Patent Reform Briefing For Senate Staffers
If you’re interested in Congress making an informed decision about the upcoming patent reform vote (H.R. 1249), encourage your Senate staffers to attended today’s briefing sponsored by the U.S. Business & Industry Council. The speaker’s lineup includes views from a retired Federal judge, Angel investor, head of a venture capital firm and a constitutional law … Continue reading
DuPont Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Heraeus
A DuPont lawsuit filed today accuses Heraeus Materials Technology of infringing patents related to solar cell technology. The patent at issue, U.S. Patent No. 7,767,254, covers a method of manufacturing solar cells by applying to a silicon substrate a conductive paste including silver particles with a specific surface of 0.20-0.60 m2/g. DuPont accuses Heraeus H94XX … Continue reading
Single Touch Systems Warns Netflix About “Patent Ownership”
Single Touch Systems Inc. called out Netflix, Inc. in a letter alerting the world’s leading Internet subscription service for movies and TV shows to Single Touch’s issued patents directed to streaming and routing media. The patents include U.S. Patent Nos. 7,054,949, 7,191,244, and 7,689,706. From the press release: Streaming video and music distributed across the … Continue reading
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The $600M Innovation Tax – A special letter from Patent Calls CEO, Dr. Jose Melendez
Posted by Patrick on September 6, 2011 · 2 Comments
The $600M Innovation Tax September 2011 Dear Friends and Fellow Citizens, I write today about a deeply disturbing and troubling proposal about to be enacted by the United States Congress. The “America Invents Act” is a sneaky way of generating $600M in new tax “revenue” from America’s innovators and job creators. Aspiring presidential candidates need … Continue reading →
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