On November 29, 2021, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 8,271,980 , owned by III Holdings 12, LLC, an NPE and Intellectual Ventures entity. The '980 patent is generally directed to managing jobs in a...

The Letter EPO Management Does Not Want Applicants to See (or Respond to)

A letter from the Munich Staff Committee at the EPO highlights the worrying extent of neglect of patent quality under Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos; the management of the EPO did not even bother replying to that letter (instead it was...

Privacy4Cars secures 2 patents for its data removal solution

The seven-year journey Privacy4Cars has navigated so far to identify the challenges posed by vehicle data and to create solutions to better protect consumers reached another important juncture on Tuesday.

EFF Ought to Focus on Software Patents -- Maybe EPO Scandals Too -- Instead of Awarding (Publicity Stunts) and Rewarding Privacy Abusers

Taking money from and giving awards to privacy-abusing corporations won't help the EFF, at least not in the long term

IP Edge entity Invincible IP patent challenged — Unified Patents

On November 18, 2021, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 9,678,774 , which is owned and has been asserted by Invincible IP LLC, an IP Edge entity. The '774 patent relates to allowing or denying...

Another CommWorks Solutions patent challenged — Unified Patents

On November 22, 2021, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination against U.S. Patent 6,832,249 owned and asserted by CommWorks Solutions, LLC, an NPE and subsidiary of IP Investments Group LLC . The '249 patent is generally directed to...

By 2022 0% of 'News' Coverage About Patents Will Be Actual Journalism (Patent Litigation Sector Has Hijacked the World Wide Web to Disseminate Self-Promotional Misinformation)

Finding news about the EPO is almost impossible because today’s so-called ‘news’ sites are in the pockets of Benoît Battistelli, António Campinos, and their cohorts who turned the EPO into a hub of litigation, not science; this is part of an...

Gesture Tech patent likely invalid — Unified Patents

On November 22, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,933,431 , owned by Gesture Technology Partners, LLC. The ‘431 patent is generally related to using human motion as an input...

Dolby AV1/HEVC patent opposed in Japan — Unified Patents

On November 18, 2021, Unified Patents filed a Japanese opposition against JP6875333 , owned by Dolby International AB . JP’333 has been designated essential to the HEVC Advance pool and SISVEL’s AV1 pool. It is also related to patents that...

German Federal Court of Justice confirms Zoe Life software patent - JUVE Patent

The German Federal Patent Court has confirmed a central software patent of investor Zoe Life Technologies, which covers cloud computing.

Peloton Sues Lululemon in Escalating Fight Over Bike Company’s Clothing Line

Peloton Interactive filed suit and is asking a federal court to declare that its new line of athletic wear doesn’t infringe upon Lululemon Athletica’s designs, after Lululemon sent a cease-and-desist letter.

You Can't Patent Software, Right?! …Or Can You? - Intellectual Property - Canada

This is a common misconception.