Patents - AllFacebook http://allfacebook.com The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News, Facebook Marketing, Facebook Business, and More! Copyright 2013 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:00:31 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Mark Zuckerberg Celebrates 29th Birthday The youngest CEO on the Fortune 500 list can celebrate, as Facebook Co-Founder Mark Zuckerberg turns 29 Tuesday. It has been quite a year for Zuckerberg, who was born May 14, 1984.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/mark-zuckerberg-celebrates-29th-birthday_b117390#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/mark-zuckerberg-celebrates-29th-birthday_b117390 http://allfacebook.com/?p=117390 Tue, 14 May 2013 15:33:37 +0000 Facebook Reaches Settlement In Timelines.com Lawsuit Facebook reached a settlement with Timelines.com, which sued the social network over the naming of its profile page, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The two parties agreed to settle the case out of court, but financial information was not disclosed.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/facebook-reaches-settlement-in-timelines-com-lawsuit_b116584#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-reaches-settlement-in-timelines-com-lawsuit_b116584 http://allfacebook.com/?p=116584 Fri, 03 May 2013 13:52:37 +0000 Facebook Faces Patent Suit Over Timeline, Like Button Did the late Joannes Jozef Everardus Van Der Meer invent timeline and the like button? Van Der Meer died in June 2004, shortly after Facebook debuted at Harvard University, but a lawsuit filed by Rembrandt IP Management on behalf of the late computer scientist’s family is aimed at proving that claim.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/joannes-jozef-evarardus-van-der-meer_b110464#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/joannes-jozef-evarardus-van-der-meer_b110464 http://allfacebook.com/?p=110464 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:51:25 +0000 Facebook Part Of Amicus Brief Against Patents For Abstract Ideas Facebook and seven other companies filed an amicus brief with the U.S. State Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Friday, contending that patents should not be awarded simply for combining abstract ideas with phrases such as “on a computer” or “over the Internet.”

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/amicus-brief-no-patents-abstract-ideas_b106373#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/amicus-brief-no-patents-abstract-ideas_b106373 http://allfacebook.com/?p=106373 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:38:47 +0000 Facebook Fires Back in Want Button Lawsuit Facebook struck back in a lawsuit over its want button filed by Farmington Hills, Mich.-based CVG-SAB, which claimed that it holds patents and trademarks for its own Want Button product, launched in September 2010.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/cvg-sab-want-button-lawsuit_b105377#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/cvg-sab-want-button-lawsuit_b105377 http://allfacebook.com/?p=105377 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:02:41 +0000 Another Month, Another Patent-Infringement Lawsuit Vs. Facebook Hardly a month goes by without Facebook finding itself named in a patent-infringement lawsuit, and October’s plaintiff is Bascom Research, which describes itself as a “software-development company focused on applying computational and data structures to complex data sets in the medical field.”

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/bascom-research-patent-infringement-lawsuit_b101269#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/bascom-research-patent-infringement-lawsuit_b101269 http://allfacebook.com/?p=101269 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:38:18 +0000 Facebook Faces Another Patent Suit Facebook was hit with another patent-infringement suit, this time from Eolas Technologies, which licensed four interactive technology patents from the Regents of the University of California, and the university.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/university-of-california-eolas-technologies-patent-suit_b99579#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/university-of-california-eolas-technologies-patent-suit_b99579 http://allfacebook.com/?p=99579 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:56:19 +0000 Facebook Files Countersuit In Patent-Infringement Case Vs. Mitel Networks When Facebook faced a patent-infringement lawsuit by Yahoo, countersuing turned out to be an effective strategy, leading to a settlement between the two companies. The social network is apparently hoping for a similar outcome in a patent suit filed against it by Mitel Networks in March.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/countersuit-patent-mitel-networks_b97378#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/countersuit-patent-mitel-networks_b97378 http://allfacebook.com/?p=97378 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:13:54 +0000 Facebook Files 10-Q With SEC, Details Mobile Users, Zynga, Lawsuits, Other Issues Following its second-quarter earnings call last Thursday, Facebook filed its 10-Q quarterly document with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday, addressing, among other topics, increased mobile usage, revenue from game developer Zynga, and the status of various lawsuits.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/10-q-2q-2012_b96048#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/10-q-2q-2012_b96048 http://allfacebook.com/?p=96048 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:54:29 +0000 Facebook’s Pre-Earnings Call PR Blitz Shifts Focus Away From Financial Results Leading up to Facebook’s first-ever earnings call as a publicly traded company, which will be held Thursday at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT, the social network, through outside public-relations firm Brunswick Group, is trying to de-emphasize its actual financial results and focus on its accomplishments since going public May 18.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/pre-earnings-call-pr_b95353#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/pre-earnings-call-pr_b95353 http://allfacebook.com/?p=95353 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:11:22 +0000 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s First Patent Application Awarded After Six Years In July 2006, Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg filed his first-ever patent application. In July 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office finally granted it.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/zuckerberg-patent_b95297#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/zuckerberg-patent_b95297 http://allfacebook.com/?p=95297 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:35:16 +0000 Report: Yahoo, Facebook Strike Deal The ongoing talks between Yahoo and Facebook in an attempt to resolve their long-running patent litigation battle have apparently been fruitful, as AllThingsD reported that the two Internet giants have reached an agreement.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/yahoo-facebook-deal_b93813#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/yahoo-facebook-deal_b93813 http://allfacebook.com/?p=93813 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:54:53 +0000 Yahoo, Facebook Continue Patent Settlement Talks Yahoo and Facebook are trying to put an end to a legal saga in which the Web portal sued the social network for patent infringement. Yahoo claimed in March that Facebook essentially stole its social network model, which includes creating profiles and interacting with other users and businesses. Both sides were in court again Tuesday, as Yahoo asked for a two-week extension to file replies in the lawsuit.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/yahoo-facebook-continue-talks_b92426#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/yahoo-facebook-continue-talks_b92426 http://allfacebook.com/?p=92426 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:56:41 +0000 Report: Yahoo, Facebook Patent Talks Intensify Executives from Yahoo and Facebook have been in negotiations to end their patent litigation battle, started by a suit Yahoo filed against Facebook in March, with the two companies exploring cross-licensing of patents and deeper integration between the search engine and the social network, according to reports.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/yahoo-facebook-talks-intensify_b90674#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/yahoo-facebook-talks-intensify_b90674 http://allfacebook.com/?p=90674 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:08:18 +0000 Yahoo Interim CEO Explores Settlement In Patent-Infringement Suit; Facebook Seeks Dismissal Will a new chief executive officer bring new hopes for a settlement in the patent-infringement brouhaha between Yahoo and Facebook? Yahoo Interim CEO Ross Levinsohn (pictured) reportedly reached out to the social network in hopes of a settlement, after taking over for former CEO Scott Thompson.

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