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Written by Joseph Hadzima, Esq., Sr. Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management, President and Co-Founder of IPVision

Intellectual Ventures Starts Its Patent Litigation Engine

As reported by Robin Wauters in TechCrunch, Intellectual Ventures has filed suit against over a dozen companies, for patent infringement. The lawsuit was filed on July 11, 2011 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington state. Lawrence D. Graham of Black Lowe & Graham and Elliot Brown of Irell & Manella, LLP are listed as counsel for Intellectual Ventures.

Intellectual Ventures brought suit against the following companies: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.; Hynix Semiconductor America Inc.; Elpida Memory, Inc.; Elpida Memory (USA) Inc.; Acer, Inc.; Acer America Corp.; Adata Technology Co., Ltd.; Adata Technology (U.S.A.) Co., Ltd.; Asustek Computer Inc.; Asus Computer International Inc.; Dell, Inc.; Hewlett-Packard Company; Kingston Technology Co., Inc.; Logitech International S.A.; Logitech, Inc.; Pantech Co., Ltd.; Pantech Wireless, Inc.; Best Buy Co., Inc.; and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc

Categories: Intellectual Ventures, Patent Landscape, IV, Patent Litigation

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Written by Joseph Hadzima, Esq., Sr. Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management, President and Co-Founder of IPVision

Dolby Sues Research-in-Motion for Patent Infringement

As reported in TechCrunch, Dolby Laboratories has sued Research-in-Motion, the maker of the Blackberry, for patent infringement.

According to a Dolby press release "...RIM infringes Dolby patents covering highly efficient digital audio compression technologies which allow manufacturers and consumers to provide and enjoy high quality audio while using extremely limited amounts of transmission and/or storage space for such audio. RIM employs Dolby’s patented technologies in its Blackberry smart phones and Playbook tablet devices, without having obtained licenses from Dolby ....[a]ll other major smart phone makers have agreed to license the Dolby technologies which are the subject of this litigation." The lawsuit was filed on June 14, 2011 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is counsel for Dolby

Categories: Research-in-Motion, Patent Landscape, Patent Litigation

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Written by Joseph Hadzima, Esq., Sr. Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management, President and Co-Founder of IPVision

John A. Rogers - 2011 Winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

The Lemelson-MIT Awards Committee today announced that John A. Rogers of the Department of Material Science and Engineering of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the 2011 Winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize.

According to The Lemelson-MIT Program the Prize "recognizes individuals who translate their ideas into inventions and innovations that improve the world in which we live....Dubbed the "Oscar for Inventors," the Lemelson-MIT Prize is awarded to outstanding mid-career inventors who have developed a patented product or process of significant value to society, which has been adopted for practical use, or has a high probability of being adopted."

Categories: Patent Landscape, IPVision Update, Lemelson-MIT Program, Patent Analysis, IPVision News

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Written by Joseph Hadzima, Esq., Sr. Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management, President and Co-Founder of IPVision

Patent Due Diligence: Strategic Patents & Acquired Liability in M&A

In an earlier post, Patent Due Diligence in Mergers & Acquisition Transactions-Overview, we discussed the top level patent due diligence issues that should be considered by a multi-function Due Diligence Team in the acquisition of a "Target Company." We identified four major areas of patent due diligence:

Ownership and Control of Target Company Intellectual Property
The Structure of the Proposed Transaction
Identify Strategic Value of the Target Company’s IP
Target (and Acquiring) Company Exposure to Liability from Intellectual Property of Others

In the second article in this series, M&A Patent Due Diligence: Ownership and Control of Patent Assets, we dug into the details of due diligence relating to the ownership and control of intellectual property. In this current article we discuss the last three topics.

Categories: Patent Landscape, Patent Analysis, M&A

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Written by Joseph Hadzima, Esq., Sr. Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management, President and Co-Founder of IPVision

M&A Patent Due Diligence: Ownership and Control of Patent Assets

In an earlier post we discussed the top level patent due diligence issues that should be considered in the acquisition of a “Target Company”. We emphasized the importance of assembling a multi-function Due Diligence Team, including financial, marketing and technical experts in addition to legal experts, in order to achieve the goal of Identifying and Allocating the IP-Related Risks.

Categories: Patent Landscape, Patent Strategy, Patent Analysis, M&A

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Written by Joseph Hadzima, Esq., Sr. Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management, President and Co-Founder of IPVision

Patent Maps of Paul Allen's Interval Research Lawsuit Patents

The Wall Street Journal reported on December 13, 2010 that U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman in Seattle dismissed Paul Allen's patent lawsuit against many of the leading companies in Silicon Valley including Google, Apple, Facebook and Yahoo. Judge Pechman dismissed the complaint for not describing its allegations specifically enough. Paul Allen has until December 28 to amend the complaint.

Categories: Interval Research, Patent Landscape, Patent Litigation

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Patent Due Diligence in Mergers & Acquisition Transactions-Overview

Wall Street Journal recently reported on Federal Reserve data showing that at the end of September 2010 non-financial companies in the U.S. were sitting on $1.93 trillion in cash and other liquid assets representing 7.4% of the companies' total assets—the largest share since 1959.

Categories: Patent Landscape, Patent Strategy, Patent Analysis, M&A

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Patent Litigation: Google Android Claimed to Infringe Java Patents

On August 12, 2010, Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle) filed suit against Google, Inc. in the Northern District of California claiming that Google's Android operating system infringes 7 "Java" patents owned by Oracle America, a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation. These Java patents are owned by Sun Microsystems which was acquired by Oracle in January 2010.

Categories: Patent Landscape, Patent Analysis, Patent Litigation

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Written by Alex Butler

What does (should) Patent Landscape Analysis Mean to Business Leaders?

The phrase "patent landscape" has become quite popular amongst the patent specialists and patent expert set. Their gravitation to the term is well-founded given the importance of IP rights to corporate success.

Categories: Patent Landscape, Patent Strategy, Patent Analysis, Patent Litigation

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Written by Joseph Hadzima, Esq., Sr. Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management, President and Co-Founder of IPVision

Carolyn Bertozzi - 2010 Winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

The Lemelson-MIT Awards Committee today announced that Carolyn Bertozzi of the UC-Berkeley Department of Chemistry is the 2010 Winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize.

According to The Lemelson-MIT Program the Prize "recognizes individuals who translate their ideas into inventions and innovations that improve the world in which we live....Dubbed the "Oscar for Inventors," the Lemelson-MIT Prize is awarded to outstanding mid-career inventors, who have developed a patented product or process of significant value to society, which has been adopted for practical use, or has a high probability of being adopted."

Professor Bertozzi's group "studies cell surface interactions that contribute to human health and disease with specific projects in the areas of cancer, inflammation and bacterial infection. We use the techniques of organic synthesis, genetics and biochemistry as tools to study and manipulate complex cellular processes."

Categories: MIT, Patent Landscape, Lemelson-MIT Program, Technology Transfer, Innovation, Patent Analysis

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Intellectual Ventures Starts Its Patent Litigation Engine

Dolby Sues Research-in-Motion for Patent Infringement

John A. Rogers - 2011 Winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

Patent Due Diligence: Strategic Patents & Acquired Liability in M&A

M&A Patent Due Diligence: Ownership and Control of Patent Assets

Patent Maps of Paul Allen's Interval Research Lawsuit Patents

Patent Due Diligence in Mergers & Acquisition Transactions-Overview

Patent Litigation: Google Android Claimed to Infringe Java Patents

What does (should) Patent Landscape Analysis Mean to Business Leaders?

Carolyn Bertozzi - 2010 Winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

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