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Jury: Google Didn’t Infringe on Oracle Patents

A federal jury in San Francisco has decided that Google didn't infringe on Oracle's patents when the search company developed its popular Android software for mobile devices.

Xbox 360 Should Be Banned from U.S. for Violating Patents, Judge Says

Microsoft, Techland Illustration

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 should be banned from import and sales in the United States for violating Motorola patents, a U.S. International Trade Commission judge ruled.

It’s Official: Google Has Acquired Motorola Mobility

Reuters

Google has made its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility official. Google CEO Larry Page announced the closing of the deal in a company blog post.

New HTC Android Phones Tweaked to Evade Apple Patents

HTC

When a judge found HTC guilty of infringing two Apple patents last year, HTC said it would modify its phones to get around the infringement. Now we’re seeing exactly how that will affect users.

Xbox 360, Windows 7 Banned in Germany: Motorola Wins Patent Injunction

Techland Illustration

Crazy as it sounds, Motorola Mobility — the mobile devices division of Motorola purchased by Google — just secured an injunction to prohibit the sale of major Microsoft products in Germany, including Windows 7 and the Xbox 360.

Facebook Reveals New Financial Data, Spends $550M for Patent Arsenal

With its planned initial public offering just weeks away, social networking juggernaut Facebook reported that its first-quarter profit fell 12% thanks to a dramatic increase in the company’s expenses as it continues its torrid growth.

Technologizer

What Are You Doing to Google Patents, Google?

Google Patents

Google isn’t shutting down its search engine for U.S. patents. But it isn’t entirely clear what it is doing to it.

Technologizer

Twitter’s Promise: Unexpected Sanity in the Patent Mess

Loren Brichter Patent

Twitter says that it’s not going to use the patents it owns as weapons — at least not unless the inventors who are responsible for them grant permission.

Apple and RIM Hit with Patent Suit for ‘Drag’, ‘Tap’ and ‘Scroll’

A Texas shell company says Apple and others have infringed on technology for basic smartphone gestures like dragging and “double tap.” The patents were issued in 2007 to a Taiwanese maker of touchpad technology.

AOL Stock Soars 40% on Billion Dollar Patent Sale to Microsoft

Wall Street cheered AOL’s deal to sell $1 billion worth of patents to Microsoft, sending the onetime Internet pioneer’s stock soaring over 40% Monday to levels not seen in nearly two years.

A Little Girl Finds Her Voice Thanks to Threatened New iPad App

Keith Wagstaff

A new iPad app helps Maya deal with her speech problem. Unfortunately for her, it might not be around for much longer thanks to a patent infringement lawsuit.