patents

Report: Apple Joins With Google To Bid For Kodak Patents

Apple and Google are offering Kodak more than $500m for about 1,100 imaging patents in an increasingly hostile intellectual property…

12 years ago

Imagination Increases MIPS Bid To $80 Million

The UK chip designer finds itself in a bidding war against Israeli company

12 years ago

Samsung And Apple Return To Courtroom Battle

Samsung and Apple have returned to a California courtroom, as Samsung seeks to overturn its £655m patent fine

12 years ago

Consortium Nears $500m Deal For Kodak Patents

Kodak nears deal that could save it from bankruptcy

12 years ago

Ericsson Asks ITC For Samsung Ban In US

Ericsson's patent battle continues after it asked the ITC to ban Samsung devices from entering America

12 years ago

Apple Patent Could Allow iPhone Wireless Charging

New technology could power phones and accessories without the need for a physical connection

12 years ago

US Judge Rules Out Motorola-Microsoft Patent Injunction

Judge says that monetary rewards are enough for standards-essential patents

12 years ago

Nokia Seeks BlackBerry Sales Ban In UK, US And Canada

Nokia versus RIM - it's the smartphone relegation battle!

12 years ago

Nokia Wins Wi-Fi Patent Ruling Against RIM

Nokia has won a ruling over Wi-Fi patents which could see RIM forced to stop selling BlackBerry handsets

12 years ago

Samsung Ericsson Patent Disagreement Set To Go To Court

Ericsson sues Samsung after two years of failed patent negotiations

12 years ago

Apple Wants Six New Devices Added To Samsung Patent Lawsuit

Six new Samsung tablets and smartphones could be added to patent showdown

12 years ago

Samsung Wants iPad Mini, iPad 4 And iPod Touch Added To Apple Patent Lawsuit

Samsung says newer Apple devices probably infringe its patents too

12 years ago

Judge Will Let Samsung Lawyers See Apple HTC Patent Agreement

Attorneys will get to see the settlement as Apple Samsung patent war continues, but it won't be made public

12 years ago

Imagination Could Be Outbid On MIPS Deal

A DSP chip designer from California is trying to get its mitts on MIPS

12 years ago

HTC Boss Hits Out At ‘Outrageous’ Apple Reports

The CEO of HTC has described reports that HTC may be paying Apple as much as £5 a phone, as…

12 years ago

Creative Sells GPU Technology And UK Resources To Intel

The 3DLabs legacy is part of the deal worth $50 million

12 years ago

December Hearing Set For Samsung Retrial Request

On 6 December a California judge will hear Samsung's argument that juror misconduct justifies a retrial following an earlier $1.05bn…

12 years ago

Apple’s iCloud Accused Of Patent Infringement

Innovative Automation also sues Amazon and Spotify

12 years ago

AMD Explores Strategic Options – Report

Chip maker AMD is reportedly considering its strategic options including a possible patent sell-off

12 years ago

Microsoft Google Motorola Patent Trial Could Reveal Financial Details

Judge rules that certain financial details must be made public if necessary

12 years ago

US Court Investigates Apple Samsung Patent Trial ‘Bias’ Claims

Patent lawsuit rumbles on as Samsung claims jury foreman was dishonest

12 years ago

Apple And HTC Cease Hostilities, Agree Patent Deal

“Thermonuclear war” against Android has been postponed

12 years ago

Apple FaceTime Patent Infringement Costs £230m

Apple FaceTime developers said they didn't pay attention to other people's patents

12 years ago

Apple Motorola Patent Case Dismissed By US Court

Judge dismisses case after Apple refuses to pay more than $1 for standards essential patents

12 years ago

New Apple Samsung Acknowledgement Appears On UK Website

New acknowledgement is more humble after appeals court orders rewrite

12 years ago

FTC Backs Google Lawsuit Over Smartphone Patents

The US Federal Trade Commission is reportedly in favour of suing Google for allegedly blocking access to its smartphone and…

12 years ago

‘Untrue’ Apple Samsung Acknowledgement Must Be Changed

Acknowledgement must be replaced within 48 hours after a judge criticises its contents

12 years ago

Microsoft Hit By ‘Patent Troll’ Lawsuit Over Windows 8 Tiles

The tiling feature in Windows 8 is the subject of a lawsuit from a company that one analyst labels a…

12 years ago

Apple Admits UK Samsung Defeat But Goes On Offensive

Apple admits defeat in the UK, but says other countries know who is in the right

12 years ago

ITC Rules Samsung Infringed Apple Patents In The US

Judge says Samsung infringed four Apple patents in preliminary ruling

12 years ago