Patent & IP news for February 17, 2013

Figures in Design Patents from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch The chart above shows a histogram of the number of figures included in a set of 90,000 US design patents issued over the past several years. The median number of figures ...

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Playboy’s Trademark and False Advertising Complaint Dismissed from www.ipwatchdog.com

Playboy Enterprises International, Inc. v. Play Beverages, LLC, et al., U.S. District Judge S. James Otero has granted the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss on the basis of improper venue. Related posts:

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Apple Awarded Patent for New Method of Hash Data Security from www.ipwatchdog.com

On Tuesday, February 12, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office issued 27 patents to electronics manufacturer Apple Inc., including two design patents and a couple of patents related to improvements in wireless connectivity. Apple’s ...

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The Rise and Fall [and Rise Again?] of BlackBerry from www.iposgoode.ca

It was 1999 when Research In Motion (RIM) first imprinted itself in the world of electronic communication. When the company reached its peak it was difficult to imagine that an innovative company such as RIM ...

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