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Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co.
Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., the 2011-2018 smartphone patent war in the Northern District of California: $1.05 billion 2012 verdict, 2016 Supreme Court 'article of manufacture' ruling, $539 million 2018 award, June 2018 settlement.
Bayh–Dole Act
The Bayh–Dole Act (Public Law 96-517, 35 U.S.C. 200–212, also the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980) lets universities, small businesses, and nonprofits elect title to federally funded inventions, subject to utilization reporting, domestic-manufacture preferences, and government march-in rights.
List of prolific inventors
List of prolific inventors: inventors named on unusually many granted patents. Shunpei Yamazaki leads USPTO counts (6,739; Guinness 11,353), ahead of Tao Luo and Kia Silverbrook; counts depend on name disambiguation.
Patent
Patent: an exclusive, territorial right granted for an invention (a product or process offering a new technical solution), lasting generally 20 years from filing in exchange for public disclosure; obtained via national, regional (EPO, OAPI, ARIPO), or PCT international applications under the WIPO-administered treaty system.
Patent application
Patent application: a formal request to a patent office such as the USPTO or via the PCT for a patent on an invention. Includes specification, claims, drawings, fees, 18-month publication, examination, and PTAB appeal.
Patent infringement
Patent infringement is the unauthorized making, using, selling, or importing of a patented invention, plus induced and contributory infringement. Covers claim-by-claim tests, doctrine of equivalents, remedies, litigation costs, and US, Japanese, and Chinese differences.
Patent pool
A patent pool is an agreement between two or more patent owners to license their patents to one another or to third parties, usually under a single royalty.
Patent troll
Patent troll, also patent assertion entity (PAE) or non-practicing entity (NPE): a disparaging label for patent holders who assert patents to obtain settlements and license fees without making products; distinguished by empirical evidence on costs, litigation behavior, and share of U.S. patent suits.
Prior art
Prior art: the body of public knowledge (patents, printed publications, public uses, and sales) existing before a filing date, used to judge patent novelty and inventive step under US, EPO, and PCT law.
Prosecution history estoppel
Prosecution history estoppel is a judge-made rule of United States patent law preventing a patent owner from recapturing, through the doctrine of equivalents, subject matter surrendered during patent prosecution.