Chemokine gets US patent for stem cell technique (PharmaBiz)
Chemokine Therapeutics Corp., a biotechnology company developing chemokine-based therapies to treat cancer, blood disorders and vascular diseases, announced that it has been granted US Patent No. 7,378,098.

Judge Grants RIM a Stay in Visto Patent Trial (PC World via Yahoo! News)
A federal judge has agreed to put off a trial involving Visto's patent-infringement claims against Research In Motion.

Oracle, Alcatel-Lucent in Patent-infringement Fray (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Oracle and Alcatel-Lucent are accusing each other of patent infringement, according to court documents.

Google Seeking "FriendRank" Patent (Slashdot)
theodp writes "In its just-published patent application for Network Node Ad Targeting, Google hatches plans for identifying the most influential of a circle of friends and providing this 'influencer' with 'financial incentives from advertisers in exchange for permission to display advertisements on the member's [social network] profile' (sound familiar, Jeremy?). Doing so will 'provide ...

Wi-LAN adds LG to patent litigation against RIM, Motorola and UTStarCom (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
OTTAWA - Intellectual property holder Wi-LAN Inc. (TSX:WIN) has added LG Electronics of Korea to patent litigation it previously filed against Research in Motion (TSX:RIM), Motorola and UTStarCom Inc.

Nokia settles InterDigital patent suits (Computer Business Review)
Nokia has settled two patent suits filed in UK courts by US-based wireless-technology developer InterDigital Technology. The suits related to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System 3G standard.

Advanced Biological Laboratories Patent Licensing Technologies SARL Enters U.S. Patent License Agreement With ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LUXEMBOURG & KALAMAZOO, Mich.----ABL Patent Licensing Technologies, SARL, a subsidiary of Advanced Biological Laboratories SA entered into a patent licensing agreement with Viralliance Inc. .

Visto Patent Wins Backing Ahead of RIM Trial (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Visto has chalked up one legal win as it heads toward a patent-infringement trial against RIM that is set to begin next...

Apple Files Patent for a Multi-touch Gesture Language (The Mac Observer)
Apple has filed a patent for a "Multi-touch Gesture Dictionary." The patent introduces the notion of chords. The patent suggests that Apple's customers may be learning a full-fledged gesture language in the future compared to the limited gestures available now on the iPhone

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-07-04 03:27 China proposes changes to foreign company patent rules - report (Interactive Investor)
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Foreign companies making discoveries in China will have to file for patents here or risk losing legal protection for their intellectual property, the Financial Times reported, citing proposed amendments to the patent law.