Happy Memorial Day
For this Memorial Day, we searched the U.S. patent records for some patriotic patents and found plenty.Here are just a few examples:U.S. Patent No. D507,843 entitled "American [...]
Microsoft Gains Upper Hand in XBOX Licensing Fight
Last week, Microsoft prevailed in a patent licensing fee dispute with Motorola Mobility over technology used in Microsoft's XBox gaming consoles. Motorola Mobility initially sought $4 Billion [...]
Nintendo Receives Patent for Embedding Wii Controllers in Toys
Yesterday, the United States Patent & Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 8,414,349 to Nintendo Co., Ltd. of Japan for controlling the movement of a toy via [...]
Sony Improves Head-Mounted Display Apparatus
A recent United States patent application filed by Sony Corporation of Tokyo, Japan reveals some new improvements in its Head-Mounted Diaply ("HMD") Apparatus -- developments that may [...]
Frito-Lay Loses Patent Lawsuit Over Scoops
A jury in Texas sided with the Defendant, Medallion Foods, Inc., stating that it's "Bowlz" bowl-shaped tortilla chips did not infringe the intellectual property owned by the [...]
Patent Eligibility for Computer-Based Inventions
Over the last few years the debate of patent eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101 has been a hot topic. Recently, on February 8, 2013, [...]