ARM Holdings, the maker of chips and chip making technology has week a favorite here at IPZine. They are basically an IP company holding lots of patents on lots of stuff. They specialize in energy-efficient, reduced instruction set (RISC) chip technology; build it and then license it out to chip makers.They have really taken off into the work of the Internet of Things.Today SoftBank (parent of Sprint) has offered to by ARMH in an all…
Here Are the Biggest Crowdfunding Campaigns of 2015 – Bloomberg Business: Crowdfunding really hit its stride this year with people just crowding in to jump on the bandwagon of new and innovative ideas. Of course great fundraising ideas are for books and movies, especially those that sequels or follow-ons with an established groupie base. Veronica Mars, the high-school sleuth, is and example from last year on Kickstarter. (See our blog here,) This years list from…
No PTA For Divisional Application | PharmaPatents: When does a 20 year patent turn out to be more than a 20 year patent… Patent Term Adjustments. Okay, so under certain situations, an extension can be requested to the 20 years that the US has for patent applications after 1995. The idea is that for such applications as pharma the long lead time in all approvals through the PTO and the FDA and more… can significantly…
Meet the teen who just won $75,000 for inventing a system to keep germs from spreading on airplanes http://wapo.st/1d3L2EoWang, the young winner, created a way to give everyone on an airplane their own space, with kind of air walls around them. His simulation shows a 55 times reduction in the air transmittable diseases. The retrofit for an existing airplane? It takes one evening and cost a whopping $1000! With the reduction in sick time, the…
There’s a key point in this IAM magazine article by Joff Wild in the July 9, 2014, issue. Note that the Chief IP Officer is not an attorney- he a business professional. This is a significant change, a recognition that commercialization of Intellectual Property in a marketed product, a Patent Licensing Agreement with Royalties, a technology transfer or an outright patent sale is a business decision, not a legal one. In some companies going back…
Marijuana, Motorola, Moroccanoil: Intellectual Property – Bloomberg: You have to laugh about the ideas being plant patents on Marijuana. But this is serious business. First, if you come up with a new strain of a plant, you can apply for a “Plant Patent”. If the patent is issued, you can use DNA testing to determine if/when someone else is infringing on your patent. Monsanto is the king (or Redwood) of plant patents. HOWEVER, it is…
