About Selinsky Law Offices

Selinsky Law Offices, PLC, is a small general practice law firm with a focus on business law, particularly business entity creation and structure, intellectual property rights, bankruptcy, and contract law.  We represent clients in almost all aspects of running a business.  Our knowledgeable and friendly staff would be happy to answer your questions and assist you in making your venture profitable and protected; send us an e-mail to set up your free initial consultation.

News Briefs

BLACKBERRY PATENT DISPUTE SETTLED
March 3, 2006

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion settled its dispute with the patent holding company NTP for a reported $612.5 million.  The settlement brings to a close the long-running patent dispute that threatened to shut down wireless e-mail service for RIM™s 3.2 million users.
 
U.S. ISSUES PATENT        NO. 7 MILLION 
February 20, 2006

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued patent number 7 million on Tuesday, February 14th to a senior researcher at DuPont for "polysaccharide fibers" and a process for their production.  The patent was issued to John P. O'Brien, who developed the "cotton-like" fibers by converting sugar and water into a polysaccharide using an industrial biotechnology process.  Polysaccharide fibers are derived from biologically based resources, are biodegradable, and are suitable for use in textiles. 

The patent was marked as number 7 million, though the U.S. did not begin numbering patents until 1836, when patent number 1 was issued.  The very first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins in 1790 for an improvement in the "making Pot ash and Pearl ash by a new Apparatus and Process," and was signed by President George Washington.

For more information on the Polysaccharide Patent, please see DuPont's press release.

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