Industry Apple Apple awarded $539 million in Samsung patent infringement retrial Samsung infringed on three design patents and two utility patents By Shawn Knight, May 25, 2018, 12:03 PM
Electronics Alphabet's Verily filed a patent for waste-sensing smart diaper technology The tech could determine the contents of a child's diaper By Cohen Coberly, May 17, 2018, 4:03 PM
Apple Mobile Apple and Samsung are back in court over seven-year patent dispute Supreme Court ruled a retrial was necessary to recalculate damages By Cal Jeffrey, May 14, 2018, 4:44 PM
Apple Mobile Israeli camera startup expands its patent claims against Apple with second lawsuit One of the patents added was not even granted until January 2018 By Cal Jeffrey, May 2, 2018, 7:06 AM
Gaming US considering possible trade embargo of Nintendo Switch Any action seems highly unlikely considering the history of the complaint By Cal Jeffrey, May 1, 2018, 4:15 PM
Mobile Samsung might let an AR Emoji take your place in a slow video call Samsung recently received a patent for the technology By Cohen Coberly, April 23, 2018, 6:04 PM
The Web Security Amazon was just granted a patent for tracking Bitcoin transactions and selling the data to the government Patent is for a Streaming Data Marketplace By William Gayde, April 20, 2018, 7:05 AM
Electronics Amazon patent could let Alexa listen in on conversations and discover your tastes People have been accusing Facebook of using this technology for years By Rob Thubron, April 12, 2018, 8:59 AM 7 comments
Industry Apple Apple ordered to pay VirnetX $502 million in latest patent lawsuit verdict Eight years after the dispute began By Rob Thubron, April 11, 2018, 9:05 AM
Microsoft Industry Microsoft affirms joint venture partners will retain their own intellectual property Redmond keeps its hands off patents and design rights By Greg Synek, April 5, 2018, 9:29 AM
Electronics Amazon patent details delivery drone that responds to human gestures Communicating with robotic couriers By Shawn Knight, March 22, 2018, 4:41 PM
Apple Apple filed a patent for self-cleaning MacBook keyboard technology What if keyboard cleaning was a thing of the past? By Cohen Coberly, March 9, 2018, 6:05 PM 9 comments
Industry BlackBerry sues Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for mobile messaging patent infringement BlackBerry says it has an obligation to shareholders to pursue legal remedies By Shawn Knight, March 6, 2018, 4:54 PM
Industry Amazon patented a wristband that tracks warehouse employee hand movements The wristband would work with numerous 'ultrasonic devices' placed throughout a warehouse By Cohen Coberly, February 1, 2018, 11:36 AM 7 comments
Electronics Mobile LG patent describes a folding device that could bridge the gap between phones and tablets The patent details two distinct device variants By Cohen Coberly, January 19, 2018, 11:23 AM
Industry IBM received a record 9,043 patents in 2017 IBM captured the top position for the 25th year By Shawn Knight, January 9, 2018, 5:13 PM
Tech Culture Amazon's blended reality mirror mixes reflections, virtual clothes, and digital scenes See if that fedora would work on the beach By Rob Thubron, January 4, 2018, 10:01 AM
Mobile Samsung patent shows device with rollable screen and fingerprint sensor The future's flexible By Rob Thubron, January 2, 2018, 9:30 AM
Microsoft Mobile Microsoft explains benefits of foldable phones in its latest patent Could we see a foldable Surface phone in 2018? By Rob Thubron, December 27, 2017, 8:01 AM 10 comments
Mobile Microsoft Recent patent filing could be a new Surface product Can Microsoft still compete in the mobile space? By David Matthews, December 15, 2017, 11:15 AM
Software Apple Apple patent filing reveals potential whispering Siri functionality Hey Siri, where's the nearest bathroom? By Cohen Coberly, December 14, 2017, 7:25 PM
Industry Mobile BlackBerry ordered to pay Nokia $137 million over patent contract dispute More patent disputes within the mobile industry By Rob Thubron, December 4, 2017, 8:10 AM
Apple Industry New Qualcomm lawsuits seek US import ban on some iPhone 8, iPhone X models Will Qualcomm and Apple ever make up? By Rob Thubron, December 1, 2017, 6:15 AM
Microsoft AR firm sues Microsoft over HoloLens patent infringements HoloTouch alleges Redmond ripped off its ideas By Cal Jeffrey, November 22, 2017, 6:26 PM 7 comments
Apple Mobile Apple sued over alleged patent infringement in iPhone 7, 8 dual-camera tech Another day, another patent infringement lawsuit By Rob Thubron, November 8, 2017, 9:00 AM