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Android defense? Google purchases 1,030 patents from IBM
When it comes to Intellectual Property, Google often tends to speak out of both sides of its mouth. It favors innovation and a few of its executives have even publicly lambasted the US patent system, but all the while, Google’s very existence and continued success is based on an ever-so-important patent for its search algorithm. [...]
Continue reading...ITC says OS X violates 2 patents owned by HTC-owned S3
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
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By David Goldman: Apple in early 2010 filed a number of legal actions against HTC claiming that their Android handsets employed technologies patented and owned by Apple. Apple’s HTC lawsuit, not to mention it’s ongoing suits with Samsung and Motorola, is undeniably aimed at stalling the tremendous growth of Android which, if you believe Google [...]
Continue reading...HTC willing to strike patent deal with Apple
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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Perhaps seeing the writing on the wall after the ITC found HTC handsets to infringe on a number of Apple patents, the Taiwanese based handset manufacturer has expressed a willingness to strike up a licensing agreement with Apple. In a telephone interview with Bloomberg today, HTC’s CFO Winston Yung explained, “We have to sit down [...]
Continue reading...Is Apple interested in wireless power charging technology? Why yes it is.
Friday, July 15, 2011
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Last week the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple has plans to release a next-gen iPhone during the third quarter of 2011 that will be both thinner and lighter than the iPhone 4. Not terribly ground breaking news, but one particularly intriguing nugget of info centered on a source claiming that Apple is exploring new [...]
Continue reading...Apple’s patent portfolio manager Richard “Chip” Lutton set to leave the company
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
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Apple may very well be in the throes of the most litigious period in company history. As Apple emerged from the brink of bankruptcy in the late 90s to become one of the leading consumer electronic companies in the world, it’s bank account ballooned into the billions and the company increasingly became the target for [...]
Continue reading...Eric Schmidt smugly wary of Apple’s involvement in Nortel patent acquisition
Monday, July 11, 2011
Less than two weeks ago, Apple was part of a consortioum of tech companies who acquired over 6,000 patents from Nortel. Together with EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, RIM, and Sony, the winning bid was $4.5 billion. Lost in the shuffle, notably, was Google whose bids reached up into the billions but couldn’t compete with the combined [...]
Continue reading...Apple goes after HTC again
Monday, July 11, 2011
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BGR reports: Apple on Monday filed a new patent complaint with the International Trade Commission looking to block the sale of several HTC devices it claims infringe on Apple patents, Bloomberg reports. Apple recently filed a similar complaint with the ITC looking to block the sale of several Samsung smartphones and tablets that Apple feels [...]
Continue reading...Behind the scenes of the Nortell patent auction – Google bids Pi as Apple and Microsoft seek to weaken Android
Saturday, July 2, 2011
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Earlier this week, Apple was part of a consortium of tech heavyweights that won an auction for over 6,000 Nortel patents. The final and winning bid came in at $4.5 billion and came from a grouping of Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, RIM, and Sony. Left outside in the cold were both Intel and Google. Interestingly [...]
Continue reading...Apple part of consortium that purchased Nortel patent portfolio
Friday, July 1, 2011
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Nortel today issued a press release announcing that the auction of their 6,000+ patents has ended, with the winning bid being a consortium of tech companies. Nortel Networks Corporation announced today that it, its subsidiary Nortel Networks Limited (NNL), and certain of its other subsidiaries, including Nortel Networks Inc. and Nortel Networks UK Limited (in [...]
Continue reading...Apple patent details display only visible to users directly in front of a device
Thursday, May 26, 2011
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From the bowels of Apple’s obscure patent filings comes this beauty – a privacy mechanism wherein the display on an iOS device, for example, would only be visible to those standing directly in front of the device. The end result? No more looking over your co-workers shoulder to check out what he/she is looking at.
Continue reading...Apple patent looks to improve streaming with locally stored content to prevent buffering
Thursday, May 19, 2011
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AppleInsider directs us to a new Apple patent filing that entails a new method for eliminating the inherent buffering delays associated with streaming music and video online. Apple’s solution relies on using small portions of a file being locally stored on a user’s mobile device which can start playing immediately upon selection. This is particularly [...]
Continue reading...Lodsys patents at issue in iOS patent trolling “case” set to expire in August 2012 – Report
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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In the latest example of patent trolling, a company called Lodsys last week began sending out letters to independent iOS app developers asking them to licensing “patented” technology under the implied threat of litigation. The patent in question – US Pat. No. 7,222,078 - covers “methods and systems for gathering information from units of a commodity [...]
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
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