Patents Stories for 2013

Apple Again Seeks Ban On 20+ Samsung Devices In US 235
Google Sues Consortium Backed By Apple and Microsoft to Protect Android 150
90 Percent of Businesses Say IP Is "Not Important" 185
Google Joins the Open Invention Network Board 22
Former Google Lawyer Michelle Lee To Run US Patent Office 91
JPMorgan Files Patent Application On 'Bitcoin Killer' 292
EU Warns Nokia Not To Become a Patent Troll 78
Facebook Patents Inferring Income of Users 129
German Court Invalidates Microsoft FAT Patent 192
Supreme Court To Review Software Patents 115
Patent Troll Bill Clears House With Huge Majority 138
Tech Companies Set To Appeal 2012 Oracle Vs. Google Ruling 198
Patent Battle May Loom Over 'Copenhagen Wheel' Electric Bike 152
Jury Finds Newegg Infringed Patent, Owes $2.3 Million 324
Samsung Ordered To Pay Apple $290M In Patent Case 219
Software Patent Reform Stalls Thanks To IBM and Microsoft Lobbying 239
How Perl and R Reveal the United States' Isolation In the TPP Negotiations 152
Google Patenting Less Noble Use of Project Loon Tech 87
Motorola Patent Uses Neck Tattoo As Microphone 51
Microsoft Makes an Astonishing $2 Billion Per Year From Android Patent Royalties 304
You're Only As Hirable As Your Google+ Circles 195
Microsoft, Apple and Others Launch Huge Patent Strike at Android 476
Cisco Releases Open Source "Binary Module" For H.264 In WebRTC 95
HP Seeks Buyer For WebOS Patents 37
Finally, a Bill To End Patent Trolling 162
Samsung Offers Patent Cease-Fire in EU 80
A Patent Tree Grows In Seattle 37
Obama Administration Refuses To Overturn Import Ban On Samsung Products 298
Google Wants Patent On Splitting Restaurant Bills 196
Apple and Nokia Outraged That Samsung Lawyers Leaked Patent License Terms 201
US Shutdown Is Good News For Patent Trolls 84
Martha Stewart Out To Exterminate Patent Troll Lodsys 150
Steve Jobs Video Kills Apple Patent In Germany 100
Judge Orders Patent Troll To Explain Its 'Mr. Sham' To Jury 117
One Man's Battle With Patent Trolls 159
Group Attacks Bad Software Patents Before They're Approved 82
Ask Slashdot: When Is Patent License Trading Not Trolling? 191
Doubleclick Cofounder Responds to Patent Troll by Filing Extortion Lawsuit 225
The Man Who Created the Pencil Eraser and How Patents Have Changed 234
"Patent Troll" Closes Controversial Podcast Patent Deal With SanDisk 65
Cisco Can't Shield Customers From Patent Suits, Court Rules 111
How IP Law Helps FOSS Communities 98
Jury Finds Google Guilty of Standards-Essential Patents Abuse Against MS 278
Apple Receives Patent For Accessing Sets of Apps With Different Passcodes 156
Patent Suit Leads To 500,000 Annoyed Software Users 180
Microsoft Seeks Patent On 'Quieting Mobile Devices' 71
Taking the Battle Against Patent Trolls To the Public 107
How Patent Trolls Stalled a New Transit App 85
USPTO Publishes Suggestions For Intellectual Property Enforcement 57
Google Patents "Scroogling" 135
New Zealand Bans Software Patents 150
OmniPage Maker Nuance Loses Patent Trial Over OCR Tech 56
Google Buys Foxconn Patents For Head-Mounted Tech 38
Bill Gates Seeking Patent To Make Shakespeare Less Boring 338
TrollingEffects.org To Help Potential Victims of Patent Trolls 35
Samsung Infringed On Apple Patents, Says ITC 274
Obama Administration Overrules iPhone Trade Ban 397
Companies Petition Congress To Reform 'Business Method' Patent Process 78
Aussie Wi-Fi Patent Nears Expiry In the United States 48
Pinch-To-Zoom Apple Patent Rejected By USPTO 110
Invalidation of Eolas's Web Patent Claims Upheld 72
Nobelist Gary Becker Calls For an End To Software Patents 147
How Joel Spolsky Shot Down a Microsoft Patent In 15 Minutes 175
Apple-Liquidmetal Joint Patent Could Enable Futuristic-Looking Mobile Devices 102
Patent Trolls Getting the Attention of the Feds 92
How Intellectual Property Reinforces Inequality 272
Google Patents Displaying Athletes On Sports Fields 52
Microsoft Sues US Customs For Allowing Imports of Banned Motorola Phones 87
Boston U. Patent Lawsuits Hit Apple, Amazon, Samsung, and Others 147
FTC Chairwoman Speaks On Growing US Patent Problem 87
AT&T Gets Patent To Monitor and Track File-Sharing Traffic 75
Apple Files Patent For New Proprietary Port 282
Patents Vs Innovation - the Tabarrok Curve 210
Analyzing Congress's Multiple Approaches To Patent Reform 58
