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Kelora Patent Found Obvious: Are Other “Obvious” Software Patents In Danger?
techcrunch.com 1 day, 13 hours agoEditor’s note: Leonid (“Lenny”) Kravets is a patent attorney at Panitch, Schwarze, Belisario and Nadel , LLP in Philadelphia, PA. Lenny focuses his practice on patent prosecution and intellectual property transactions in computer-related technology areas. He specializes in developing IP strategy for young technology companies and blogs on this topic at StartupsIP . Follow Lenny on Twitter: @lkravets and @startupsIP . As software patent litigation ramped up over the past few years, software patents have come
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Apple And Microsoft Behind Patent Troll Armed With Thousands Of Nortel Patents
techdirt.com 4 days, 20 hours agoYou may recall last summer that Apple, Microsoft, EMC, RIM, Ericsson and Sony all teamed up to buy Nortel's patents for $4.5 billion. They beat out a team of Google and Intel who bid a bit less . While there was some antitrust scrutiny over the deal, it was dropped and the purchase went through. Apparently, the new owners picked off a bunch of patents to transfer to themselves... and then all (minus EMC, who, one hopes, was horrified by the plans) decided to support a massive new patent troll armed with the


















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