The PTAB Inter Partes Review process: Danger, Will Robinson

The PTAB Inter Partes Review process: Danger, Will Robinson
by Scott Griffith on 02-21-2015 at 7:00 am

Companies with significant investment in their patent portfolios have recently faced a harsh reality: their intellectual property has become a collection of paper with large targets on them. Taking aim is the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trials and Appeal Board (PTAB), and recent figures on dismissed claims shows… Read More


iDRM for Complex Layout Searches and IP Protection!

iDRM for Complex Layout Searches and IP Protection!
by Daniel Nenni on 02-05-2014 at 8:00 am

iDRM (integrated design rule manager) from Sage-DA is the world’s first and only design rule compiler. As such it is used to develop and capture design rules graphically, and can be used by non-programmers to quickly capture very complex and shape dependent design rules and immediately generate a check for them. The tool… Read More


Who Allegedly Broke Tela’s Patents: Is Samsung or Qualcomm the Real Villain?

Who Allegedly Broke Tela’s Patents: Is Samsung or Qualcomm the Real Villain?
by Randy Smith on 02-25-2013 at 1:08 pm

I recently blogged about the actions filed by Tela Innovations at both the US International Trade Commission (USITC) and in federal district court. Those actions allege that five mobile phone manufacturers -HTC, LG, Motorola Mobility, Pantech, and Nokia – were importing handsets into the US which infringed on seven of… Read More