Patent Quotations

I spent much of my life dying for somebody to help me even file for a patent or make a prototype. I understand that.

Patent monopoly creates a lot of problems. It allows the patentee to charge the maximum to consumers. This may not be a problem if the patented product is a luxury item, like parts that go into a smartphone, but can violate basic human rights if it involves things such as life-saving drugs.

You grow great crops in great soil. And the soil is the commons. Increasingly, we have monopolistic companies that try to take as much as they can for themselves. And we have a patent and copyright regime that makes sure that nothing goes back into the commons unless by an extraordinary act of generosity. This is not fertile soil for innovation.

One of the rookie mistakes first-time entrepreneurs often make is to be too guarded about their idea - in fact, many will actually spend their first $25,000 on patent lawyers without ever fully vetting their product.

We applied for a patent ... for some specific reproductive processes in swine. Any pigs that would be produced using this reproductive technique would be covered by these patents.

We are pleased with this ruling and look forward to proceeding to the patent phase of our case. We have great confidence in our intellectual property position and are pleased with the opportunity to present our position to a jury.

We are pleased with the results for the fourth quarter. We achieved record revenue and finished the year by signing an important patent licensing agreement with AMD for which payments will begin in 2006.

There is no more important economic policy issue today than helping our nation remain the global innovation leader. To do this, our leadership must focus on an aggressive agenda to support math and science education, patent litigation reform, healthcare information technology, and research and development. We thank President Bush for his leadership and urge all members of Congress to address these issues in a comprehensive fashion to get the job done.

With the rise of software patents, engineers coding new stuff - whether within a large software company or as kids writing smartphone apps - are exposed to a claim that somewhere a prior patent is being infringed.

We've got a need to acquire products in the near term with all our patent expirations,

We have seen a recovery in subscriber additions and business momentum since RIM settled the patent litigation.

The reality is, this judge has signaled his feelings already and NTP won a jury trial already. Under the normal operation of patent cases, they are entitled to an injunction unless there are extraordinary circumstances.

We have a policy of not commenting on our patent applications.

We have a patent system that is out of balance and in some respects is impeding innovation and economic growth.

We have a patent on our Vipers ETF structure that we invented,

We're happy that the Supreme Court rejected R.I.M.'s efforts to create a huge loophole in the patent law.

To prevent famine, one plow is worth a million sermons, and even patent medicines will cure more diseases than all the prayers uttered since the beginning of the world

We're confident in the validity of the patent and believe it will be upheld.

Let's say you get a patent on something like a pop-up window. Of course, you could, in theory, go after everyone on the Internet, but you don't. What you end up doing is picking off the weak members of the herd, companies that don't have the money to defend themselves or independent Web sites, or occasionally big companies that you think will not have very much backbone and will quickly settle.

Software is a thought process. To patent it is comparable to patenting induction or deduction.

Shoes are a good starting point. I've become quite fussy about them! A patent pair of Sonia Rykiel oxfords have become invaluable.

Mr. Stallman made perfectly clear that his point of view is: It's enough. It's enough that the world has to pay attention to that (DRM) problem the way the world needed to pay attention to the patent problem 10 years ago.

MPEG LA and patent holders are just as eager to see this standard succeed as everyone else. We just need to make sure that licensees pay their fair share.

NTP has been improperly attempting to slow down the anticipated rejections from the patent office, even going so far as to recently attempt to bog down the patent office with a highly unusual request to process filings for over 30,000 new patent claims.

Philips unsuccessfully tried to negotiate and enter into licenses with Kodak for a long time. As a last resort, Philips decided to sue Kodak for patent infringement.

Potentially, you're looking at a company that has very little revenue growth for the next few years because of patent expirations,

IBM has decided that being a company committed to open standards, open document formats and free software means ultimately reassessing the patent process and its role in your relationship to your customers,

Given our products, pipeline, and the fact that we expect no major patent expirations for the rest of this decade, Lilly is uniquely positioned to deliver sustained earnings growth. For 2006, we anticipate earnings per share of $3.10 to $3.20, which represents 8% to 12% growth compared with expected 2005 adjusted earnings. This growth rate is nearly double the average Wall Street consensus forecast for large-cap pharmaceutical companies.

For RIM, this comes at a horrible time with its patent case. Companies are already wondering about e-mail, and now the alternative is crystal clear.

Fundamentally, the purpose of the patent is to give you some sort of competitive advantage, ... If the patent gives you exclusivity over a wide swath of technology, it's critical.

If we start watering down the patent system... I'm worried about the future of our country. Beware of what you ask for, you might get it.

If the court finds a patent infringement, I assume there will be a royalty agreement, because that's what usually happens in these cases. A settlement is more likely than a shutdown. But, that said, both sides are really digging in their heels.

He figured there had to be a better way, and went to the drawing board and came up with a wrecker; that's what they called them back then. He took a 1913 Cadillac touring car and cut the back out to make the first tow truck. He got a patent for it.

We expect to deliver strong revenue performance since we have no major patent expirations for the remainder of this decade.

