Recently the tech giant Microsoft has been granted a patent for the apparently impossible thing, guess what it could, of course, a “transparent camera”. Sounds pretty amazing right a “transparent camera,” the patent is only for housing, the cover for the lens and sensors which restrict stray light from hitting the sensor and interfering [...]
At a meeting of the EU’s Competitiveness Council, 28 November, the UK’s Intellectual Property Minister Lady Neville-Rolfe announced that the UK Government intends to ratify the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court. Its significance: As the UK (along with France and Germany) is one of the three countries whose ratification of the treaty is [...]
An international patent dispute has broken out between Apple and Nokia over the Finnish mobile network vendor’s licensing terms for the widely used H.264 video codec and other technologies (like related to displays, user interface, software, antennae, chip sets). Nokia on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Apple in Germany and in the U.S., alleging that the [...]
In the music world, the line between “inspired by” and “stolen from” can get a little blurred. Ed Sheeran has been accused of copying elements of Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On for his hit single Thinking Out Loud. It's especially problematic when the songs are clearly different, even if one was inspired by the other, [...]
The case concerns the standard for claim construction in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. Under current law, the United States Patent Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) construes claims during IPR proceedings according to their broadest reasonable interpretation, rather than their plain and ordinary meaning as is done in civil litigation. The granted [...]
It was once renowned as the home of the four great inventions: paper, gunpowder, printing and the compass. These days, China is more often portrayed as a land of copycats, where you can buy a pirated Superdry T-shirt or a HiPhone and where smaller cities boast 7-12 convenience stores, Teabucks outlets and KFG fried [...]
