Posts Tagged: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Federal Circuit Decision Erases $234 million Damages Awarded to WARF
The Federal Circuit recently issued a ruling reversing the district court’s denial of Apple Inc.’s (“Apple”) motion for judgment as a matter of law (“JMOL”) …
Senate Republicans discuss patent reform in private briefing with infringer lobby
The Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force convened in order to hear from patent experts on the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in TC Heartland, …
Judge orders Apple to pay $506M to WARF over infringement of patented processor technology
Judge Conley ordered Apple to pay $506 million in damages to WARF for infringing on patents covering computer processing technologies. WARF’s original complaint, filed in January 2014, involved …
Caltech’s infringement lawsuit against Apple, Broadcom is latest in university patent suit trend
According to multiple reports, the Caltech patents-in-suit are incorporated into both the 802.11n and 802.11ac wireless connectivity standards, which are used by Apple products to communicate digital …
Exit Interview: A Conversation with Outgoing AUTM President Fred Reinhart
During Reinhart's year as President much changed at AUTM. There was a concerted effort to transition to a a strategic board of directors that would result in …
Post Grant Patent Challenges Concern Universities, Pharma
Gulbrandsen’s chief complaint with the U.S. system centers around the fact that it has become enormously easy to challenge issued patents once they have been …
University Research Leads to Biofuel Breakthrough
Exciting new innovations being patented and licensed by American universities may provide some effective answers to issues that have been vexing biofuel developers for years. Wilkerson described …
