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Oracle sued Google on its famous operating system ‘Android’. Oracle says Google infringed patents on its Java software platform while developing Android and also violated the copyrights owned for Java platform (including without limitation code, specifications, documentation and other materials) by Oracle.

The following is a brief background on this news and a summary along with patent numbers to digest.

Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems on January 27, 2010. Sun is now Oracle America, a subsidiary of Oracle. Oracle acquired the Java technology from Sun. Android competes with Java as “an operating system software platform for cellular telephones and other mobile devices” and that the Android stack employs Java apps running on a Java-based object oriented application framework and core libraries running on a “Dalvik” virtual machine that features just in time (JIT) compilation.
Android (including without limitation of the Dalvik virtual machine and the Android software development kit) and devices that operate Android infringe one or more claims of each of the following US patents.
US6125447A-Protection domains to provide security in a computer system
US6192476B1-Controlling access to a resource
US6192476B1-Method and apparatus for pre-processing and packaging class files
US7426720B1-System and method for dynamic preloading of classes through memory space cloning of a master run-time system process
USRE38104E1-Method and apparatus for resolving data references in generated code
US6910205B2-Interpreting functions utilizing a hybrid of virtual and native machine instructions
US6061520A-Method and system for performing static initialization

Source: Oracle Google Complaint

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SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dolcera Corporation, a leading information services and technology firm that helps companies quickly and effectively navigate through their entire innovation cycle to achieve successful business outcomes, today announced its new Patent Dashboard, available for the first time as a standalone platform.

Dolcera’s flagship software as a service (SaaS) Patent Dashboard is a proprietary Web 2.0-based collaborative tool that enables companies to visualize, search, and map the relevant competitive patent landscape, determine patent value, and ultimately accelerate the time to commercialize their patents. The new Patent Dashboard v1.1 provides greater flexibility and control as well as enhanced search and reporting capabilities.

Mapping the Patent Landscape

Today, patents are under greater scrutiny, take longer to be approved, and can cost several hundred thousands of dollars from application until grant stage. At the same time, patents represent new sources of revenue through commercialization or acquisition, and are also viewed as points of differentiation and competitive advantage.

The Patent Dashboard’s ease of use and flexibility, along with its collaboration capabilities, make it easy and practical for experts and non-experts to use. It may also be used alone or with other patent tools, such as those for search, intellectual asset management, or research.

Among the new features of the Dolcera Patent Dashboard Tool v1.1 are:

• Custom Taxonomies and Patent Additions by users on the fly, based on their topics of interest;
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• Enhanced Researching and Reporting, with patent searches (even complex Boolean ones) and information filters; and
• Enhanced Collaboration via relevance rankings, referral tagging, track changes, and data security for selective user access.

The Dolcera Patent Dashboard is sold directly; a single full and functional user license starts from $49 per user per month.

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Mr. Mekete had filed the 5602905 patent in 1995 that allowed for a user to utilize commercial online services from a CPU, that had a modem and credit card reader coupled to the CPU, and where the CPU had a software installed to fulfil this transaction.

Later in August of 1998, Mr. Mekete filed for a reissue of his ‘905 patent since he believed he had severely limited his invention by not claiming the use of ‘online services perse’ from this CPU terminal.

Mr. Mekete’s patent is interesting since this ‘905 patent has 93 citations and hence is a seminal patent in that respect.
When Mr. Mekete filed for re-issuance of his patent, the BPAI rejected his assertion on grounds of obviousness. BPAI cited combination of 3 different references as a source to reject Mr. Meketes claim. Mr. Mekete appealed the BPAI decision with the CAFC that re-affirmed the BPAI decision.

Mr. Mekete’s arguments were that his invention was a commercial success since more than 50% of the internet kiosks were using the method he wished to Claim. However, the Board and the CAFC argued that when there is no-established co-relation between commercial success and the invention (in other words, the inventors commercialization efforts are not the reason for the success of the invention per-se) then the grounds to grant a patent based on utility is ‘weak’ - and also, that makes the BPAI argument to combine elements from ‘three’ different sources to reject the patent on ‘obviousness’ grounds as ’strong’.

