Posts Tagged: Google
Raid on Gibraltar: How the U.S. Patent System was Rigged Against Independent Inventors
The numbers are stark. As recently as 1990, individual inventors were granted 17 percent of all patents. By 2000, they received 12 percent and only 6.8 percent in 2010. In 2015, individual inventors were …
Executives for America’s tech giants refuse to come to Congress to testify on net neutrality
The Facebooks, Googles and Netflixes of the world, edge providers that provide Internet services via websites but not an Internet connection like ISPs offer, have every reason …
Cardozo School of Law Seeks Director, Cardozo/Google Project for Patent Diversity
The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University, with the support of a $200,000 grant from Google, is launching 'The Cardozo/Google Project for Patent Diversity' …
Are Corporate Employees Protected by the First Amendment?
As it related to the Google incident, it was first reported that a memo authored by a Google employee, titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber”, was being …
Is being called a ‘patent troll’ defamatory? NH inventor files suit against banking industry to find out
In a New Hampshire State Superior Court, this so-called 'patent troll' has decided to fight back. Automated Transactions and Dave Barcelou have filed a defamation complaint against …
The High Tech Inventors Alliance: The newest institution of the efficient infringer lobby in D.C.
Eight tech companies owning a collective 115,000 patents announced the establishment of the High Tech Inventors Alliance (HTIA), an organization they claim is “dedicated to supporting balanced patent …
Waymo drops three of four patent claims in its case against Uber
In a joint stipulation and order entered three claims of patent infringement were dropped in the intellectual property case being fought between San Francisco, CA-based transportation company …
Parties Agreement to Settle Issues Does Not Extinguish Board’s Ability to Determine Patentability
However, what if the Board refuses to terminate an IPR despite a joint request by both parties based on a settlement and proceeds to a final written …
Myths about patent trolls prevent honest discussion about U.S. patent system
A $1 trillion a year industry not wanting to pay innovators less than a 1% royalty on the innovations they appropriate (i.e., steal) for their own profits seems …
Waymo v. Uber: a Gordian Knot Gets Tighter
In the annals of U.S. innovators, there are many infamous disputes between technology companies from Shockley and Fairchild in semiconductors to Microsoft and Apple in operating …
Court Finds ‘Google’ is Not Generic
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on May 16, 2017 that Google has not become a victim of its own success – that is, its Google trademark is still …
‘Move Fast and Break Things’ decries IP behavior of Internet giants
Move Fast and Break Things, subtitled How Facebook, Google and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy, dissects the inordinate power of a handful of the popular, primarily …
Trademark hijackers are hurting online advertisers; here’s how to stop them
Avery Labels worked hard to establish its brand among consumers as the premier retailer of label products, as well as providing software solutions through their design-and-print-online tool …
Cybercrimes, Data Breaches Rise Against Big Firms
Cyber crimes and data breaches have become far too widespread in the recent times. Technological progress has taken the risk to new levels, with newer techniques to …
Other Barks for Wednesday, April 5th, 2017
Google tries to strike a “patent peace” with a new cross-licensing initiative for Android developers. The Federal Circuit is petitioned for review of a judgment in a …
