Posts Tagged ‘Software IP’

Google has received a writ from Vicki Van Valin and Neil Mertz as part of a class action that their privacy was violated by “Street View” vehicles picking up data from open wireless internet connections used at home. They also want a court to prevent Google from destroying the data that’s been collected.
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said it’s amending a program to reduce by 12 months the processing time for inventions intended to improve the environment and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Microsoft’s contentious patent describing the mechanism used to store long filenames on FAT file systems without breaking compatibility with old applications has been upheld by the German appeal court after a prior court decision ruled it invalid. This mirrors a 2006 decision by the USPTO concerning the equivalent US patent.
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Apple has launched a copyright application for electronic video spectacles that will permit wearers to gaze at films in 3D on the inside of the glasses. The admirers have already dubbed the device as iSpecs.
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The article on Patently Apple,(a blog dedicated to unearthing secret patents filed by Apple Inc.) revealed that the e-ticketing technology, called ‘Concert Ticket +’, will allow users to convert their smartphones into e-tickets, which can be scanned at the venue of the concert, thereby eliminating the risk of forgetting one’s ticket and reducing the use [...]

Yahoo! Inc., owner of second-most used search engine after Google Inc.’s, is trying to patent a method of detecting artificially promoted Web pages.
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Apple bought the trademark from Fujitsu only for another company to claim it!
Apple recently bought the ‘iPad’ trademark from Fujitsu for an undisclosed price following months of debate as to which company owned the name.
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When patent number 20100079356 was published on the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) website at the beginning of this month(1st April 2010), it was first assumed that it was an April Fool joke. But now it appears that plans for Apple to develop electronic spectacles that will allow the wearer to watch 3D films [...]

iPOTT, the Bangalore based software search company has been granted trademark of its brand name “iPOTT”. With this grant, the name iPOTT is now protected by trademark rules in India and can now use ® along with its name. It took nearly 3 years to be granted the trademark from the date of application. [...]

April 26 2010, is the date that global trademark holders can register a new .Co domain name. Understood around the world as an abbreviation for “Company,” “Corporation” and “Commerce”, a few weeks later anyone will be able to register a dotco domain.
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