Interview Finale: Manny Schecter, IBM Chief Patent Counsel
We talked about Peer to Patent, Watson on Jeopardy, where the Supreme Court is heading with patent law, the usual fun questions to get to know Schecter on a personal level and more. As we moved into...
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The data clearly suggests that that inquiry should be made into what is going on in Art Unit 3689. If there is nothing odd after evaluation then I will be the first to report that and say that after...
View ArticleGoliath vs. Goliath: Yahoo and Facebook Sue Over Patents
The meat of the litigation revolves around patents. For decades patents have been a significant part of intellectual property law, but in recent years they have proven problematic in the development of...
View ArticleDOJ: Patent Licenses Should Discharge in Bankruptcy
The dispute at issue here regarding Qimonda arose when the company went bankrupt and seven licensees invoked the protection of § 365(n) to retain patent rights. This became an issue because there is no...
View ArticleOn the Record with Manny Schecter, IBM Chief Patent Counsel
Whenever there is interesting IBM news of a patent variety Schecter has been gracious enough to make time to chat. The news of IBM's patent supremacy wasn't just any run-of-the-mill news, at least not...
View ArticleOn the Record with Manny Schecter, Part II
In Part II of the interview, which is the final segment, we discuss how IBM keeps a watchful eye on the industry to learn from the mistakes of others, what the conversion to first to file will mean for...
View ArticleIBM Seeks Patent for Social Gathering of Distributed Knowledge
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an international business technology consultant and developer headquartered in Armonk, New York. As the top patenting company for the last 20 years,...
View ArticleIBM Chief Patent Counsel on Patent Litigation Reform
Federal Circuit Chief Judge Rader recently delivered an important and noteworthy defense of the U.S. patent system the recent annual meeting of the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)....
View ArticleDo Patents Promote Innovation? The Market is the Final Arbiter
In my opinion the best way to judge the success or failure of the patent system is by looking broadly at the type of competition it enables or disables in the marketplace. And that doesn't mean...
View ArticleIBM Patents Apps Focus on Improved Multimedia Experiences
Within the past month, many IBM patent applications published by the USPTO show a desire to improve multimedia experiences on many computer devices. Patent applications filed by IBM include systems for...
View ArticleIs IBM’s Watson Still Patent Eligible?
Watson? It is an artificially intelligent computer system that is capable of answering questions presented in natural language. It is, in essence, the modern day equivalent to the all knowing Star Trek...
View ArticleIBM Seeks Patent on Filtering Online Reviews
One application assigned to IBM would protect a system of allocating software resources to a user’s network account once their presence is detected at a facility. An patent awarded by the USPTO...
View ArticleIBM Patents System for Preserving E-mail Messages, Seeks Patent on Cloud...
A few patent applications filed with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office show IBM’s interests in improving online shopping experiences. One application provides a chronological timeline view for...
View ArticleIBM Patent App: Filter Messages by Ratings in a Social Network
Today, we’re featuring a bevy of patent applications and issued patents featuring IBM developments in a wide range of computing services. Our featured patent application describes a system of filtering...
View ArticleThe Hidden Agenda Behind Patent Reform
Tech sector giants have been crying and moaning about how the patent system has run amok and needs to be scaled back, and continually beg for patent reform that would gut the patent system and weaken...
View ArticleThe Year of the Cloud: Cloud Computing Goes Mainstream
Even as more of us are becoming acquainted with the idea of the cloud, many of us are still woefully ignorant of what the term actually means. For example, a survey by cloud software developer Citrix...
View ArticleSupreme Court “Abstract Idea Doctrine” is Unworkable
The reason the abstract idea doctrine is unworkable is because the Supreme Court has never defined what is an abstract idea. The Supreme Court has treated the term "abstract idea" much as they have the...
View ArticleFacebook and Twitter: Patent Strategies for Social Media
Both Facebook and Twitter will need to grow up and mature as companies if they are going to succeed for the long haul. A review of the patent portfolios suggests that Facebook has a much greater chance...
View ArticleIBM Seeks Patent on Software that Incorporates Human Emotion
IBM has been the top patenting company for more than 20 years. Therefore, any review of IBM patents can barely touch the surface of the innovative endeavors at this innovative giant. Nevertheless, we...
View ArticlePatent Business: Litigation, Deals, Licenses & Settlements
Pitney Bowes and IBM to Collaborate on Hybrid Cloud Location Services ***** Patent Lawsuits Filed Over 3D Cinema Projection Technology ***** Microsoft and Dell Sign Patent Licensing Agreement *****...
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