Patients, Patents, and the Supreme Court
Does allowing companies to patent human genes mean more medical progress, or less?
Patents
German Patent Court Rejects Samsung's 3G Patent, Ruling in Favor of Apple
Intellectual property rights slowing down technological progress?
The Supreme Court Considers Biotech Seed Patents
What are the limits to patents on self-replicating technologies?
Judge Tosses Part of Award Given to Apple in Patent Suit
Orders new trial to determine damages
Apple, Samsung Legal Fight Not Slowing Anything Down
Cooperation might be the better bet
Judge Rules Samsung Must Reveal Sales Data in Apple Suit
Wanted to keep information confidential
Samsung Faces $15 Billion Fine in Europe
For its efforts trying to get Apple products banned there
Nokia Wins Patent Battle Against Blackberry
The two are settling all their litigation
EU to Charge Samsung with Antitrust Violations
Says it's abusing its market position in patent fight
Google Close to Deal on Patent Dispute
Deal with regulators would also shut down anti-trust investigation
EU High Court Upholds $63 Million Fine Against AstraZeneca
Fine levied for lying on patent applications to member states in an effort to keep the generic version of an ulcer med off the market
Samsung Wants Ruling Ordering $1 Billion Payment to Apple Overturned
More fighting over patents for things like touchscreen scrolling
US Firm Won't Enforce AIDS Drug Patent in Poor Countries
Will allow for manufacture and sale of cheaper generic versions without fear
UK Judges Order Apple to Rewrite Samsung Statement on Website
Patent battle veers well into ridiculousness
Apple Appeals Loss Against Samsung in Japan
Ruled that Samsung's phones don't infringe on Apple's designs
Post-Trial Document Dump Reveals Misleading Apple Arguments
Samsung's CEO noted the iPhone was the gold standard in the smart phone industry when he said to build something like it
Supreme Court Takes Up Monsanto Patent Case
Can company stop farmers from replanting their soybeans?
Samsung Galaxy Tablet Ban Temporarily Lifted in the U.S.
Patent laws cost Americans choices
Germany Finds for Apple Against Motorola in Suit
Orders Motorola to pull products from market
Apple, Google in Talks over Patents
Attempts to end disputes without having to go to court
Apple-Samsung Foreman Says Evidence Was Overwhelming
Says intellectual property deserves to be protected.
Apple-Samsung Jurors Must Answer 600 Questions
Presumably none of them are "How much are we getting paid for this, again?"
Apple-Samsung Case Goes to Jury
Just try to imagine sitting on the jury of a giant patent case. Just try.
Judge Demands to Know Who Google Paid to Blog About Lawsuit
Google says they haven't paid anybody to write about scrap with Oracle, but judge doesn't buy it.
Apple Gets Pissy over Samsung Document Dump to Media
Documents not allowed as evidence given to reporters. Apple wants sanctions.
What Patent Wars Have Come To: "We're Fighting Over Rectangles"
Apple v. Samsung trial starts this week, partly over the "look and feel" of tablets and smart phones.
Citizen Science, Microfinanced Research, Patent Trolls, and Pharma Prizes
A final dispatch from the Open Science Summit.
