Supreme Court Relaxes Standard on Enhanced Damages for Patent Infringement
On June 13, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States decided a case (Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc.) that surrounds the potential for patent [...]
Can Patents Benefit Your Start-Up Company?
An interesting article published by the National Law Review identifies 9 reasons start-up companies can benefit from a patent. Among other items, the article notes that patents [...]
Another Patent Issues for Google’s Self-Driving Vehicle
A new patent that was issued to Google yesterday provides an interesting account on how and when its self-driving vehicle will take control from the driver. For example, when [...]
Toyota Offers Royalty-Free Use of 5,680 Fuel Cell Vehicle Patents
To accompany the recent announcement of Toyota's fuel cell vehicle (FCV), called the Mirai, Toyota opens up use of its 5,680 fuel cell patents on a royalty-free basis. [...]
Computer Software Patents Face Supreme Court Challenge
In less than a week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank International, a case that could impact the patentability of [...]
Happy Veterans Day
To commemorate the end of World War I, Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11, 1919 as Veterans Day (initially called "Armistice Day"). Since then, Veterans Day has been [...]