Claim: Actor Terrence Howard holds a patent on augmented and virtual reality technology. Rating: Rating: Mixture Context: Howard did file a patent application related to augmented and virtual reality technology in 2010. However, in 2013, this application was abandoned prior to being approved, which means Howard was ultimately not granted a patent for this technology. […]
Claim: Actor Terrence Howard holds a patent on augmented and virtual reality technology. Rating: Rating: Mixture Context: Howard did file a patent application related to augmented and virtual reality technology in 2010. However, in 2013, this application was abandoned prior to being approved, which means Howard was ultimately not granted a patent for this technology. […]
When Huawei and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. (SMIC) patented self-aligned quadruple patterning (SAQP) lithography methods to produce advanced microchips earlier this year, most assumed the companies were working on building chips using their 5nm-class fabrication process. Apparently, that’s not the limit of their plans, as Huawei is now looking forward to using quadruple patterning for 3nm-class manufacturing technology as […]
Chipmaker Micron Technology will pay semiconductor company Netlist $445m in damages for violating its patent rights in memory-module technology for high-performance computing, a US jury said on Thursday (23 May). Jurors in the US found that Micron’s semiconductor-memory products infringe two Netlist patents related to technology for improving the performance of memory modules. “We are […]
GENEVA (AP) — U.N. member countries on Friday concluded a new treaty to help ensure that traditional knowledge about genetic resources, like medicines derived from exotic plants in the Andes mountains, is properly traced. It marks the first time the 193 member states of the U.N.’s World Intellectual Property Organization have reached agreement on patent […]
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Chipmaker Micron Technology owes computer-memory company Netlist $445 million in damages for violating Netlist’s patent rights in memory-module technology for high-performance computing, a U.S. jury said on Thursday. Jurors in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas agreed with Netlist that Micron’s semiconductor-memory products infringe two Netlist […]
E-commerce giant Shopify has scored a legal victory after a Delaware, US, federal court overturned a jury’s decision that required the company to pay $40m for patent infringement, Reuters reported. The lawsuit, filed by patent-holding plaintiff Express Mobile in 2019, alleged Shopify’s website-building tools infringed on its patents related to mobile content delivery. According to […]
The US District Court for the District of Delaware has ordered AstraZeneca to pay $107.5m to Pfizer in damages for infringing patents related to the lung cancer drug Tagrisso. The patents in question are licensed by Pfizer to Puma Biotechnology for the production of the breast cancer drug Nerlynx, Reuters has reported. The jury found […]
European Patent Office Sides with Moderna In COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Dispute With Pfizer/BioNTech Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) has reportedly achieved a significant victory at the European Patent Office (EPO) in its ongoing legal battle with Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) over the Covid-19 vaccine. The EPO’s Opposition Division upheld the validity of one of Moderna’s crucial patents, boosting the mRNA vaccine maker’s […]
(Reuters) -Moderna has won a case at the European Patent Office against Pfizer and BioNTech in a dispute over its COVID-19 vaccine, the company said on Friday. Moderna said that the European Patent Office had decided to maintain the validity of one of the company’s key patents currently asserted against Pfizer and BioNTech in various […]
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Microsoft must pay patent owner IPA Technologies $242 million, a federal jury in Delaware said on Friday after determining that Microsoft’s Cortana virtual-assistant software infringed an IPA patent. The jury agreed with IPA after a week-long trial that Microsoft’s voice-recognition technology violates IPA’s patent rights in computer-communications software. IPA is […]
(Reuters) -Shares of Moderna fell 4% on Wednesday after a U.S. judge issued an order that strengthened Arbutus’ arguments in a patent infringement lawsuit related to Moderna’s blockbuster COVID-19 vaccines. Roivant’s shares gained 4% in afternoon trading, while its subsidiary Arbutus rose more than 17%. In a so-called “claim construction order”, U.S. District Judge Mitchell […]