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Injunction against Palm denied
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After
settling a patent infringement suit with RIM for 612.5
million dollars, NTP has now filed a patent infringement
suit against Palm. NTP alleged in its suit that Palm's
line of Treo smart phones and software related to them
violates its patents relating to wireless email systems.
NTP filed for an injunction against Palm to stay sale of
Palm's products. The court denied the injunction and
permitted Palm to continue selling its products and
services while the infringement suit is pending.
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Standards and Patent Policy
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The International Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC), the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) and the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) have agreed upon a policy
relating to patents in international standards. The policy
requires companies to bring patents or patent applications
relating to any standards that are being developed to the
notice of the international organisations. It will ensure
that patents do not impede the implementation of standards
and that the patent holders are adequately protected and
compensated. As per the policy, a company's patents may be
included in the standards provided the company makes the
patents available to others under reasonable and
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Vonage held liable for patent infringement
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Verizon
filed a suit against Vonage alleging that Vonage's
technology to connect phones from its Internet Protocol
service to traditional phone networks and other activities
violate patents held by Verizon. Vonage argued that it was
not liable because it uses third party technology, which is
a standard in the industry. The court held Vonage liable for
patent infringement and granted damages of 58 million
dollars in addition to 5.5 percent royalty over revenues for
future infringements.
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Blockbuster sued for patent infringement
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Netflix has
recently obtained two patents on business methods. One
relates to the selection, delivery and return process and
the other refers to the no-late-fees policy and the way in
which clients can alter their movie lists.
Netflix sued Blockbuster for patent infringement alleging
that Blockbuster's online DVD rental service infringes the
two business method patents held by Netflix. |
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