We're pleased about the patent and the protection it provides us. We're evaluating all the alternatives.

What is a patent troll? According to some, a patent troll is a firm who licenses patents they do not themselves commercialize. Yet, many of the large firms who are most critical of the practice do it themselves.

We take Intellectual Property rights seriously. If a party issues a patent suit against us we're going to vigorously defend against it and the jury agreed with us on this one.

HatchieCoon is an Arkansas corporation first. Secondly, HatchieCoon has owned it's property in the St. Francis floodway for over 100 years. It received a patent in 1892 to it's lands. So if a long time citizen over there and it's members have been hunting over there for as long, if not longer than anybody else. The fact that some of its members live in Tennessee and some live in Arkansas is un material.

There is an accusation of a rise of companies sitting defensively on patents. There are patent thickets, which are a complex web of patents which may stunt invention and discourage research and development.

We look forward to working closely with CA as well as IBM and the other leaders in this area as we develop a trusted vehicle and database for administering and encouraging donations to the burgeoning patent commons in which we all have a stake.

HP has a long history of innovation in PC technology, and we will continue to protect our investment in our PC patent portfolio.

Hundreds of patent infringement cases are pending against computer software and hardware manufacturers.

I agree it's a definitive risk and I can attest to the intellectual prowess. With respect to protecting IP, that's a hard problem. We've had people come here, learn things, and take that back with them. One thing that says, very simplistically, is that you need to patent your ideas and enforce the patents that are part of your industry or company. Beyond that, one mechanism would be to look for partnering firms in China, as opposed to just putting up barriers. In some ways you look at the barriers as almost trade policies back early in the twentieth century. Perhaps we need to think of something a bit different there.

It comprises illusory protection for RIM and its partners and requires a lump-sum payment for the theoretical life of the patents, even though the U.S. Patent Office is expected to nullify them.

It is clear that the problems with the patent system have been exacerbated by a decrease in patent quality and an increase in litigation abuses.

I think anybody that just points to the patent office being overloaded and incompetent is whining over spilled milk. Reality is not going to change overnight.

Lawyers involved in NTP and other patent cases think a deal will come before year-end, or even pre-Christmas, and be valued between $750 million and $1.25 billion. The stock could rally sharply on a deal.

Open source software does not today respect the intellectual property rights of any intellectual property holder. Some day, for all countries that are entering WTO, somebody will come and look for money to pay for the patent rights for that intellectual property.

Over the next two years, I think you will see this problem of too many lawsuits be resolved, and that will happen because the patent office will become more educated about this sector of the technology industry.

Our primary role is to identify intellectual property that is disclosed to us by (researchers), patent protect and commercialize it,

Our team executed very well in overcoming many of the challenges we faced entering the third quarter. With outstanding progress on patent license renewals and broader customer engagements, we have solid momentum for revenue growth as we finish out the year.

Our belief is that the patent covers a narrow method of Web crawling that's specific to Lycos, ... We believe our method is different.

Our ability to evaluate non-deterministic voice applications brings a new level intelligence to automated testing. This patent demonstrates our continued product leadership and commitment to helping customers successfully deploy next-generation technologies in their contact centers.

Renesas is a global leader in the semiconductor market and signing this renewal represents strong validation of our patent portfolio, ... This agreement continues our relationship with an industry leader and expands the availability of our technology in the market.

Recently we've de-emphasized the large multinational drug companies because of the headwinds they've faced because of patent expirations and no big product approvals,

Patent litigation has been amicably resolved and the parties have agreed to dismiss the patent claims.

Patent law and case law do not intersect until the very end.

Patent infringement is a reality in the wireless space. It's an operating distraction, yes. There are only so many fights that you can pick. Though in a way, it also has a value because it ultimately shows people the value of what's being developed in this space and how important it is.

Patent battles have become a strong catalyst for mergers, reducing competition in various domains. The largest corporations, with gigantic patent portfolios, routinely enter into cross-licensing agreements with their largest competitors.

Pat Choate has worked extensively to examine the intricacies of intellectual property theft and patent reform; he is at the forefront of the debate,

Our nation's education system already faces severe budget constraints and a shortage of resources. We shouldn't be diverting resources away from teaching to pay off bogus patent threats.

My very first publication was an estimator - this was a statistical procedure - a kind of invention. My father got a patent and started a business; it wasn't successful, but maybe I have some of him in me.

Lipitor is one of the most important medical breakthroughs of our era, and millions of patients have used it to lower their cholesterol. This court decision is consistent with the fundamental principle that patent laws exist to support and encourage medical innovators, not undermine them.

I think patent trolls are abusing the system.

Merck, too, is down on recent news, down in this case from around 85, ... You keep hearing a little bit of concern about their patent expirations over the next two years. Those are very real. But most of analysts say their drug pipeline is pretty solid and their earnings are project to be some 15-to-18 percent for the next couple of years. This is a great investment with which to balance out your high-tech holdings.

We continue to believe the patent is invalid and not infringed, but we cannot comment any further as the post-trial phase of the court proceeding is continuing.

