A design patent protects the visual ornamental characteristics of an article, including consumer and industrial products, medical devices and related tools, sports equipment, jewelry, product packaging, and even web-based and mobile graphical user interfaces and icons. Yet, design patent protection for these types of products is often overlooked in favor... Read More

Google has countersued Sonos for patent infringement, following Sonos originally filing a patent lawsuit against Google in January. The lawsuit alleges that Sonos is infringing five Google patents covering mesh networking, echo cancellation, DRM, content notifications, and personalized search https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/11/21288161/google-countersues-sonos-patents-infringement

As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has quickly killed hundreds of thousands across an unprepared world, destroyed the livelihoods of millions, and cost trillions of dollars, nations must now expand their mindsets and focus not only on overcoming the next phases but also on long-range strategies—for this and for future pandemics.... Read More

VirnetX's announcement comes a few weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Apple's latest appeal. Apple argued that it would be "exceedingly unjust" if a previous judgement from 2017 was upheld because it involved invalidated patents. https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/03/13/virnetx-versus-apple-saga-over-with-454m-payment-for-patent-infringement-paid

On February 21, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a pair of institution-phase decisions in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings petitioned by Internet tech giant Google, both of which challenge claims of a patent owned by Virentem Ventures and asserted in a District of Delaware infringement case against... Read More