Tech-inspired patent suits

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Technology innovators place emphasis on patents to protect their technology and face less hostile judicial audience in multiple suits involving wireless technology, online distribution methods, web developments, and e-commerce techniques. Two high profile patent-related suits involve NTP Inc. and Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the Black Berry handheld, for patents related to wireless systems transmitting e-mail, and RIM and Good Technology for patent related to always-on e-mail access.

On-Line Information Services, Product information, Videotex & Teletext, Telegraph & other communications, Usage, Online services, Internet services, Technological innovations, Cable television/data services, NTP Inc.

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Prolific patents: the USPTO grapples with alternative patent filing procedures as application backlog builds

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The U.S. patent and Trademark Office receives about 250000 patent applications in a year but a few of them are received from applicants who use their own computer to file patent documents electronically. With the current backlog, the USPTO takes about 27 months for an application to be processed but if the problem is not taken care of then it might get worse.

Analysis, Powers and duties, United States. Patent and Trademark Office, Electronic filing, Patent development corporations

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Wireless trapping

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Wi-Fi technology allows putting a wireless card in your laptop for 9.99 dollars. The practice of bandwidth sharing might violate end user agreements and could be illegal under state versions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Legal services, Wireless communications, Law firms, Wi-Fi

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