Patent infringement complaints filed May 30, 2012
Every day I receive litigation alerts from MaxVal. I think it’s interesting to see who’s filing patent claims in the United States.It seems that most patent litigations these days have to do with methods of using computers and Internet social networking sites. For example Blockbuster is getting sued for digitally selling movies through its Internet […]
Facebook IPO
If you saw the movie “The Social Network”, you know how far Facebook has come since 2003. It started off in Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm as a game called, ‘Facemash’ and then the dramatic name change from: The Facebook- to just Facebook. Oh and you can’t forget the on-going lawsuit between Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. […]
Buffalo patent attorney James J. Ralabate
Respected and beloved longtime Buffalo patent attorney James J. Ralabate passed away last week at the age of 84. James was part of the “greatest generation.” As a patent attorney he held many high patent attorney positions in the industry, most notably he was the director of patents for Xerox Corp. Since 1982 Ralabate practiced […]
Free Patent Tools
I just got another e-mail from my friends at MaxVal telling me about a new free patent tool that they came up with: the “Reference Annotator“. Free is nice. I believe that the MaxVal patent tools I’ve used in the past have saved me time. I like the IDS Creator and the USPTO widget that […]
Facebook files Counterclaims against Yahoo
The Facebook and Yahoo patent battle continues. Just last week Facebook answered the Yahoo complaint of patent infringement and issued the Facebook counterclaims. Facebook claims that Yahoo is infringing on 10 patents that Facebook now owns. Of course these counterclaims probably would never have been asserted had it not been for the fact that Yahoo […]
LXBN TV interview: Yahoo/Facebook patent case
I spoke with with Colin O’Keefe of LXBN TV about the patent infringement suit Yahoo recently filed against Facebook. In the interview, we discuss: the numerous patents Facebook allegedly infringes upon, why Yahoo chose to file suit now and the current relationship between Yahoo and Facebook. Funny how people want to ask is “Yahoo a […]
Yahoo patent case against Facebook
Yahoo filed an infringement lawsuit against Facebook based upon 10 patents. Some of the patents have been around for a few years. What took them so long to make this claim? Or is it just coincidence that Facebook is about to go public with huge IPO. Facebook filed for a $5 billion initial public offering […]
Trademark applicants beware
Recently the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a warning to all trademark applicants regarding “Non-USPTO Solicitations that Resemble Official USPTO Communications.” The USPTO warned that companies not affiliated with the USPTO were using the USPTO database to find and locate new trademark applicants and are sending out letters that resemble an official […]
What entities sued for Patent Infringement in 2011?
Anoop Gopakumar and his group at MaxVal provide patent litigation alerts every day and today Anoop provided me with some interesting data on patent filings over the past year. 3963 patent litigation cases were filed 2011. I’ve posted below a detailed chart analysis of who filed those patent lawsuits. The first chart below looks at […]
Getting a piece of the social media pie
The Buffalo Law Journal asked me to write a guest column in their recent edition which featured a Special Report on Legal Technology/Social Media. Here is the article: Getting a piece of the social media pie Through social media, the Internet is once again profoundly changing the world in which we live and how we […]