The Plaintiffs and the Respondents had entered into a joint venture to carry on their poker gaming business under ‘www.spartanpoker.com’ from Calcutta, even though the company was based in Maharashtra. This was done as the West Bengal Gambling and Prize Competitions Act, 1957 legalizes poker and does not qualify it as gambling. Plaintiff No. [...]
There are numerous problems with the United States patent system, extraordinary good could come from undoing several pivotal decisions. If Congress wants to resurrect the U.S. patent system these three decisions would be overturned. As long as these decisions remain in force the U.S. patent system will continue to suffer. If and when these [...]
Somerset, Pennsylvania-based J&J Truck Bodies & Trailers, a manufacturer of dump bodies, trailers, oil and gas equipment and custom transportation solutions, has announced the company has been awarded a patent for its horizontal ejection technology. Patent No. US 9,643,526 is designed for use in trucks treating snow and ice on roadways and in commercial [...]
Those who want "stronger" patents (i.e. patents that are easier to get and/or harder to invalidate) often use this rationale to justify changing patent laws to make patents more enforceable. For example, a former Judge on the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently suggested that "America is in danger because we have [...]
Cloudfare's CEO ,Matthew Prince said recently that his company is going to double the amount of money to kill Blackbird's patent and is working with State Legislator's to block Blackbird's business. Blackbird sued Cloudfare , claiming infringement of US Patent No. 6,453, 335, few weeks ago Cloudfare told the strategy it would use to [...]
Filed in September 2015, the concession is the ability to use Apple's Pencil, or more generally a stylus with all the sensors of the pencil of Cupertino, with a wide range of devices, including iPhone and even the touch pad of the MacBook. The possibility that Apple Pencil arrivals on the iPhone is not [...]
