Internet & IoT

Panasonic announced that it will grant royalty-free access to its patents, software and other technology assets relevant to the development of ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) services at the Embedded Linux Conference in San Diego yesterday. This…

24 March 2015

Detroit-based AutoHarvest Foundation and Guangzhou’s WTOIP have forged a partnership designed to accelerate the exchange and adoption of technology by IP owners on both sides of the Pacific. “I hope that bringing the invention engine of the United…

19 March 2015

As IAM has extensively covered in recent months, the US Supreme Court’s June 2014 decision in Alice Corp v CLS Bank could prove to have far-reaching consequences for a wide range of businesses that hold patents on business methods and software. With…

17 March 2015

Earlier this week the UPC Industry Coalition – a group of companies including Microsoft, Google, HP, ARM, Intel and Adidas, that is focused on developments around the creation of Europe’s unified patent court (UPC) system – launched a website in…

06 March 2015

Last week, this blog reported on Hon Hai (Foxconn) chairman Terry Guo’s suggestion that the company had been guilty of profligate patenting. Henceforth, he said, Hon Hai’s focus will be on filing fewer applications of higher quality.Speaking…

03 March 2015

To this observer, it’s slightly strange that there has not been more comment on the announcement made by Intellectual Ventures on 27th February that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Ford. Writing on the IV blog, president and COO…

01 March 2015

We’re less than two months into 2015 and I have already made trips from the UK to the US and China. Along the way I have had a fair few conversations with various IP market participants about where things stand. The overall view is that change is…

24 February 2015

The huge popularity of post-issuance proceedings has been one of the biggest changes in the patent market following the introduction of the America Invents Act in 2011. The uptake of inter-partes reviews (IPRs), in particular, has been well…

19 February 2015

Yesterday we reported on data released by Docket Navigator showing that in 2014, the year of the Alice decision, the number of motions to dismiss on Section 101 eligibility grounds stood at an all time high, as did the success rate of such motions…

14 February 2015

It has been more than six months since the US Supreme Court issued its decision in Alice Corp v CLS Bank. The case, which concerned section 101 of the US patent statute and specifically the patentability of abstract subject matter, has created waves…

13 February 2015