Posts Tagged: "kindle"

Internet retail juggernaut Amazon.com increases dominance of consumer electronics

The Internet retail juggernaut that is Amazon.com continues to get stronger and it’s doing so in a way that should worry other players in the consumer electronics sector. In late June, a Deutsche Bank analyst note was issued pointing out the magnitude of Amazon’s increased dominance of consumer electronics. In 2015 there was an increase of $5.6 billion in the consumer electronics sector and Amazon was responsible for $5.1 billion of that increase. That corresponds to a 90 percent share of the 2015 increase in the consumer electronics sector. Deutsche Bank’s Mike Baker also noted that Amazon now commands a 17 percent share of the consumer electronics market, which puts them in second-place behind only Best Buy

Steve Brachmann

July 11, 2016

Copytele Sues Taiwanese Manufacturer for Conspiracy to Steal Patented Technologies

CopyTele claims that AUO and another Taiwanese firm, E Ink Holdings, conspired to steal patented technologies from CopyTele to monopolize production of display screens for popular consumer devices. AUO is a major manufacturer of flat screen displays for computers, televisions and tablet devices, including Apple’s iPad. E Ink Holdings is another Taiwanese electronics manufacturer that develops eReader screens for devices like Barnes & Noble’s Nook and Amazon’s Kindle.

Steve Brachmann

February 15, 2013

PLI Publishes 2009 Federal Circuit Yearbook

Each year, the Federal Circuit Yearbook provides a concise, comprehensive review of every patent decision published by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit during the preceding year. The 2009 Federal Circuit Yearbook is now available, and includes all the information you need to catch up with what the Federal Circuit has been doing over the previous year. …

Gene Quinn

August 9, 2009

Faber on Mechanics of Patent Claim Drafting Updated

Last month the seminal PLI Treatise, Mechanics of Patent Claim Drafting, was updated with information on claim drafting tips and techniques post Bilski, and a few other juicy items. Long time aficionados of the treatise will recall that this treatise was once upon a time called Landis on the Mechanics of Patent Claim Drafting, or simply the Landis Treatise. Landis…

Gene Quinn

August 9, 2009

PC Mag Gets Kindle Patent Story All Wrong

We all make mistakes, but it seems that whenever the popular media writes about a patent matter they get it completely wrong. I wrote about how the Wall Street Journal gave bad patent advice the other day, and as it turns out the reporter didn’t even seek the advice of a patent attorney. Instead, the advice came from an inventor…

Gene Quinn

May 7, 2009