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Long-Awaited Patent Ruling Yields Few Answers

Joe Palazzolo, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 10 at 5:07 pm PT

A federal appeals court on Friday offered its long-awaited view on when a piece of software can be patented. The upshot: seven opinions, totaling more than 120 pages, and no clear answer.

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New Venture Enters Patent Fray

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 7 at 4:58 pm PT

Firms that buy and enforce patents make life hard for technology companies. A new San Francisco startup hopes to turn the tables.

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ITC Clears Microsoft’s Xbox in Patent Case

Steven D. Jones, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 22 at 5:01 pm PT

An administrative law judge ruled on Friday that Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox doesn’t infringe on wireless patents owned by Motorola Mobility, another in a series of legal decisions that could quiet patent litigation surrounding popular consumer electronic devices.

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Inventors Race to File Patents

Ashby Jones, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 15 at 10:00 am PT

Inventors are rushing to file patent applications ahead of a change in the U.S. patent system that is likely to make it more expensive and difficult to win protection for new ideas.

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Cisco Systems Wins Patent Suit; VirnetX Shares Plunge

Drew FitzGerald, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 15 at 5:30 am PT

A federal jury in Texas sided Thursday with Cisco Systems Inc. in a patent-infringement case brought by VirnetX Holding Corp., sending shares of the patent-holding company down 28 percent.

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Court to Consider When Software Can Be Patented

Ashby Jones, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 7 at 4:10 pm PT

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., will hear arguments Friday over a fundamental question that has vexed the technology industry for nearly two decades: When is a piece of software patentable?

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Nintendo Case Poses Patent-War Test

Jacob Gershman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 11 at 3:25 pm PT

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments today in a patent dispute involving Nintendo that could have wider implications for the technology industry.

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Jury Finds Marvell Must Pay $1.17 Billion in Patent Case

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 26, 2012 at 1:46 pm PT

A jury in Pittsburgh on Wednesday found that chip maker Marvell Technology Group Ltd. should pay nearly $1.17 billion for infringing patents held by Carnegie Mellon University.