Google got a late Christmas present from IBM last week when it purchased 217 patents from the company in areas such as data caching, video conferencing, instant messaging software and network performance. The transfer of the patents — 188 already granted with a further 29 pending — was noted by SEO by the Sea blogger [...]
Imagine futuristic laptops even thinner and lighter than the MacBook Air, capable of running for several days or even weeks without recharging—Apple certainly is, as a couple U.S. patents published yesterday reveal.
Apple just won a patent case against HTC in the United States, and as a result, HTC’s Android phones—and possibly all Android phones—could get a tiny bit harder to use.
Samsung has just won one crucial victory in its legal battle with Apple. It’ll get to keep its products on retailers’ shelves this Christmas.
Microsoft has declared a quiet war against Android, using patents to try and drive competitors out of business – or at least, out of competition. That’s the claim being made by Barnes & Noble, which is asking U.S. regulators to investigate Microsoft’s business practices as they relate to mobile device patents.
From one spat to the next, the latest footnote to the chapter in the book that’s part of an ongoing legal series of thrust and counters involves Samsung demanding that Apple pony up the source code for its just-released iPhone 4S. Make this salvo number “I’ve lost count,” following Apple putting the kibosh on Samsung [...]
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It’s still more than a month away from release, but the Amazon Kindle Fire is already drawing the wrong kind of attention from a company called Smartphone Technologies. Namely, the kind of attention that involves touchscreens and a patent infringement lawsuit.
Kickstarter has made a name for itself by giving all manner of artists a chance to afford to fulfill their ambitions through the wonders of crowdsourcing, but now the start-up is facing an unexpected legal battle over whether or not it can do so without infringing on a patent owned by a former member of [...]
A patent troll who could potentially sue any Wi-Fi user is broadening its attack to include hotels, but is leaving individual users alone for now.
Samsung’s banking on home-field advantage to get the iPhone 5 banned in Korea, even as Apple gains the upper hand in smaller patent battles overseas.
