Microsoft Seeks Pay-As-You-Go Computing Patent

Microsoft has applied for a patent on a pay-as-you-go computing model that would charge people only for the hardware, software, and services used.

Chamber report proposes fixes to patent review process

The Patent and Trademark Office is "an agency in crisis" that will face significant challenges in the Obama administration due to a 750,000-application backlog and other internal inefficiencies, a report by the ...

Research and Markets: a Report on Stoneridge, Inc. and the U.S. Other ...

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Stoneridge, Inc. and the U.S. Other Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing Industry" companyprofile to their offering.

U.S. Chamber Releases Recommendations for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Reform

The U.S. Chamber of Commercea s Global Intellectual Property Center today released its U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recommendations to President-elect Barack Obama, highlighting needed reforms to modernize ...

Is The UK Patent Office Ignoring Court Ruling On Software Patents?

Back in October, we were disappointed by a UK court ruling that effectively told the UK's Patent Office that it had to stop rejecting software patents outright, and instead consider software patentable if it ...

Microsoft specs out 'Pay-as-you-go' PC scheme

Files patent for metering hardware capabilities but admits overall cost 'may be higher'. Gregg Keizer 30/12/2008 11:15:00 Microsoft last week applied for a patent that spells out a "pay-as-you-go" concept where ...