 | Senate Passes Historic Patent Reform Bill 0 Comments - 09 Mar 2011 The Senate yesterday passed the America Invents Act (S. 23) by a vote of 87-3.
Although some provisions were dropped, the Senate bill retained the following key elements:
Third party submissions of prior art for pending applications;
USPTO fee setting authority;
Supplemental examination authority;
Repeal of the residency requirement for Federal Ci... More Link |
 | Senate Defeats Feinstein Patent Amendment 0 Comments - 03 Mar 2011 An amendment that was offered by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to the patent reform bill (America Invents Act S. 23) has been tabled by a vote of 87 to 13.
The Feinstein Amendment removed the First To File provision in favor of the existing First to Invent System. Arguments against the First to File System include not allowing independent... More Link |
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Multimedia Time Warping Patents Net TiVo $304 Million in Damage Awards
On September 4th, TiVo won an additional $200 million in damages for several of the patents that cover time warp recording of audio-video displays. The patents at suit were: US-6233389, US-7529465 and US-7493015. The damages were awarded by a federal judge in Marshall, Texas against Dish Network. TiVo earlier won damages of $104 million against AT&T and Verizon Communications. See the full story here.
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