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Fairchild Semiconductor Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Infineon
Technologies - Quick Facts
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| In the lawsuit, the company stated that it believes certain Infineon CoolMOS
| and OptiMOS branded products, as well as other Infineon IGBT and CanPAK
| products, infringe one or more claims of eight Fairchild patents.
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http://www.rttnews.com/Content/QuickFacts.aspx?Node=B1&Id=788370%20&Category=Quick%20Facts
German firm claims Xilinx, Avnet infringe patents
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| Pact has been focusing accelerators that plug into the processor socket of
| dual or quad processor motherboards to run multimedia applications such as
| video, audio, voice, and image transcoding.
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http://www.eetindia.co.in/ART_8800554589_1800001_NT_6046f2cc.HTM
InterDigital, Samsung settle 3G patent dispute
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| InterDigital and Samsung settled two long-standing patent-infringement
| lawsuits just as the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) was about to
| make a decision on whether to recommend banning imports of Samsung phones
| containing 3G phones.
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http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/interdigital-samsung-settle-3g-patent-dispute/2008-11-28
Recent:
Intellectual Property Regime Stifles Science and Innovation, Nobel Laureates
Say
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| Patent monopolies are believed to drive innovation but they actually impede
| the pace of science and innovation, Stiglitz said. The current “patent
| thicket,” in which anyone who writes a successful software programme is sued
| for alleged patent infringement, highlights the current IP system’s failure
| to encourage innovation, he said.
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| Another problem is that the social returns from innovation do not accord with
| the private returns associated with the patent system, Stiglitz said. The
| marginal benefit from innovation is that an idea may become available sooner
| than it might have. But the person who secures the patent on it wins a
| long-term monopoly, creating a gap between private and social returns.
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http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=1129
Economist Critic of Software Patents gets Nobel Prize
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| The FFII congratulates Eric S. Maskin, an economist who has long criticised
| the patenting of software, for receiving the 2007 Nobel Prize for Economics.
| Prof. Maskin and two colleagues receive the Prize for research into the
| optimal design of economic mechanisms. By applying his theory to the IT
| sector, Maskin demonstrated "that in such a dynamic industry, patent
| protection may reduce overall innovation and welfare."
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http://press.ffii.org/Press_releases/Economist_Critic_of_Software_Patents_gets_Nobel_Prize
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