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Newegg scores new victory against "corporate troll" Alcatel-Lucent
- For a few years now Newegg.com has made it policy never to settle with patent trolls. Following up from their victory over Soverain Software in January, who claimed to have invented the online shopping cart, now the retailer has scored…
Microsoft must pay $1.8 million for Motorola's patents, well short of $4 billion request
- Microsoft scored a victory against Google-owned Motorola Mobility on Thursday after a federal judge shot down the latter’s request of $4 billion yearly payments for the use of a number of its patents on Windows and the Xbox console. Instead,…
McAfee patents anti-piracy filter
- A recent patent published by McAfee describes what amounts to an anti-piracy system. Titled "Detect and prevent illegal consumption of content on the internet", McAfee's approach would employ a centralized blocklist-style system to issue warnings for -- or entirely block…
Microsoft strikes Android patent licensing deal with China's ZTE
- Microsoft has added ZTE to the growing list of manufacturers that have signed a licensing agreement with them over patents associated with Android and Chrome OS. The announcement comes hot on the heels of a similar deal with Foxconn last…
YouTube protected by DMCA in Viacom lawsuit, judge rules
- A federal judge has ruled in favor of YouTube once more, shooting down claims made by Viacom that the Google-owned video service infringes on its intellectual property. Judge Stanton agreed with Google that it was protected under the "Safe Harbor"…
Judge: Apple, Google using courts as "business strategy" to "mop up mess"
- Displeased with a lengthy, ongoing patent dispute between Apple and Motorola Mobility (i.e. Google), a Florida-based federal judge has accused both companies of misusing the court system as just another business strategy. Bloomberg published the original scoop yesterday. …
Google pledges not to sue open source projects over select patents
- Google's latest initiative suggests it's aiming to take the moral high ground when it comes to patent litigation and open source projects,. The company announced today an Open Patent Non-Assertion (OPN) Pledge wherein Google has promised not to sue any…
BitTorrent Live video streaming protocol to be free for users, publishers
- As we noted earlier this month, Bram Cohen hopes his BitTorrent Live protocol will prove to be a major disruptor for the streaming media business. Today, Cohen shared that BitTorrent Live -- despite its possible patent encumbrance -- will be…
Twitter awarded patent for... Twitter
- Twitter founders Jack Dorsey and Christopher "Biz" Stone have been awarded a patent which describes a platform agnostic, multi-point message broadcast system and methods. When all said and done, USPTO application 60951415 essentially describes the core of the Twitter's microblogging service…
Apple iWatch rumored for possible 2013 launch
- Apple's so-called iWatch may find itself on retail shelves sometime this year, according Bloomberg per its usual sources familiar with the matter. Current rumors have suggested Apple's upcoming smart wristwatch may feature a 1.5-inch passive display, Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity and…
Mozilla gives in, adds H.264 video support to Firefox Nightly builds
- After years of throwing its weight behind Google's VP8 video codec (aka: WebM), Mozilla has officially slipped support for H.264 video into its Firefox Nightly builds -- but only for Windows 7 users. Although once a battle waged to fight…
Newegg defeats patent troll who claims it invented the shopping cart
- Presenting CompuServe's ancient online "mall" as an example of Precambian prior art, Newegg successfully defeated Soverain Software's supposed patent claim to what is essentially the modern day shopping cart. If Soverain had won the verdict, there's a good chance nearly…
Apple is awarded a patent for iconic trackpad design
- Apple was recently awarded a design patent – US D674,382 – covering their infamous trackpad found on their entire line of notebooks. The patent specifically covers how the trackpad looks when housed on a portable computer; it has nothing to…
CMU wins $1.17 billion verdict against Marvell over HDD patents
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Nine jurors have ordered Marvell to pay Carnegie Mellon University $1,169,140,271 in damages for infringing two hard drive patents. If the ruling sticks on appeal, it would claim more than a year's worth of profits at Marvell, which earned just over $900 million last year and...
Apple must share HTC settlement details with Samsung
- A few days ago Apple and HTC settled a longstanding patent dispute that resolved all current lawsuits between them and resulted in a 10-year licensing deal to share existing and future patents. Financial details were kept under wraps, and though…
Samsung countersues LG over OLED patent claims
- It looks like Samsung and LG Display are still at it. The latest wrinkle between the two companies is a Samsung-led lawsuit filed in Korea which alleges seven of LG's OLED patents "lack innovation". Apparently, Samsung hopes to invalidate those…
Samsung has no plans to negotiate HTC-like deal with Apple
- A few days ago Apple and HTC settled a longstanding patent dispute that resolved all current lawsuits between them. The duo also signed a 10-year licensing agreement that will allow them to share existing and future patents.
Apple and HTC settle patent dispute, sign cross-licensing deal
- Apple settled its first patent battle against an Android smartphone maker over the weekend. In a joint announcement with HTC, the company said it had reached a global settlement with the Taiwanese firm that includes the dismissal of all current…
Need more proof that patent litigation is killing innovation?
- If you needed further proof that patent wars are detrimental to innovation, look no further than a new piece from The New York Times. The extensive article highlights the fact that big companies often threaten small start-ups with an extensive…
Samsung adds iPhone 5 to patent lawsuit, Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban lifted
- As promised last month, Samsung has filed a motion against Apple claiming the iPhone 5 infringes on several patents owned by the South Korean company. Cupertino’s latest handset will be added to a pending lawsuit against previous iPhone, iPad and…
LG Display files suit against Samsung over OLED patents
- Samsung lawyers have had their hands full with Apple as of late and it appears their workload isn’t going to lighten up anytime soon. LG Display, the second largest maker of liquid crystal displays in the world, filed a lawsuit…
Apple seeks US Samsung sales ban plus $707m in damages
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Apple filed a motion in the San Jose District Court late Friday requesting an additional $707 million in damages and a wider US sales ban covering all of Samsung's infringing devices. The South Korean electronics giant has also filed its own motion requesting a retrial...
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