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Patent Office issues initial rejection of patent claims in PanIP suit

A group of e-retailers challenging the validity of payments processing technology patents held by Pangea Intellectual Property wins the first round in an Office Action issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Posted 05/05/2004Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Technology

BarPoint earns a patent for its comparison-shopping technology

BarPoint.com Inc. says the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office intends to award the company a patent for its shopping comparison technology.

Posted 05/31/2002Internet RetailerPost a comment

The latest twist in the patents dispute: The Patent Office reverses itself

Following a reexamination, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued an initial rejection of claims in a patent it had earlier granted to technology developer Pangea Intellectual Property. The patents were the subject of a series of suits by Pangea against retailers.

Posted 06/03/2004Internet RetailerPost a comment

No rubber stamp for software patents

In a bid to defuse a potentially crippling explosion of Internet business-method patents, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last month outlined a process to work closer with the e-commerce industry and improve patent screening. The plan coincides with the office being named one of two so-called performance-based organizations, a federal designation that will give the agency more flexibility in procurement, hiring and staff pay in exchange for...

Posted 12/26/2000Don DavisPost a comment

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Protexis’ Fifth and Sixth Patents Approved, Further Expanding Its E-commerce IP Portfolio

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-December 20, 2007-Protexis, the leader in digital content distribution for retailers, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 7,200,760 to Protexis, as well as approved the claims of a forthcoming patent that expand the company’s patent holdings surrounding its product activation-based system of copy protection, digital rights management, electronic licensing, and e-commerce...

Posted 12/31/2007