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3:52 am on March 10, 2026 · alexaander graham bell (1), patents (5), USPTO (5), Vint Cerf (106)

Mar 5 2026 – USPTO – Alexander Graham Bell’s Telephone Patent: 150 years, a world of connection

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On March 5, 2026, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosted a commemorative event ‘Alexander Graham Bell’s Telephone Patent: 150 years, a world of connection‘ marking the 150th anniversary of Bell’s telephone patent (granted March 7, 1876). The program brought together historians, technologists, policy experts, and descendants of the Bell family to reflect on the invention of the telephone, its impact on communications and society, and the continuing role of intellectual property in shaping innovation.

01 Opening Remarks


John A. Squires– Director, USPTO
Dr. Bernard Carlson – Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Society, University of Virginia
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02 Panel I: From Bell to Broadband — Innovation and Industry Across 150 Years


Edwin S. Grosvenor – President and Editor-in-Chief, American Heritage
Joshua Levy – Historian of Science and Technology, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Brian Wood – Curator, Bell Homestead National Historic Site, retired
Sheldon Hochheiser – Corporate Historian Emeritus, AT&T, retired
Moderator: Jill Gostin – President-Elect, IEEE
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3 Panel II: Protecting Ideas and Shaping the Future — Intellectual Property and the Next 150 Years


Giulia McHenry – Senior Vice President for Public Policy, AT&T
Bob Giles – Senior Vice President, Chief IP Counsel, Qualcomm
Christopher Beauchamp – Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
Patrick Coyne – Principal, Coyne Consulting, PLLC
Moderator: Louis Foreman – CEO of Enventys, Professor at Wake Forest
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04 Closing Reflections & Anniversary Tribute


Sara Grosvenor – President, Alexander and Mabel Bell Legacy Foundation
Vint Cerf – Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
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#uspto #alexandergrahambell #patents

6:00 am on November 12, 2013 · law (47), patent (10), patent trolls (1), patents (5), policy (40)

POSTPONED: @Dickstein_LLP @InsideCounsel #PatentTrolls roundtable in NYC

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InsideCounsel + Dickstein Shapiro

InsideCounsel + Dickstein ShapiroTHIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL EARLY 2014

On Tuesday November 19 2013 InsideCounsel and Dickstein Shapiro are hosting an afternoon roundtable that will focus on the issue of patent trolls. The panel will feature the Attorneys General of Missouri, Nebraska, and Vermont speaking about their recent efforts to combat harmful business practices involving patent trolls in their states. The panel also will feature the General Counsels of DuPont, Rackspace, and Walmart US who will speak about the effect patent trolls have had on their businesses. The panel will be moderated by Bernie Nash of Dickstein Shapiro’s State Attorney General Practice. The event includes a budget lunch and a cocktail reception. Admission is free. We have enquired about recording.

What: Patent Troll Roundtable
Where: Intercontinental New York Barclay. 111 East 48th Street. New York, NY 10017
When: POSTPONED UNTIL 2014
Register: http://img.sbmedia.com/perm/strat/sc/psg/ic/dicksteinshapiro/registration.html
Twitter: #patenttrolls

2:43 pm on May 3, 2012 · patent (10), patents (5), pubpat (1)

Video: The Patent Pollution Problem #GoogleTechTalks #patent #patents

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On April 26 2012 Google Tech Talks hosted Cardozo Professor Daniel B. Ravicher, Executive Director of the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT). In his talk Daniel explained why patent quality is so low in America today, described in detail the ways in which low patent quality is harming Americans, and proposed mechanisms for solving the low patent quality problem.

3:45 pm on March 9, 2011 · free culture (25), open (20), open video (4), patents (5), video (21), WebM (2)

DoJ investigating MPEG-LA attack on VP8/WebM open codecs #free culture #patents

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On Mar 4 2011 Thomas Catan of the Wall Street Journal reported – Web Video Rivalry Sparks U.S. Probe – that the US Department of Justice is investigating the MPEG-LA patent pool over its efforts to hobble WebM, which competes with its h264 video format.

From the story

At present, no patent royalties are charged for using Google’s VP8 format. But MPEG LA has questioned that status, and last month issued a call for companies to submit patents they believe may be infringed by VP8. “I can tell you: VP8 is not patent-free,” Mr. Horn said. “It’s simply nonsense.”

For some people in the tech industry, the issue is less about cost and more about competition and control over technologies at the heart of the Internet. “How could it come to pass that it’s illegal to compete?” asked Monty Montgomery, who runs a free software foundation, XIPH.org, and supports VP8. “That’s when everybody’s antitrust bells should be going off.”

The threat of future lawsuits has helped persuade some companies to forsake VP8. Apple’s chief executive, Steve Jobs, explained in an email to the Free Software Foundation Europe last year that a patent pool was assembled to “go after” a previous open-source format.

“All video codecs are covered by patents,” Mr. Jobs wrote. “Unfortunately, just because something is open-source, it doesn’t mean or guarantee that it doesn’t infringe on others patents.”

6:18 pm on January 11, 2011 · bilski (4), nytech (12), patents (5)

New York Tech Council Events next week- Software Patents / Cloud Payment Methods

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The New York Tech Council is presenting two events next week:

Tuesday:

Patent Protection Update: Software and Financial Method Patents
Has the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bilski v. Kappos significantly altered the landscape for business method patents for software and financial processes?

PANEL:
Charles B. “Chuck” Meyer – i2i Resolutions Group
Richard Raysman – Holland & Knight
David Bomzer – Day Pitney

WHEN: Tuesday January 18, 2011, 6:00 PM
WHERE: Herman Miller Design Center, 1177 Ave of the Americas, 17th Fl., NY, NY 10036
RSVP: https://www.nytech.org/event-details.php?eid=1025 ($20)

Wednesday:

Payment Card Security Compliance in the Cloud
PCI-DSS compliance in a cloud environment is a complex subject, fraught with ambiguities. In this event, we explore this issue critical to anyone doing business in the cloud.

SPEAKER:
Matt Tavis – Amazon Web Services

WHEN: Wednesday January 19, 2011, 6:00 PM
WHERE: Eisner Amper, 750 Third Ave., Fl. 16. NY, NY 10017
RSVP: https://www.nytech.org/event-details.php?eid=1026 ($20)