The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled on January 6 that Google infringed Sonos’ patented innovations in wireless speaker technology. This may sound like an obscure legal ruling about a complicated fight over intellectual property. But it confirms a problem… Read More »
Sophisticated, internet-enabled audiovisual technologies, once a niche reserved for gamers and videophiles, have been gaining mainstream acceptance for some time, but the outbreak of COVID-19 kicked adoption into overdrive. Now, grandparents use videoconferencing to show up for… Read More »
In a recent letter to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), eleven Members of Congress sounded an electrifying alarm, stating that the USPTO has been “frequently” denying petitions for inter partes review (IPR), which “has made… Read More »
OAKLAND, Calif. — Google infringed on five audio technology patents held by the speaker manufacturer Sonos and is not allowed to import products that violate Sonos’s intellectual property into the United States, a trade court ruled on… Read More »
Sophisticated, internet-enabled audiovisual technologies, once a niche reserved for gamers and videophiles, have been gaining mainstream acceptance for some time, but the outbreak of Covid-19 kicked adoption into overdrive. Now, grandparents use videoconferencing to show up for… Read More »
Over the past several years, Congress has raised a long overdue microscope to Big Tech and its worst practices and as a result, the relationship between Washington, DC and Silicon Valley has changed tremendously. Rather than being… Read More »
For years, special interests have used the specter of the so-called “patent troll” in their never-ending attempt to vilify innovators and undermine the patent system. This campaign was done to advance the agenda of big companies who wanted to use patented technologies without paying… Read More »
A U.S. trade agency is taking a closer look at Sonos Inc.’s claims that Alphabet Inc.’s Google infringes patents for home audio systems and is considering whether to shut some Google smart home devices, phones and laptops… Read More »
To hear it from some critics, the U.S. patent system is buckling under the weight of frenzied and unprecedented patent litigation. The explosion in disputes—so the narrative goes—greatly increases transaction costs and significantly depresses innovation. A scary… Read More »
China has become the clear global leader in the total number of robotics patents issued, with nearly triple the number of robotics patents granted per year as the United States, according to a lengthy study published Tuesday by the… Read More »
