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 »
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 »
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 »
Innovation holds the promise of economic prosperity for emerging inventors — but for some, seeing their idea come to fruition remains out of reach. “Throughout history, women and underrepresented minorities have not been able to participate fully… Read More »
After seven years trying to make it as an entrepreneur, Josh Malone’s dreams and savings were running dry. With a growing family, urgency was mounting for his return to the safety and stability of corporate life. Desperate… Read More »
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Andrei Iancu said Wednesday that the office is now reviewing its patent bar requirements with an eye on diversity, but cautioned that the rise in frivolous patent litigation might also be keeping… Read More »
Cisco Systems Inc. was told to pay $1.9 billion after losing a trial brought by a Virginia company that claimed the networking giant copied patented cybersecurity features and shut the smaller company out of government contracts. Cisco infringed… Read More »
Sonos has filed another patent lawsuit against Google, alleging that the search giant is infringing five wireless audio patents across the entire line of Nest and Chromecast products. The move comes on the eve of Google’s fall… Read More »
The number of infringement cases involving intellectual property rights violations in China has surged 5,660 per cent over the past two decades, according to the top prosecutor’s office, in a sign of Beijing’s growing seriousness about rights protection… Read More »
In a talk Tuesday with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director, ex-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young extolled the agency as the bedrock of American democracy, saying anyone who loves the United States has to support the patent system. Young,… Read More »
