USA
Canon achieves high patent ranking
January 11, 2018
Canon reached third place in US patent rankings in 2017, making it the first company to achieve a top five ranking for 32 consecutive years. In addition, the OEM once again ranked first among Japanese companies. These results are according to the latest ranking of preliminary patent results, issued by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services. Canon […]
Another patent troll targets OEMs
January 10, 2018
Xerox and Ricoh are both being taken to court for patent infringement by the Midwest Athletics and Sports Alliance LLC (MASA). Following on from our report on the patent lawsuit handed to Xerox by MASA in December 2017, The Recycler has now viewed court papers relating both to that court case and to the patent […]