Diane Bartz

Acting U.S. patent office chief tops list to be made permanent

August 24, 2021 at 2:04 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The current acting head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Teresa Stanek Rea, is the frontrunner to be named to the post permanently, according to patent...

Acting U.S. patent office chief tops list to be made permanent

May 23, 2019 at 9:10 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The current acting head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Teresa Stanek Rea, is the frontrunner to be named to the post permanently, according to patent...

US trade panel says Apple did not violate Google patent

August 24, 2021 at 1:18 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc scored a win on Monday when the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that it did not violate a Google patent to make the popular iPhones....

U.S. antitrust regulators vow to pounce if Google strays

August 24, 2021 at 7:42 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. antitrust regulators said on Tuesday they would pounce on Google Inc. if they learned that the company, which dominates Internet search, violated the law after reaching...

Restaurant meals for kids fail nutrition test: consumer group

August 24, 2021 at 6:41 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The menus offered to children by most U.S. restaurant chains have too many calories, too much salt or fat, and often not a hint of vegetables or...

Restaurant meals for kids fail nutrition test: consumer group

May 14, 2019 at 4:32 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The menus offered to children by most U.S. restaurant chains have too many calories, too much salt or fat, and often not a hint of vegetables or...

Supreme Court to decide on deals to delay cheaper drugs

August 24, 2021 at 6:23 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday over whether big drug companies can settle patent litigation with generic rivals by making deals to keep cheaper products...

Supreme Court to decide on deals to delay cheaper drugs

May 14, 2019 at 4:31 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday over whether big drug companies can settle patent litigation with generic rivals by making deals to keep cheaper products...

Justice, AB InBev seek to extend delay in big beer deal

August 24, 2021 at 6:04 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev , embroiled in a battle over whether AB InBev can expand its stake in Mexico's Grupo Modelo ,...

Will antitrust cops recoil from king-sized mattress merger?

August 24, 2021 at 5:26 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A planned merger of two large U.S. mattress companies will force antitrust regulators to decide how much concentration they are prepared to allow in this once diffuse...

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