Jobs and Apple Seek Patent on Operating System Advertising
Earlier today a pending non-provisional utility patent application assigned to Apple Computer published. This application, US Patent Application 20090265214, is titled Advertisement in Operating...
View ArticleThe Apple Way: Repeated Innovation + Patent = Domination
Those who are readers of IPWatchdog.com on a regular basis are familiar with the jousting that goes on in the comments between myself and a core group of patent believers and those who are, shall we...
View ArticleApple Sues HTC on iPhone Patents, But Google is the Real Target
On March 2, 2010, Apple filed two lawsuits against High Tech Computer Corp. (aka HTC Corp.), HTC (B.V.I.) Corp, HTC America, Inc. and Exeda, Inc in the US District Court for the District of Delaware,...
View ArticleStart-Up Reality: No Patent = No Funding, No Business, No Jobs
The log jam in patents issuances is not the only impediment to start-up job creation. Although it is certainly a big one. Tax and regulatory burdens on start ups have reached a critical mass in the...
View ArticleTurning Your Small Business Into Big Business
Having a small business means having many challenges, especially in the earliest phases of development. Faced with challenges such as letting people know about your new business, establishing and...
View ArticleAn Apple History: Remembering Apple CEO Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs, the visionary founder and leader of Apple Computer Corporation, died Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at the age of 56 after an 8-year battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer. Jobs, who is...
View ArticleNational Inventors Hall of Fame Announces 2012 Inductees
In celebration of its mission to recognize and foster invention, the National Inventors Hall of Fame has announced its 2012 Inductees. The inventors to be honored this year created remarkable...
View ArticleAre Some Patent Holders More Equal Than Others?
What’s troubling is that Hewlett Packard itself, the original startup headquartered in a garage, was one of the earliest and most-respected leaders of the 20th Century high-tech revolution that had its...
View ArticleIP of Steve Jobs on Display at WIPO
An exhibition showing the intellectual property (IP) behind Steve Jobs’ innovations opens to the public at WIPO on March 30, 2012 and will run through to World Intellectual Property Day on April 26,...
View ArticleBringing Digital Government to the Patent Office
In order to file an application or view outgoing correspondence online, the practitioner must authenticate using a private certificate and password. The process relies on an antiquated browser plugin,...
View ArticleiPod, iPhone and iPad – A Brief History of Apple iProducts
Early on in his career with Apple, Steve Jobs conceived the idea of a personal computing device that a person could keep with them and use to connect wirelessly to other computer services. Almost 25...
View ArticleJobs and Apple Seek Patent on Operating System Advertising
Earlier today a pending non-provisional utility patent application assigned to Apple Computer published. This application, US Patent Application 20090265214, is titled Advertisement in Operating...
View ArticleA brief history of smartphones
On January 7th, 2007, legendary CEO of Apple Inc. and master of the product demo Steve Jobs announced the introduction of three revolutionary new products: a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a...
View ArticleAtari files suit against Nestlé for Kit Kat ad campaign that infringed on...
Atari Interactive Inc. filed a lawsuit alleging trademark and copyright infringement claims against Swiss food and drink company Nestlé SA (VTX:NESN). The suit targets a worldwide and multi-platform...
View ArticleRaid on Gibraltar: How the U.S. Patent System was Rigged Against Independent...
The numbers are stark. As recently as 1990, individual inventors were granted 17 percent of all patents. By 2000, they received 12 percent and only 6.8 percent in 2010. In 2015, individual inventors...
View ArticleApple failed to block Swatch’s attempt to acquire the trademark for Steve...
The Swiss watchmaker Swatch's effort to acquire the trademark for "SWATCH ONE MORE THING" has run in to opposition from Apple, which argues the phrase ‘one more thing’ is closely associated with the...
View ArticlePatent Subject Matter Eligibility 101
The patents discussed below are all landmark inventions and were conceived by inventors inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF). Would these ground-breaking inventions, that helped set...
View ArticleThe Apple Way: Repeated Innovation + Patent = Domination
Those who are readers of IPWatchdog.com on a regular basis are familiar with the jousting that goes on in the comments between myself and a core group of patent believers and those who are, shall we...
View ArticleApple Sues HTC on iPhone Patents, But Google is the Real Target
On March 2, 2010, Apple filed two lawsuits against High Tech Computer Corp. (aka HTC Corp.), HTC (B.V.I.) Corp, HTC America, Inc. and Exeda, Inc in the US District Court for the District of Delaware,...
View ArticleStart-Up Reality: No Patent = No Funding, No Business, No Jobs
The log jam in patents issuances is not the only impediment to start-up job creation. Although it is certainly a big one. Tax and regulatory burdens on start ups have reached a critical mass in the...
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