Posts Tagged: IBM
Manny Schecter, IBM’s Chief Patent Counsel, Joins Board of Center for IP Understanding
Schecter joins other CIPU directors, Marshall Phelps (retired head of IP Business and Strategy at Microsoft and IBM), Brian Hinman (Chief IP Officer at Philips), Keith Bergelt (…
IBM achieves record number of U.S. patents in 2016, 24th straight year of patent dominance
In 1992, Bill Clinton was elected President of the United States. Hurricane Andrew bore down on the American Southeast, causing billions in damage after wreaking destruction from Florida …
The Four Biggest Tech Trends of 2016
Recently, we took a closer look at four of the largest trending stories playing out in the world of intellectual property and patents during 2016. Today we turn …
America’s Big 5 tech companies increase patent filings, Microsoft holds lead in AI technologies
In terms of sheer numbers, in the CB Insights study, which curiously did not include patent giant and American research juggernaut IBM, Microsoft ranks supreme among this …
IAM Market provides patent marketplace for 22 top tech vendors, seeks to grow vendor base
With 22 vendors currently on the IAM Market, the online portal has seen about 50 percent growth since launching last year. “To be honest, my ambition is that we’…
IBM files patent application for method to stop printing of copyrighted material
Although the type of copyright infringement that gets the most attention today in our digital age is the downloading of music and/or movies, infringement of print …
Technology Startups: The Game-changers of Virtual and Augmented Reality
With the advent of enhancements in audio-video technology, Virtual-Reality (VR) has taken the world by storm. While VR has been enjoying most of the limelight, another similar …
Strength of IBM’s Watson Health seen in Bausch & Lomb iOS app for cataract surgeries
IBM has been wading further into the medical fields over the past few years thanks to the strength of its cognitive computing division, especially the rise of …
Groupon lawsuit calls IBM “a relic” but IBM R&D invests more than Groupon’s total revenues
Groupon’s complaint and spokespersons have been widely reported that labels IBM as a “dial-up dinosaur” and “a relic of once-great 20th Century technology firms” that is …
How Artificial Intelligence Helps Lawyers Compete in today’s Data-driven World
The law waits for no one and neither does AI, which has already made a lasting impact in many areas of business, including the practice of law. …
What should we do about Alice?
Showing a bowl of spaghetti on one of his first few PowerPoint slides set the tone. The law as it applies to software patent eligibility is a …
After Alice: Is New Legislation Needed? Before Alice: Was there a Precedent?
the Courts have found it difficult to use the Mayo two-part test in the examination of a patent’s validity thus creating great uncertainty... One should not …
IBM hits torrid patent pace in Q1 2016, invents cloud management and automotive tech
2016 has gotten off to a strong start for the company as the patent portfolio analysis tools at Innography are showing us that IBM has already earned 1,927 U.…
Federal Circuit Remands Reexaminations Based on Erroneous Claim Constructions
On March 10, 2016 the Federal Circuit sent two Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB” or “Board”) reexaminations back to the Patent Office. In proceedings initiated by IBM and …
Data center sector gets more crowded with names like IBM, Cisco, Microsoft and Qualcomm
The subsea data center operations will be cooled by the surrounding water and designs with turbines or tidal energy systems, which would further reduce electricity costs, have …
