by Russ Pearlman | Jul 21, 2014 | Legal
Quickly, who do you think are some of the most innovative companies in the world? If you said, IBM, Samsung, Canon, Sony, Microsoft, Panasonic, Toshiba, Hon Hai Precision, Qualcomm, LG, Google, Fujitsu, Apple, GE or GM, congratulations, you also happened to pick one... 
by Russ Pearlman | Jun 20, 2014 | Legal
If you have the idea of automating a business process and patent it, are you entitled to protection (i.e., licensing) if someone else tries to implement it? That is essentially what happened in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International. Alice Corp. had applied and been... 
by Russ Pearlman | May 29, 2014 | Legal
According to an unpublished paper by Ann Armstrong, Joseph J. Mueller, and Timothy D. Syrett, smart phone manufacturers sell their phones to carriers at approximately $400 with costs of about $300 (which is about $150 in materials and $150 in royalty patents). Stop... 
by Russ Pearlman | May 20, 2014 | Legal
I’m sure most anyone who is a regular reader of this blog hasn’t kept close tabs on the Oracle v. Google lawsuit, but you are likely aware of a number of rulings regarding copyright and patents between the various large technology companies including Apple...