Concluding our 2016 Patent Market Report with an in-depth view of current patent market size and reflect our on our key findings and action item of the year. Even with some setbacks in 2016, the patent market continues to be strong and robust. Once again brokered market has shrunk we estimate that actual sales [...]
The US patent office ruled Wednesday that hotly disputed patents on a revolutionary genome editing technology belong to the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, dealing a blow to the University of California’s effort to overturn those patents. In one sentence judgement by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, three judges say key patent [...]
Uber has launched new patent purchase program called UP3, which will seek to expedite the process of purchasing patents with an open application. The idea is to get patent holder’s to propose a simple price they are willing to take for their patents, which Uber can take or leave, as a means to side [...]
Members of United States innovators business community have delivered a letter to President Trump requesting that the US Patent and Trademark Office,be exempt from federal hiring freeze announced. The 5th april letter was signed by nearly two dozen organizations and other entities, including the Biotechnology Innovation Organisation, the innovation alliance, the alliance of US [...]
To begin with, the AirPods charging case doubles as a portable battery charging device which when placed on a flat surface turns into an Apple Watch charging pad. This is due to the incorporation of a “wireless power transmitting component”. The charging case will provide power for both the AirPods internally as well as a [...]
Biogen has prevailed in a patent squabble with Denmark’s Forward Pharma over multiple sclerosis med Tecfidera—but the decision may not actually help the Big Biotech steer clear of generic rivals. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) ruled Friday that Forward could not declare patent infringement by Biogen. The verdict kept Biogen’s Tecfidera IP [...]
