Patents

Apple sues Atico over patents for iPod accessories (San Jose Mercury News)

16 May 2008

Apple, the maker of the iPod media player, sued Atico International USA claiming it infringed five patents for accessories used with the device.

IP for resizing LCDs (EETimes.fr)

16 May 2008

Tannas Electronic Displays has settled its legal disputes with BAE Systems concerning interfering patents and patent applications relating to the technology for resizing liquid-crystal displays (LCDs).

Analysis: appeals court unlikely to fix software patent mess (Ars Technica)

16 May 2008

Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in In Re Bilski , a crucial case relating to patents on business methods, software, and other abstract "inventions." The hour-long discussion highlighted the Federal Circuit's incoherent jurisprudence on the patentability of abstract concepts. Read More...