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New Apple Patent Application: Generating a Book

August 16, 2010 12:27

Tweet of the week Thanks to @ifones for tweeting this week about how Apple may take on a new role in video gaming if its latest patent application, published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week, ever makes it into a product. Take a look how Patently Apple breaks down the Apple...

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Yahoo patent case against Facebook

Vincent LoTempio
March 18, 2012 19:38

Yahoo filed an infringement lawsuit against Facebook based upon 10 patents. Some of the patents have been around for a few years. What took them so long to make this claim? Or is it just coincidence that Facebook is about to go public with huge IPO. Facebook filed for a $5 billion initial public...

Trademark applicants beware

Vincent LoTempio
March 08, 2012 00:48

Recently the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a warning to all trademark applicants regarding “Non-USPTO Solicitations that Resemble Official USPTO Communications.” The USPTO warned that companies not affiliated with the USPTO were using the USPTO database to...

What entities sued for Patent Infringement in 2011?

Vincent LoTempio
February 28, 2012 03:16

Anoop Gopakumar and his group at MaxVal provide patent litigation alerts every day and today Anoop provided me with some interesting data on patent filings over the past year. 3963 patent litigation cases were filed 2011. I've posted below a detailed chart analysis of who filed those patent...

Getting a piece of the social media pie

Vincent LoTempio
February 25, 2012 21:26

The Buffalo Law Journal asked me to write a guest column in their recent edition which featured a Special Report on Legal Technology/Social Media. Here is the article: Getting a piece of the social media pie Through social media, the Internet is once again profoundly changing the world in which we...

Inventions "get on the shelf" at Walmart

Vincent LoTempio
February 03, 2012 02:54

As a patent attorney in Erie County I often get asked, "how can I get my products on the shelf in Walmart?" Shelf space is like real estate and every inch inside the store has to be accounted for and the product on that shelf must earn a profit equivalent to the cost to keep that shelf...

Top ten list of companies to get US patents in 2011

Vincent LoTempio
January 11, 2012 23:33

According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office “Performance and Accountability Report of Fiscal Year 2011” the USPTO granted an all-time high 244,430 United States utility patents in 2011. Asian companies hold eight of the top 10 spots on the 2011 patent list and 25 or half...

Interview with song writer Alan Gembola

Vincent LoTempio
January 10, 2012 15:47

As a Buffalo copyright attorney I meet many new authors. A childhood friend of mine recently published a book of songs he wrote and I asked him to share some of his thoughts about the publishing process with my LoTempio law blog readers. Here is what Alan Gembola had to say: Can you give us a...

Facebook Infringed Leader Patent

Vincent LoTempio
December 22, 2011 02:08

Even though a jury ruled that the software that runs the famous Facebook site infringed on the patent of Leader Technologies, Facebook still won the case. The reply appeal brief was just filed last month. I think the issues in this case are relevant for all inventors. Inventors should be aware that...

Inventors Hall of Fame: Robert N. Noyce

Vincent LoTempio
December 15, 2011 15:56

Inventor Robert N. Noyce   Born Dec 12 1927 - Died Jun 3 1990 Invention: Semiconductor Device-and-Lead Structure Integrated Circuit Patent Number 2,981,877 (PDF) Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame™ in 1983 Often referred to as the Mayor of Silicone Valley, Robert Norton...