IP for Defense – Why Is It Recommended When Sued For Patent Infringement?

Facebook had bought 750 patents for networking, software, and other technologies from IBM when it was challenged in court by Yahoo for patent infringement. The bundle of patents from IBM helped Facebook ward off other lawsuits, back in 2012. 
Question arises - Could intellectual property be used as a defense in patent litigation? Is patent acquisition (from 3^rd parties) a good strategy to save millions in a patent lawsuit?
If yes, how to go forth with this?
IP professionals offer IP for Defense Services as a part of the Patent Litigation Support Services. This niche service vertical is designed to provide assistance that is critical when challenged by an assertion entity for patent infringement. In fact, it is one of the most viable options for a defendant facing a patent infringement lawsuit.

How it helps?

The basic information is derived about the plaintiff’s product lines and top players in the domain where he operates. On similar lines, defendant’s patents are organized among categories to identify those categories which match with the product lines of plaintiff. Then, it is assessed whether it is feasible to sign a cross-licensing deal. And this is first recourse, if it is feasible.
However, if it is not, defendants are advised on how they can buy or license patents from 3^rd parties. Patent mining and in-depth analysis is undertaken to identify who might have patents that plaintiff’s products might be infringing upon. These findings help defendant to strike a deal with the identified third party. And cross-licensing arrangement may also be explored after detailed study of the newly acquired patents.
IP Defense Support Services such as “IP for Defense” also explore (if defending party is willing to) the usefulness of defendant’s product and their marketability. For that purpose, manual analysis is done to check how the newly acquired patents can be extended to features of defendant’s products.
The point I wish to make here is that - patent buyouts are expensive but so is fighting a litigation suit. In fact, litigation costs more and so when challenged by an assertion entity, it is recommended that “IP for Defense” services are taken. Its results are often very useful in devising an alternative strategy that you might not have even considered in the first place.

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LG to launch quantum dot TVs in Early 2015

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Electronic market leader of South Korea, LG electronics Inc. will launch a new range of advanced  high-tech TV in early upcoming year 2015. A spokesperson from  LG told that the firm will soon going to sell TVs that incorporate quantum dot technology  early next year. The picture quantity will be supported and boosted by a film of tiny light emitting crystals which are embedded in normal liquid crystal display (LCD). The tech giant will be displaying quantum dot TVs in ultra-high definition of 55-inch and 65-inch at CES trade show next month in Las Vegas  

As per now  Japan’s Sony Corp. is the only seller of quantum  dot models in the market.

 On other hand The OLED TV remain expensive: a 65-inch ultra-high definition model launched in Korea this year was priced at $10,993. Whereas Sony quantum dot TV costs about $3,799, according to the Japanese firm's website.

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All You Need To Know About Patentability Searches

Patentability searches are aimed at searching the most relevant prior art, including – published patent applications, issued patents, and any other non-patent documents, to determine whether filing a patent application makes sense.

The best place to begin a patentability search is patent office websites such as USPTO, EPO etc. However, to ensure that no prior-art document remains hidden, asking a professional to conduct a patentability search applying tested strategies – keyword searching, classification searching, reviewing the forward and backward references etc. is a must. The patent search experts also dig into what is called as non-patent literature for prior art. It is acceptable and difficult to find.

Comprehensiveness is the key to a successful patentability search and ensures that quality of results will match the search quality of the EPO examiners and beaten most of the USPTO examiners. But it is time to call it quits when the same documents keep popping up over and over again. And if a prior art that describes your invention completely or renders it obvious surfaces in a novelty search, it is not advised that cost is incurred in patenting process.

IP Consultancy firms (KPOs) are most sought for Patentability Search Services. The technical experts working in such firms are capable of understanding the technology behind your invention to return exactly the kind of prior art results you are looking for.

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Five Surprising Inventions from Ancient times

 #Assyrian Nimrud lens- Oldest Telescope in the world

Assyrian Nimrud lens is known to be 3000-year-old piece of rock crystal which was dug out by Sir, John Layard in 1850 in Nimrud, in modern-day Iraq. It is oval in shape and is made  from natural rock crystal, this magnificent natural occurring crystal has focal length of  about 12cm and focal point about 11 cm from the flat side. Pettinato believes this was one of the first lens to be used in a telescope. 

#First Inventor of the Steam Engine-Hero of Alexandria

Hero of Alexandria was Greek mathematician and prudent engineer who is known for his invention of steam engine, his device is powdered through steam and known as aeolipile named after Aiolos ,God of winds. This amazing device was disremembered and never used properly until 1577, when the steam engine was ‘reinvented’ by the philosopher, astronomer and engineer, Taqu al-Din.

#The Incredible 2000-year-old Earthquake Detector

With around 2000 years ago, the Chinese inventor Zhang heng invented first seismoscope in 132 AD the ancient device is amazingly accurate in detecting earthquake waves from afar and did not depend on shaking of the site where the device is located

#The Baghdad Battery

The Baghdad Battery is a clay pot which encapsulates a copper cylinder an iron rod is suspended in the centre of the cylinder that doesn’t touches it, both the iron rod and copper cylinder are held in proper place with the help of an asphalt drug it was discovered in 1936 in village Khujut Rabu near Baghdad

#The Oldest Calendar in Scotland

In 2004 national trust for Scotland excavated an ancient site that led to revelation of sophisticated Calendar system that is around 10,000 years old. It allowed the observation of the mid-winter sunrise so that lunar calendar could be re-calibrated every year to bring it back in line with solar year

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What is Patent Docketing?

In intellectual property arena, patent docketing is prime method for managing and controlling patent application process. Basically it is kind of system that allows patent management in automated manner. Docketing is important tool for IP firms as it is quite cumbersome to organize the patent application processes of thousands of patents without some type of software package to keep a close watch on many deadlines and patent documents involved. Major firms hire docketing specialist to manage the patent docketing process.

In any law firm patent docketing process generates a great amount of paperwork. The docketer has task to correctly label each application document with file number and place it into correct part of patent file, it also consist of entering every  document in database so that attorney can  easily look up for a list of all documents in the application file when required. The docketing database can be utilized to alert of filing and other deadlines.

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