Today's Top Patent Stories

1. Lululemon-Peloton lawsuit shines light on challenges of proving design infringement | Globalnews.ca

But the strappy undergarment is among six different design patents at the centre of a high-profile legal lawsuit between athletic apparel retailer ...

2. Fresenius Is Sued Over Patents on Ready-to-Use Calcium Infusions - Bloomberg Law

... approval of Fresenius's calcium gluconate in sodium chloride injection solution in Freeflex bags because it allegedly infringes two patents.

3. EV Patents Surge As Net-Zero Push Accelerates | OilPrice.com

As the global net-zero push continues to accelerate, entrepreneurs with electric vehicle ambitions are racing to register new patents.

4. The Omicron Variant and Patent Waivers for COVID-19 Vaccines - The Wire Science

Germany in contrast has shown a preference towards towards stronger patents arguing that the vaccine patent waiver will need to be also complemented ...

5. NASA opens patent portfolio to HCC, USF students in Tampa - 83 Degrees Media

“I think NASA is super willing to license out these patents,” says Lin Jiang, assistant professor in entrepreneurship for USF's Muma College of ...

6. Benchmarking critical technologies in an era of strategic competition | The Strategist

Australia and India, and to a lesser extent Japan, filed far fewer patents than the US and China, but the impact of those few patents was more on ...

7. Pace picks up for global patents related to healthy snacks - Baking Business

SEATTLE — The number of patents granted and published globally for healthy snacks should increase in 2021 when compared to the past four years, ...

8. Procter & Gamble patents smart hair grooming device that measures condition during brushing

Personal care major Procter & Gamble (P&G) has developed a hair grooming device that analyses the time, speed and force of brushing, ...

9. Covid-19: Patents waiver crucial to vaccinating the world - The Financial Express

Covid-19: Patents waiver crucial to vaccinating the world. Protection of billions of people in low-income countries matters more than the ...

10. IPO launches call for views on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) - GOV.UK

Standards and patents can span across multiple disciplines and sectors. Access to such patented technology on fair, reasonable and ...

11. The PTAB Desperately Needs Reform, Not Preservation - IPWatchdog.com

If patents are worthwhile and the USPTO is going to continue to issue them, then why at some point don't challenges cease? What is the value in a ...

12. Inventing Chaos with the Moderna/NIH Dispute - IPWatchdog.com

The questionable validity of issued patents, as well as patent applications, due to improper inventorship would likely spark a similar blaze of legal ...

13. Justices Told Fed. Circ. Wrongly Kills Patents PTAB Upholds - Law360

"The cost is paid primarily by innovators like Baxter, whose patents survive IPR only to have the Federal Circuit declare them invalid," it said. " ...

14. How Much Are My Patents Worth? - Intellectual Property - UK - Mondaq

Valuing patents is not a straightforward exercise, as this article from the Economist explains. Compared to physical assets, the value of patents ...

15. 5 Considerations For Obtaining Design Patents In U.S., Abroad - Intellectual Property - Worldwide

Benefits of Design Patent Protection. Design patents protect the ornamental design of a functional product, and, if used correctly, they can play an ...

16. Apple, patent foe urge court to keep license terms secret in smartphone case | Reuters

Uniloc sued Apple in 2017 for allegedly infringing patents related to smartphones, in one of several lawsuits Uniloc entities have filed against ...

17. Samsung was the most innovative tech company of 2021 patent-wise - SamMobile

Samsung Electronics applied for 9,499 patents in 2021 and Samsung Display secured 3,524 patents, whereas Huawei recorded 9,739 applications. Samsung ...

18. Coronavirus: WHO appeals to Chinese pharmaceutical firms to share vaccine patents ...

WHO is looking to China and India to share patents to help boost Covid-19 jabs in developing countries; As the world grapples with the emerging ...

19. Caltech Sues Samsung Over Patents After $1.1 Billion Win - socaltech.com

The California Institute of Technology has filed a new patent infringement lawsuit, after.

20. Alium patents pool forms to license 4G/5G equipment in open RAN market - Telecompaper

MPEG LA and Unified Patents announced they are working on a new patent pool to support the growing open RAN market. They are in talks with holders ...

21. Penn Center for Innovation reports largest number of annual patents in 2021 | The Daily ...

The Penn Center for Innovation, founded in 2014 by Penn President Amy Gutmann, had the most-ever patents issued for Penn and its affiliates in ...

22. Samsung Sued by Caltech Over Alleged Wi-Fi Patent Infringement - TheStreet

Caltech charges Samsung's various products infringe five of its data-transmission patents.

23. USPTO November Monthly Review

Patent quality and pendency, innovation expansion, and the latest news in patents were some of the topics discussed at this quarter's meeting.

24. What to do if your application is suspended in an investigation | USPTO

Patents. Getting started; Patent basics · Process overview · Legal assistance and resources · Inventor and entrepreneur resources ...

25. Lululemon vs. Peloton: The fine line between inspiration and imitation in fashion – Vernon ...

But the strappy undergarment is among six different design patents at the centre of a high-profile legal scuffle between athletic apparel retailer ...

26. Dec 7 in history: Leo Baekeland patents first thermo-setting plastic and more, World News - WION

From Parliament of Northern Ireland voting to remain a part of UK to Hamid Karzai becoming Afghanistan's 1st popularly elected president, ...

27. New Beginning of HL Klemove, a Company Specializing in Autonomous Driving - Yahoo Finance

Aiming to become a gobal leader based on more than 2,000 patents, track record of ADAS mass production (more than 20 million units), ...