Topic: The "little guy's" day in patent court (Read 2644 times)

JimIvey · « **on:** 03-29-05 at 12:53 pm »

http://www.ciol.com/content/news/2005/105032902.asp
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Interesting little article on the rise in recognized value of patents and how small players are able to take on larger, more established players -- referring to the recent Sony and Toshiba cases.

Sony to pay $90.7million to Immersion of San Jose, CA for patent infringing tactile feedback game controllers.

http://news.com.com/Sony+ordered+to+pay+90+million,+halt+game+sales/2100-1047_3-5641924.html
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Toshiba to pay $465.4million (another $1/2 billion IP award?! Yep!) to Lexmar Media, Inc. for trade secret misappropriation. Interestingly, this isn't a patent case -- expanding the realm of huge awards to another type of IP.

http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159905883
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Regards.

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