What's Ahead for Attorneys in 2012 - One Lawyer's View

Nancy Reiner, Managing Director for the Boston office of legal search firm Major Lindsey & Africa writes in the Boston Globe about her views on the year ahead for the law business. Up or down? So far as Masswachusetts is concerned, things are looking good.

Amazon obtains patent for 'one-click' payment method in Canada

The Canadian Patent Office has granted online retail giant Amazon a patent for a 'one-click' payment method for processing transactions, according to reports.

Zeiss settles OCT patent infringement case

Case initially brought by Carl Zeiss Meditec against rival optical coherence tomography system maker Optovue has been dropped.

Apple loses tablet design appeal

A Netherlands court rejects Apple's efforts to seek a sales ban on Samsung's tablets on the basis of its design rights.

Motorola after an injunction against iPhone 4S, iCloud

Motorola has filed a new patent suit against Apple and now seeks an injunction against both the iPhone 4S and iCloud. FOSS Patents notes that the terms of Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola stipulate that Motorola can't initiate new intellectual property suits without Google's approval; that makes it sound a lot like Google is using Motorola's patent portfolio in a proxy war against Apple ...