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Microsoft licenses exFAT file system patents to RIM
- Research in Motion has entered into an agreement with Microsoft that will allow them to use the software maker’s Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) file system on select BlackBerry devices. RIM joins a number of other electronics manufacturers that have…
Samsung, Apple fiasco continues with South Korean FTC probe
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Samsung's run of misery continues today after South Korea's Fair Trade Commission announced its intention to launch an investigation into allegations by Apple that the electronics firm is abusing its leading position in the smartphone market to disadvantage its rival...
Chinese company patents iPhone 5 design, may sue Apple
- Tired of hearing about seemingly endless patent wars being waged between multi-national companies? Me too. However, this one has an interesting twist. Giz-China is reporting that Apple's iPhone 5 may be in danger of an injunction barring sales in China…
Samsung, Apple face small fines in South Korea, but ruling could have major implications
- A South Korean court has delivered a split decision in its piece of the patent infringement battle between Apple and Samsung. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the three-judge panel declared Apple infringed two Samsung technology patents,…
Motorola files new ITC complaint against Apple over 7 patents
- Apple has found itself at the center of another patent dispute after Motorola Mobility filed a new patent-infringement complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC). Motorola claims several of Apple’s product features infringe on patents they own, which includes…
Apple, Google lead consortium to purchase Kodak's patent portfolio
- Apple and Google, described by some as bitter rivals in the mobile handset race, have reportedly joined forces in an effort to purchase a patent portfolio being auctioned off by bankrupt Eastman Kodak. Previous reports had pinned Apple and Google…
Microsoft licensed Apple tablet patents, Samsung refused
- According to the latest from Apple's testimony in the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Samsung, Microsoft struck a deal with Apple permitting the software-maker to utilize Cupertino's tablet design patents.
LG Display workers charged with stealing Samsung OLED secrets
- According to a report by The Associated Press, LG's display arm has admitted to six of its employees being involved in the possible misappropriation of OLED technology secrets from Samsung. Samsung has accused the display maker of having "systematically stole its…
Intel buys 1,700 wireless patents from InterDigital for $350 million
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InterDigital Inc. announced on Monday the sale of around 1,700 patents covering various wireless technologies to chipmaker Intel Corporation for about $350 million, a move that pleased shareholders and sent shares in the company up by 27 percent...
Nokia willing to sell patents if the price is right
- Nokia chief financial officer Timo Ihamuotila pointed out that his company would be willing to sell some of their patents if the price was right. The admission came during a conference call pertaining to a second-quarter profit warning and the…
Google delves into hardware, buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
- Google has announced its acquisition of Motorola's mobile arm for 12.5 billion dollars, a sum which marks the largest Google acquisition thus far. News of the deal's closure came from a Google blog post Tuesday morning, a post which follows a…
Microsoft victorious in Motorola patent dispute, wins US import ban
- Microsoft has prevailed over Motorola in one of their ongoing patent disputes after the US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled (PDF) that the phone maker has violated one of the Redmond-based software giant's patents, and ordered an immediate import ban…
HTC One X, EVO 4G LTE held by US customs following Apple patent ban
- Consumers eager to get their hands on HTC's One X and EVO 4G LTE smartphones will have to wait a bit longer after shipments of the new handsets were held by US customs, pending a review to confirm changes have…
Patent suggests Apple's haptic feedback may reshape your screen
- RIM, long-time purveyor of fine QWERTY phones, has finally decided it's time to abandon physical keyboards. With that in mind, it appears we're entering a point of no return for such input devices as they continue to steadily disappear from the mobile…
Nokia launches patent offensive, sues HTC, RIM and ViewSonic
- Struggling Finnish phone maker Nokia propelled itself in the ongoing mobile patent wars after it filed multiple lawsuits in two different continents during a single day against HTC, Research in Motion and Viewsonic, alleging they infringe on a total of 45…
Facebook pads IP portfolio, buys AOL patents from Microsoft
- Patent portfolios are trading hands faster than ever as Facebook has agreed to purchase a large number of patents from Microsoft. The social network is handing over $550 million in cash for a selection of patents that Microsoft obtained from…
Apple awarded patent for look and feel of iTunes store
- After nearly 8 years of waiting, the USPTO has granted Apple a patent which aims to protect their iTunes Store interface. The patent covers the look and feel of the store, including how users browse, search for and purchase content…
Twitter calls on industry not to abuse patent system, announces Innovator's Patent Agreement
- Twitter has taken a stand against the industry's escalating patent abuse by outlining new policies for their patents and promising to only use them for defensive purposes -- asserting infringement claims only if it is sued first. On their official blog,…
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