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Defensive patent aggregator faces US legal action over alleged troll-style behaviour
Limelight, a company that provides internet content delivery services, has filed a request for a declaratory judgment in a US federal court in Arizona against Allied Security Trust (AST), the defensive patent ... View postJoff Wild, IAM magazine | 17 Mar 2010
Will Nortel become a patent licensing company?
This blog has been keeping an eye on events relating to the Nortel bankruptcy for a while now. A recent article on the TelecomTV website sheds a little more light as decision day looms on what to do with the company's patent portfolio. View postJoff Wild, IAM magazine | 16 Mar 2010
Brazil lists potential IP targets in trade war with US
If there is going to be a compromise in the US/Brazil trade war, in which American IP owners are on the frontline, it looks like it is only going to happen at the very last minute. To ratchet up the pressure on the Obama administration ... View postJoff Wild, IAM magazine | 16 Mar 2010
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Private practice attorneys provide significant value-added to their clients by helping them to secure quality patents. An exclusive IAM/Ocean Tomo collaboration reveals which US law firms are doing just that. View article
Setting the intangible agenda for the next decade
For those interested in the financing of IP and other intangibles, the next decade looks to be full of promise. View article
Canada signs three new Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programme agreements
The launch of Patent Prosecution Highway pilot programmes with Japan, Denmark and Korea aims to accelerate examination of patent applications in one or more of those countries. Translation into English or French will be an added requirement of the programmes. View report
IP Court clarifies whether online publication counts in patent spat
The IP Court of Taiwan has handed down valuable guidance on when online information is deemed to have been published under the Patent Act. In particular, the court found that even limiting access to a network by a password or a payment is not enough to prevent “publication”, according to the act. View report
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