Jury Awards Apple $539 Million in Samsung Patent Case – The New York Times:
The do-over award to Apple from Samsung on the patents law suit (and damages) is down to $539M from the original $1B. Here’s info on the original infringement ruling of $1B. VentureBeat has a good take on this as well.
The war chest of patents — world wide — is massive in order to play in the smart phone and tablet space!
How the Great Equalizers Open a World for Creators There are four great Equalizers in Creative Economy that create legacy and create wealth. Creativity has become one of the most powerful economic currencies, and the great equalizers in a creative economy are redefining who gets to innovate, who gets to own, and who gets to…
The discussion on when pharma patents expire is often long and tortuous.The the ED world of Viagra and Cialis we discuss the 2017 patent cliff here.True, Cialis patent(s) expire in 2017, so it is reasonable to expect the influx of generics soon… Here’s a list of patents related to Cialis. Note that there are a lot…
Patent Trolls Threaten Green Innovation · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader: There is a lot of discussion about “patent trolls” and the impact they have on various industries. Here is the argument about the impact they have on the innovation in “green” technology. This is really the case for all new technology…
IBM is again the leader in patents issued. That’s 28 years and running. IBM had 9,130 patents issued in 2020, compared to the next highest, Samsung with 6,416. There’s about 15 electronic and manufacturing companies with 2,000 to 3,000 patents issued. Note that all the top 10 are electronics and/or chip makers. Forbes has a…
Patents, Potatoes and Pomegranates “I remember thinking- there cannot be anything clever in delivering beans…” That was the reaction of Lucy Wojcik in 2014 being interviewed for the job of IP attorney at Ocado, an online supermarket company in the United Kingdom. It does furrow eyebrows when considering the part, if any, IP would play…
How GenAI, LLMs, and the Accelerated Half-Life of Invention Are Forcing Us to Unlearn Limits We are entering an era of innovation reframing the possible through GenAI and large language models (LLMs), forcing leaders to rethink long-held assumptions about capability, time, and innovation itself. For decades, humans have internalized constraints—what we can do, what we…
