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Apple patent details hybrid drive system based on environmental state
- The US Patent & Trademark Office has published a patent from Apple that details a hybrid drive system using a traditional hard drive and flash memory. Unlike current hybrid systems that focus solely on performance gains, Apple’s system would be…
Microsoft to get $444 million from Android patent licensees
- Microsoft signed a major licensing agreement with Samsung yesterday over the use of some of its mobile patents on Android phones and tablets. The deal followed a string of similar agreements with other manufacturers looking to avoid a battle in…
Microsoft, Samsung sign licensing deal over Android devices
- Microsoft announced it has struck a cross-licensing agreement with Samsung that would see the Korean manufacturer pay millions of dollars in royalties for using Android software on its smartphones and tablets. The deal follows a string of similar agreements with…
S3 targets Apple in latest patent infringement complaint
- S3 Graphics, the VIA subsidiary being bought by HTC, filed a complaint against Apple with the US International Trade Commission and US District Court of Delaware for patent infringement. This is a separate complaint from the one its current parent…
VIA sues Apple for patent infringement
- In the latest round of patent lawsuits, Taiwanese chipmaker VIA announced on Wednesday that it has taken legal action against Apple, filling a complaint with the US International Trade Commission and US District Court of Delaware for patent infringement.
Study: Patent trolls have cost innovators $500 billion since 1990
- Non-practicing entities (better known as patent trolls) have cost companies approximately half a trillion dollars in recent decades, according to Boston University researchers. After gauging tangible costs such as legal expenses and settlement payouts, James E. Bessen, Mike J. Meurer…
Google strengthens Android defense with 1,023 IBM patents
- Google has obtained 1,023 patents from IBM in an effort to further protect their Android platform from potential lawsuits waged by rival smartphone OS providers. The transfer was recorded on Tuesday at the US Patent and Trademark Office's website, which…
Patent wars infographic: a new age of competition
- It seems hardly a day goes by anymore without a story about a new lawsuit that has been filed claiming patent infringement. Although the whole idea behind the patent system is to protect innovations and their inventors, some argue that…
Microsoft inks Android patent deal with Acer, ViewSonic
- Microsoft has added two more companies to the list of Android device manufacturers paying it royalties over mobile patents: Acer and Viewsonic. The agreement with Acer covers Microsoft's patent portfolio for their tablets and smartphones running Android, while one with…
LG and Sony withdraw patent suits under cross-licensing deal
- LG and Sony have agreed to settle an ongoing patent dispute involving much of the companies' electronics portfolios. The lawsuits began last December when Sony filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission and a federal court, claiming that…
Google purchases 1,029 patents from IBM
- Google confirmed on Friday that it purchased just over a thousand IBM patents earlier in July. It has been reported that most of the patents appear related to search. Particularly within Silicon Valley, patents not only serve to protect ideas,…
Nortel patents sale could spell trouble for Google's Android
- U.S. and Canadian courts have approved the sale of some 6,000 patents and patent applications from bankrupt Nortel Networks to a consortium of companies known as Rockstar Bidco. The four-day auction in New York closed with a price five times…
Microsoft demands $15 per Android device from Samsung
- Microsoft is using its patent arsenal to make some cash out of Android's success and the company has set its sights on a big target. According to a Reuters report, the Redmond giant is demanding that Samsung Electronics pay $15…
Apple settles patent dispute with Nokia, must pay royalties
- Apple has settled a two-year-old legal fight with Nokia over a series of mobile phone related technologies. Exact terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but according to reports they require Apple to make a one-time payment large enough to…
Microsoft loses U.S. Supreme Court patent case against i4i
- Microsoft has lost its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in a long running legal battle against i4i, the small Canadian company that sued them claiming willful infringement of its patents in Word 2003 and 2007. Specifically, the dispute centered…
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