Formlabs In Settlement Talks Over 3D Printing Patent Lawsuit 57
Personal Audio's James Logan Answers Your Questions 78
Patent Infringement Suit Includes Linking URLs In an Email 124
NVIDIA To License Its GPU Tech 111
Congress Proposes Strategy For Fighting Patent Trolls 96
Supreme Court: No Patents For Natural DNA Sequences 214
German Parliament Tells Government To Strictly Limit Patents On Software 75
Ask Personal Audio's James Logan About Patents, Playlists, and Podcasts 99
Apple Files Patent For Digital Wallet and Virtual Currency 84
iPhone 4, iPad 2 Get US Import Ban 213
White House Announces Reforms Targeting Patent Trolls 124
Never Mind the Epidemic, Who Gets Patent Rights For the Cure? 135
Kim Dotcom Wants Money From Google, Twitter For 2-Factor Authentication 122
First Government Lawsuit Against a Patent Troll 96
OSI President Questions WebM Patent License Compatibility with Open Source 37
Judges Debate Patents and If New Software Makes a Computer a "New Machine" 247
Patenting Open Source Software 60
Newegg Defeats Alcatel-Lucent in Third Patent Win This Year 143
Canada Courts, Patent Office Warns Against Trying To Patent Mathematics 215
Supreme Court Rules For Monsanto In Patent Case 579
(Highly Divided) Federal Circuit Opinion Finds Many Software Patents Ineligible 116
New Zealand Set To Prohibit Software Patents 90
Ask Slashdot: How Do You Sell an Algorithm To Venture Capitalists? 205
Move Over Apple - Samsung Files For a Patent On Page Turn 125
British Telecom Claims Patents on VOIP Session Initiation Protocol 116
Was Google's Motorola Mobility Acquisition a Mistake? 189
ZTE Joins Long List of Android Device-Makers Licensing Microsoft Patents 112
Motorola Loses ITC Case Against Apple for Proximity Sensor Patents 121
Foxconn Signs Massive Android Patent Agreement With Microsoft 168
Will the Supreme Court End Human Gene Patents? 228
Judge Slams Apple-Motorola Suit As 'Business Strategy' 140
Study Suggests Patent Office Lowered Standards To Cope With Backlog 96
Rackspace Goes On Rampage Against Patent Trolls 132
German Court Finds Apple's 'Slide To Unlock' Patent Invalid 120
Indian Supreme Court Denies Novartis Cancer Drug Patent 288
Google Pledges Not To Sue Any Open Source Projects Using Their Patents 153
Uniloc Patent Case Against Rackspace Tossed for Bogus Patents 76
Document Freedom Day 2013 Celebrated In 30 Countries 30
You Don't 'Own' Your Own Genes 293
Free Software Camps Wading Into VP8 Patent Fight 113
Bezos Patenting 'Dumb' Tablets, Glasses, Windshields 87
Can Innovation Be Automated? 92
Nokia Officially Lists Patents Google's VP8 Allegedly Infringes 180
Mobile Sharing: "Bezos Beep" Vs. Smartphone Bump 180
Apple and Amazon Flirt With a Market For Used Digital Items 138
Google and MPEG LA Reach VP8 Patent Agreement 112
Microsoft: the 'Scroogled' Show Must Go On 286
Conflicted Judges Are Classier With English Accents 74
Apple's $1B Patent Award From Samsung Gets Cut By $450M 56
New Bill Would Require Patent Trolls To Pay Defendants' Attorneys 196
FOSS Communities Key To Managing Patent Risk 29
How the Open Invention Network Protects Linux and Open Source (Video) 28
Nikon Buckles To Microsoft, Will Pay "Android Tax" For Smart Cameras 272
The Patents That Threaten 3-D Printing 134
Google Patents Staple of '70s Mainframe Computing 333
Do Patent Laws Really Protect Small Inventors? 267
EFF Proposes a Working Code Requirement For Software Patents 130
CES: Formlabs Co-Founder Describes Their Stereolithographic 3D Printer (Video) 59
Facebook Sued By Rembrandt IP For Two Patent Violations 105
Judge Invalidates 13 Motorola Patent Claims Against Microsoft 109
Amazon Patents the Milkman 365
Economists Argue Patent System Should Be Abolished 376
Amazon Patents 'Maintaining Scarcity' of Goods 240
Judge Koh Rules: Samsung Did Not Willfully Infringe 111
Micron Lands Broad "Slide To Unlock" Patent 211
How Newegg Saved Online Retail 259
ITU Approves H.264 Video Standard Successor H.265 182
Open Source ExFAT File System Reaches 1.0 Status 151
Steve Jobs Threatened Palm To Stop Poaching Employees 270
2012 Patent Rankings: IBM On Top, Google Spikes 41
USPTO Asks For Input On Software Patents 209
New Sony Patent Blocks Second-hand Games 344
Patent Troll Targeting Users of Scanners; Wants $1000/Employee 227
European Commission Support of FRAND Licenses Hurts Open Standards 137