- Lakshmikant

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*A small Indiana company has sued tech heavyweights Microsoft, Apple, and Google, claiming that it holds the patent on a common file preview feature used by browsers and operating systems to show users small snapshots of the files before they are opened.
*Cygnus Systems sued the three companies on Wednesday saying that they infringed on its patent with products such as Windows Vista, Internet Explorer 8 and Google Chrome, which allow users to view preview images of documents on the computer. Mac OS X, the iPhone and Safari also infringe, the company said in court filings. Apple uses this technology in its Finder and Cover Flow Mac OS X features, the filings state.
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*Samsung Electronics has reportedly been ordered to pay compensation of US$7.3 million to Holley Communications (a Chinese company) for violating a patent for a dual-mode cell phone.
*The patent has been filed by Holleycomm on January 15th. 2002—Method and Devices of CDMA/GSM Dual-mode Mobile Communication (patent No. ZL0210174.4)—has basically covered the design ideas and realization methods of main hardware of GSM/CDMA Dual-mode communication products.
*Samsung has sold more than 700,000 cellphones that contain Holley’s patented technologies. The patents are still on sale. The compensation is only part of the sales
*The 20-month patent dispute started when Holley filed the lawsuit in April 2007, calling for a stop of the violation and seeking compensation.
*A month later, Sumsung requested that China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) declare that the patent was invalid.
*The court opened the session in May this year after the SIPO made a response to declare it valid.

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Department of Information Technology (DIT), government of India and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) have started a scheme through which researchers can get half of the expenses for filing international patents reimbursed.
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*The combination of mobile TV and the inherently cellular back channel are creating a new category of advertising known as “Call to Action” advertising. Call to Action advertising was virtually non-existent in 2007, but the specialty advertising market will grow to $419 million in worldwide advertising revenue by 2012.

*Call to Action advertising has special promise. A call to action is a feature that allows one to get more information or to communicate with the advertiser while the advertisement is playing. For example, if you see an advertisement for the latest car, you would press the call to action button and an SMS text could be sent to your phone with the nearest dealership or a dealer could send you more information.

*Call to Action leverages the built in return channel of the handset to deliver advertising beyond the capabilities of the existing living room TV experience.”

*It is also found that:

• Total Mobile TV and Video advertising revenue, including “Call to Action” advertising, will exceed $1 billion by 2012
• Regionally, Call to Action advertising will be driven by the North American and Asian markets. Asia tends to lead in driving new applications. North America tends to lead in driving advertising.
• Consumers are demanding more personalization and entertainment content on their mobile phones, driving mobile TV and video subscription revenue to almost $3.5 billion in 2008. By 2012, mobile video and mobile TV will exceed $14 billion
• Mobile TV ARPUs are much higher in North America and Europe than Asia due to the lack of free-to-air alternatives.

• With the combination of a large wireless subscriber base and free-to-air alternatives, Asia has the vast majority of all mobile TV subscribers. By 2012, Asia will have two thirds of all mobile TV subscribers.
  Multimedia intelligence report

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The Indian Patent Office received 1,000 applications electronically – about 3 per cent of the country’s total filing of patent applications - in less than a year of receipt of the first application filed electronically on 13 July 2007.

India launched a facility for online filing of patents and trademarks application oh 20 July 2007 and the first application of patent was filed on 13 August 2007 and the 1,000th on 24 July 2008.

The Patent Office has targeted 97 per cent e-filing in a couple of years, a government release said..
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced yesterday that the number of worldwide patent filings continues to grow, with 1.76 million patent applications filed in 2006, an increase of 4.9 % over the previous year.

According to the 2008 edition of the World Patent Report, the number of patents granted increased by 18 %, with some 727 000 patents granted in 2006 alone. The total number of patents in force worldwide was around 6.1 million at the end of 2006.

China , Korea and the US

WIPO Director General Dr Kamil Idris said: “A major increase in innovative activity in China, the Republic of Korea and the United States has driven the overall growth of patent filings in 2006. This reflects a consolidation of earlier trends which demonstrate a marked shift in innovation hubs around the world.”

The report identifies a growing tendency for applicants to file applications in multiple countries, demonstrated by the growth in filings through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and non-resident patent filings.

Technological fields

In 2005 - the latest year for which technology data are available - computer technology (114 594), telecommunications (116 770) and electrical machinery (121 350) recorded the most intense patenting activity.

Recent pressures on energy resources have also boosted patent activity in the energy sector, in particular in relation to solar energy, fuel cells and wind energy.

Francis Gurry, WIPO Deputy Director General responsible for patents, said “while the report underlines promising trends in the use of the patent system, it also points to the need to find solutions to address the persistent backlogs in workload at many IP offices around the world.”
Download Annual report 2007

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*ISA(Indian Semiconductor Association) announced a scheme -Support International Patent Protection in Electronics and IT (SIP-EIT)-to support International patent Protection by SMEs and Technology Start up Units.
*Financial support: Up to 50% of the total patent cost. The support will be in form of reimbursement of expenses in actual to the applicant. Support will be limited to Rs.15 lakhs or 50% of the total expenses incurred on filing each invention whichever is less.

More information here

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