Nuance Loses First Patent Fight With Vlingo, Others To Follow
On August 9, 2011 a federal jury in Boston, Massachusetts, found Nuance’s patent valid, but disagreed with Nuance’s contention that Vlingo infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,766,295. The patent relates to speech recognition systems that Nuance claimed Vlingo had implemented when filing its lawsuit back in 2008. Jo-Anne Sinclair, Nuance senior vice president and general counsel, … Continue reading
Patent Calls CEO Quoted In Austin Business Journal
The Austin Business Journal reported this morning about the University of Texas’s investment in Intellectual Ventures (subscription required). News of the patent holding fund’s investors broke in May (See The Intellectual Ventures Investment List — An Unwelcome Revelation? on GametimeIP) when the firm was ordered to disclose anyone with a financial interest in litigation with semiconductor maker … Continue reading
Micron and Intellectual Ventures Sign Intellectual Property License Agreement
From a press release issued today: Micron Technology, Inc. (Micron) (Nasdaq: MU) and Intellectual Ventures (IV®) announced today that they have entered into an intellectual property license agreement. The agreement provides Micron with access to IV’s patent portfolio of more than 30,000 IP assets. In addition, the companies have the option to buy patents from … Continue reading
RIM Becomes Intellectual Ventures’ Latest Patent License Holder
Perhaps looking to avoid future threats in the smartphone space, Intellectual Ventures has announced RIM as one of its latest licensees: RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) has followed fellow handset makers HTC and Samsung into the arms of Intellectual Property Ventures, signing a deal with the patent-holding company founded by Microsoft’s former CTO, Nathan Myhrvold (pictured) and … Continue reading
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