Electronics
The Patents Act 1977: Understanding ‘outstanding benefit’
When does an employee’s contribution to a patented invention become worthy of additional compensation?...  »
The IP guide to… Auction sites
The battle against the sale of counterfeit goods through online trading platforms is an expensive and time-consuming exercise for brand owners. And recent conflicting rulings for and against the eBay ....  »
How to protect your IP on auction sites
There are a number of potential counterfeit risks on auction. Here are four tips for brand owners...  »
State of the UK legal industry: the in-house view
Legal Strategy Review has conducted research among UK-based corporate legal departments to find the real issues facing the legal sector this year. Hit hard by the recession, under pressure to cap fees....  »
Hi-tech allies challenge patent proposal
A group of US technology companies has called for an urgent backtrack on a key piece of patent reform. ...  »
TiVo Wins $94 million DVR Patent Lawsuit
Shares in Tivo Inc rocketed almost 30% after the home entertainment manufacturer won a patent infringement case against Dish Network....  »
IBM requests bans on Asus imports over patent complaint
IBM has asked the US government to ban certain imports from Asustek, a Taiwanese PC manufacturer, stating that the computers they produce infringes on three of their patents....  »
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) sued for patent infringement
The OLPC foundation originally hoped to build and sell laptops to schools at around $100 per unit. Now the price stands just shy of $200 each (for an order of 10,000) and production of these child-s....  »
SanDisk Sues 25 Companies for Patent Infringement
SanDisk has announced the filing of three patent infringement actions against 25 companies that manufacture, sell and import USB flash drives, CompactFlash cards, multimedia cards, MP3/media players....  »
HD DVD patent holders begin cross licence meetings
MPEG LA announced that the first meeting of essential HD DVD patent owners, currently consisting of 16 companies, was held in Los Angeles at the end of September....  »