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Apple acquires interesting geolocation patent for targeted ads
Patently Apple reports: Apple is taking Target Marketing seriously – very seriously. In fact we learned just yesterday that Apple has recently acquired a new powerful geo-location patent that packs quite the punch. It’s focused on delivering informative content proactively rather than reactively in response to a person’s manual query to a service or human. Beyond [...]
Continue reading...Apple hit with patent suit over HTTP streaming
Friday, July 30, 2010
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BizJournals reports: Mobile phone designer Emblaze Ltd. has filed suit against Apple Inc. alleging patent infringement. Israel-based Emblaze said its U.S. patent — which it has held since 2002 — is infringed by Apple’s HTTP live-streaming application. The suit claims that Cupertino-based Apple launched its HTTP Live Streaming Standard in the middle of last year and it is [...]
Continue reading...Patent troll sues Apple and over 30 other defendants over email spam patent
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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Like peas in a pod, another patent troll coupled with another lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Targeting 36 defendants in total, the Texas-based InNova Patent Licensing group alleges that companies as far ranging as Apple, Google, and even JCPenney are infringing on technology which helps differentiate real email from [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs not impressed with Google’s open source video format
Friday, May 21, 2010
Google is hitching its wagon to an open source and royalty free video format known as “WebM” which utilizes the Google owned VP8 codec which they acquired when they purchased On2 Technologies back in February. Google is hoping that this 1-2 punch will rival the Apple backed H.264 standard. And despite reports that Google’s move [...]
Continue reading...ITC agrees to investigate Apple’s patent claims against Kodak
Friday, May 14, 2010
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The International Trade Commission (ITC) recently agreed to investigate Apple’s claims of patent infringement against Kodak. The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain digital imaging devices and related software. The products at issue in this investigation are digital still cameras, digital video cameras, and related software. The investigation is based [...]
Continue reading...Disputing Jobs’ claim of a gathering patent pool to go after OGG
Monday, May 3, 2010
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In a recent email, Steve Jobs tried to clear up a misconception over open source software and technology governed by open standards. His reply stated: All video codecs are covered by patents. A patent pool is being assembled to go after Theora and other “open source” codecs now. Unfortunately, just because something is open source, it [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft licenses patent portfolio to HTC, angling for royalty payments on Android handsets
Friday, April 30, 2010
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Less than two months ago, Apple made a power move when it announced its plans to sue HTC for infringing on 20 Apple patents. Concurrently, Apple filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission seeking to ban the import of HTC manufactured devices. In early April, the ITC agreed to investigate Apple’s claims. Apple’s moves against [...]
Continue reading...Apple granted patent for new multitouch gestures
Friday, April 30, 2010
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Patently Apple reports on a newly granted patent issued to Apple which covers an assortment of new multitouch gestures. According to the description, these new multitouch gestures take into account finger placement at the beginning of a multitouch gesture, which as you can tell, opens up a multitude of new possibilities while also making some [...]
Continue reading...Apple patent describes “Concert ticket +” system for iPhone access to movies, concerts, and sporting events
Saturday, April 17, 2010
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Patently Apple goes in-depth and uncovers a new Apple patent that sheds some light on Apple’s potential future plans for the iPhone and iTunes. Put simply, Apple envisions a future where people use there iPhones to purchase concert tickets, and then, while at the concert, using their iPhone to purchase refreshments, merchandise, and exclusive concert [...]
Continue reading...Palm also exploring WebOS licensing and fundraising options
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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Following up on a report that Palm executives are looking to sell the company comes word that it may also be open to licensing its WebOS and/or rallying up a new group of investors. Remember that Palm’s financial situation is pretty fragile at the moment, with some financial analysts predicting that Palm’s share price may [...]
Continue reading...Elan Microelectronics files ITC complaint against Apple, seeks to ban import of iPad and iPhone
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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Apple once again finds itself at the center of a controversy brought before the International Trade Commission (ITC), a governing body tasked with preventing unfair trade practices and equipped with the power to outright ban the import of a company’s products. Bloomberg News is reporting that the Taiwanese based company Elan Microelectronics has asked the ITC [...]
Continue reading...2 Authors behind recent motion based smartphone patent work for Google and Apple
Thursday, March 25, 2010
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Earlier this week, All Things D reported that the US Patent and Trademark Office approved a broad sweeping patent titled, “Method and apparatus for controlling a computer system”. The patent, which was first filed in December of 2004, describes methods for motion-based control of a smartphone. According to the patent authors, the patent “facilitates an intuitive [...]
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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