We filed the lawsuit at the appropriate time. From top to bottom Blockbuster has willfully and deliberately copied our patent methods ...

We review these patents for validity and of course there's a lot of incentives on the other side to press the patent to the bursting point,

We have also experienced steady growth in intellectual property and patent activities.

While we prefer to resolve issues outside of the courtroom, we believe we have a strong patent position, including patents that issued in the past four years that must be defended appropriately.

We get 40 to 50 first-generic submissions a year, and we make quick decisions and approvals on them, often on the same day the patent or exclusivity expires.

We anticipate Amgen to serve Roche an official court summons towards 3/06 timeframe upon which Roche will respond and the patent litigation suit will be in process. Ultimately, we continue to believe that Amgen will successfully defend its erythropoietin patents and that CERA will be found to have infringed.

We are delighted to be able to include Matt's expertise among the firm's resources. Our software patent procurement, counseling, and litigation practices have grown rapidly, and with the addition of Matt to the LL&A team, we have expanded our ability to fully meet the needs of our clients in these areas.

We were investigating RFID standards for the possibility of developing one or more RFID-related patent pools and in the mist of our investigation we were approached by several of the founders of the NFC Forum, who own intellectual property related to NFC. They asked us to develop a patent pool.

We are pleased that the Japanese Patent Office and the European Patent Office have upheld the validity of these important patents. The confirmation of these inventions strengthens our patent portfolio in Japan and Europe and emphasizes the international value of the many licenses granted by Qualcomm.

The patent system serves an important public purpose in our economy. Keeping illegitimate patents out of that system helps up-and-coming artists and entrepreneurs succeed for all of us.

The patent system is a trade-off. We get the 'good' of an invention in exchange for the 'bad' of a temporary monopoly on that invention.

The patent system is a crucial part of what made America great. The companies who are complaining about the system are bad players, crooks who took great liberties with others' inventions. What they are really complaining about is being held accountable for their disreputable conduct.

The patent office's decision has no preclusive effect on a court, and there are indeed cases where the patent office made a decision in a re-examination supporting a patent and a court later looked at the same exact issue, disagreed with the PTO, and found the patent invalid.

The Patent Office has said these patents are invalid. The patents at this point, if there was the new lawsuit, would not be enforceable.

The patent application was to protect our invention. As you can see . . . the invention is significant.

The Patent and Trademark Office was correct in issuing the patent.

We disagree with the decision and we are confident that the patent is enforceable.

We still haven't heard back (from the patent office). We had a dilemma. Wait two whole years (for the patent) or go for it and just try. I'm gonna sell it anyway. It would just be nice to have that piece of paper.

We actually need to assist them with technology transfers which I believe is a euphemism for loosening the patent laws,

We are looking at all our alternatives right now. We have always been very vigorous in our defense of our patent portfolio.

The Project is focused on documenting the growing number of pledges and other legal solutions directed at the software patent issue, so that developers can innovate and collaborate as free as possible from litigation.

The project is designed to increase the utility and value of patent pledges and promises in the past year by providing a central repository where intellectual property can be held for the benefit of all. Our goal is to make it easier for developers and industry to take advantage of the good works of vendors, individuals, and organizations who may wish to pledge patents and intellectual property in support of the community.

Timing can be everything, particularly in the patent area. By waiting, companies often lose their ability to protect their IP.

Today's collaborative technologies are presenting a real challenge for patent law, ... and for the kinds of thinking that emerged at the time of Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, when individual inventions seemed much more distinct, much less complex.

We began investigating the '672 Patent in 2001 and have spent more than three years enforcing our property rights. We have not found any convincing arguments of invalidity, including the recent claims, and as a result we are confident in the patent, and look forward to an efficient re-examination.

The experience of this one life must be enough to show you that there is no joy unmixed with grief, that both grief and joy are short-lived and they both depend on the mind and its control. You do not require the experience of a series of lives to grasp this patent fact.

We think the growth guidance we've given you for 2001 is sustainable for the long period given the breadth and depth of our portfolio, ... We have shown where the growth is coming from in terms of our product line, geography and our customers. We think we've made great progress in accelerating production of IT and patent generation equipment and that will bode well for us in 2001.

This reexamination is concluded, but that doesn't mean this patent can't ever be challenged again.

What's in front of the Supreme Court right now is whether injunctions in general are compulsory or discretionary in patent infringement cases where guilt has been established and litigated.

Filing for this patent gives notice that Premier Information is looking to define its position as an innovator and solution provider to the insurance and healthcare industries. It is a company wide commitment to develop the products and services...to display the kind of innovative technical leadership that creates customized, value added solutions for our clients.

This season the sunglasses have silver trims and they are much smaller, with a mix of patent leather and silver trim.

The reason is that the Patent and Trademark Office can deny patents to inventors that publicly provided details of their invention.

The original patent didn't have dimensions and contained just enough information to obtain a patent and make competitors sweat." ()

We're very open to talking to all the companies interested in using our interface. We're going to be very vigorous in bringing our technology to market, and very vigilant in protecting our patent rights.