In the latest round of search patents, Microsoft came out ahead – the software company was granted four. IBM and Yahoo snagged two patents each, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office saw fit to allow Google one new patent.
Search Patents Show Promise
A roundup of the latest search patents shows some interesting developments. As gathered and noted by SearchEngineWatch, Yahoo, Microsoft, IBM, and Amazon all have new tweaks and developments in play, with Yahoo actually receiving two patents and Microsoft being granted three.
Burst Squeezing Apple Over Patents
Apple sued Burst in January 2006 and sought a declaratory judgment to invalidate Burst’s patents on video and audio real-time delivery technology, and now Burst has responded with a counterclaim seeking damages, royalties, and an end to Apple’s infringement.
Google Patents Bring WiFi Down To Earth
One day, my pie in the sky will be crumbs on a plate. Full-bellied, my GoogleNet wireless connection will intuitively retrieve an ad for Alka-Seltzer; the bubbly concoction plop-plop fizz-fizzes with tiny executive voices admitting in fizzy whispers, “yes, Jason, Google’s full of it.”
Apple Bursting To Sue Over Patents
The nascent video download market Apple has tried to develop with iTunes and the video iPod could mean paying Burst some serious technology licensing fees.
Overture Networks Announces Three New Patents
Overture Networks today announced three new patents in circuit emulation granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, increasing the total number of patents received by the company in this area to five.
IAMcafe.com Searches Patents For Search Engines
While the search engine wars between the Internet’s biggest players marches on, PatentCafe’s ICO Global Patent Search stands quietly in the background as the search engine used to search, search engine technology.
Protect Your Ideas With Copyrights and Patents
Q: Can you tell me the difference between a copyright and a patent? Also is that something I should let a lawyer handle for me?
A Business Guide To Patents: Protect Your Tech!
After an economic boom rivaling the Gold Rush in the mid-to-late 1990s, a severe downturn has left many technology companies who overspent and expanded too fast during the boom clambering for survival. As a result, such companies have fallen back on the very thing that embodies their ingenuity – and made them successful to begin with – the patents that protect their innovative technologies. While some companies profit from lice nsing patents, others make money by pursuing judgments against those who infringe on these patents.