All the stories tagged with patents
Apple and Google fighting for Kodak’s patents?
07/27/2012, Another day, another patent dispute – at least that’s what the current state of the tech world is. It looks like there’s now another war over patents between Apple and Google. According to reports online, both Apple and Google have [...]
Kodak granted approval to auction its patent portfolio
07/04/2012, Kodak won an approval from the Bankruptcy Court earlier this week to auction its patent portfolios. Both Apple and FlashPoint have previously asserted ownership of a few of Kodak’s 1,100 patents, however, the Bankruptcy Court has finally ruled that all [...]
Apple wins 27 new patents, obtains patent for inductive charging
06/26/2012, Remember Apple’s inductive charging concept that featured a multi-orientation dock that supports inductive charging? We mentioned that Apple filed a patent for the technology, but so far, no update has been heard. But a new report from Patently Apple seems [...]
Google files complaint against Microsoft and Nokia over “mobile patent abuse” in the EU
06/01/2012, If you have been following the tech scene for a while, you are probably aware of the various patent lawsuits that are being thrown around by patent trolls and huge corporations alike (think Apple vs Samsung, Microsoft vs Motorola, Google [...]
RIM granted patent for automatic volume adjustment based on ear seal
03/27/2012, A patent that was filed by Research In Motion (RIM) in 2007 was granted today after 5 years. The patent would give RIM the technology to make smartphones have the ability to adjust earpiece volumes based on the “estimated degree [...]
Samsung hits back at Apple in Germany
12/23/2011, Remember our story earlier this week about Samsung expanding the patent row with Apple in Germany? Here is some interesting bit of news – apparently, Samsung Electronics has managed to make enough changes to their Galaxy Tab 10.1 so that [...]
How Google and HTC sees the ITC patent ruling
12/21/2011, Will HTC still be able to sell some of their smartphones by April next year? That certainly remains to be seen, and as we covered earlier this morning, HTC’s CEO Peter Chou steadies his ship by reaffirming the fact that [...]
Apple granted yet another patent
12/20/2011, It seems that patents are the key to conquering any market these days, as you can see through the Apple vs HTC and Apple vs Samsung cases. Cupertino has received yet another patent recently, where this particular patent enables users [...]
Microsoft adds Compal to their list of Android licensees
10/24/2011, Over the weekend, Microsoft announced that they have inked a deal with original design manufacturer, Compal Electronics, thus making making the number of Android partners that are licensing patents from Microsoft a nice round figure of ten. This adds to [...]
HTC “very open” to future acquisitions
10/21/2011, We know that HTC has been having some patent infringement woes with Apple, and despite Google throwing some patents their way, it still looks like HTC may not have enough patents to give Apple a run for their money, which [...]
Samsung Galaxy Nexus wasn’t designed specifically to avoid Apple patents
10/20/2011, Yesterday we reported that it seemed that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was designed in such a way to avoid any potential legal disputes with Apple. As it turns out, that wasn’t entirely true according to Samsung’s Executive Vice President of [...]
Samsung Galaxy Nexus designed to bypass Apple’s patents
10/19/2011, As most of you are probably aware by now, some of Samsung’s products are being accused on infringing upon Apple’s patents, and that the South Korean company had copied Apple’s product designs, namely the iPhone and the iPad, which has [...]
Apple to license only lower level patents
10/17/2011, So Samsung is trying to get the iPhone 4S banned in Japan as well as Down Under, but if history were to be studied, chances are they would fail in their attempt since a similar move in the Netherlands last [...]
