WIPS Global Advanced : special feature 05:SDI (Selective Dissemination of Information)

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SDI (Selective Dissemination of Information)

- SDI is a “notification service of newly registered patents” that regularly provides users with new patent information every time applicable
patent information is updated according to the user’s query of interest (Keyword, IPC, Applicant) registered on the Web SDI.
- Once the patent numbers of interest (or competitors’) are registered on the Web SDI, the updated news of patent families or
citation patents of the applicable patent are regularly offered.
- SDI service can be effectively used to monitor competitors or the patent trends of technology of interest.

1. Setting Up Query SDI 

 2. Setting Up Citation SDI 

3. Setting Up Family SDI 

4. Result 

Utilization of SDI Service

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DOJ Investigating Samsung For Patent Abuse

The patent issues between Samsung and Apple is not over and it is going to be a prolonged war with a new investigation by DOJ.  The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating Samsung Electronics Co. for abusing FRAND patent. To read more about the litigation recently click here.

The article posted on pcmag.com commented about this patent case.
The document says that the "DOJ has opened an investigation into the manner in which Samsung has used - or misused - its declared-essential patents." And also added Samsung’s comments that the Samsung spokesman, told that "has not received any formal notification from the authorities." For more information about Samsung spokesman’s interview, click here.

Apple said that they have filed its ITC filing that Samsung violated commitments to license its essential patents to competitors on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. It is said that a Justice Department spokeswoman declined to leave any comments or confirm the probe, also neither Samsung nor Apple responded. The article on Wall Street Journal wrote.

 

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Beyonce & Jay-Z lost Blue Ivy Trademark

▲ Beyonce's 'listen' from Dreamgirls movie

Beyonce lost her baby's name 'Blue Ivy's trademark right. Earlier this year, Beyonce and Jay-Z filed a trademark application to use their baby's name for commercial use. more details here

 

They were planning to have a company for baby products and clothes called Blue Ivy. But it turns out, they have lost to a wedding company in Boston which was already named 'Blue Ivy' since 2009. 

 

Here’s the meaning of their baby, name Blue Ivy. ( with reference source on telegraph.co.uk)  

The ‘Blue’ is Jay-Z's favorite color and he has been released three albums called Blueprint. For the middle name “Ivy”, has meaning of number ‘4’ (references the Roman numeral ("IV") for 4) and it is a special digit for both of  Beyonce and Jay-Z. Beyonce’s birthday is Sept. 4, Jay-Z's is Dec. 4, they were married on April 4, 2008, and the Jay z's latest album is entitled 4. To read more about this, click here.

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