patents

Google Snaps Up Cuil Search Patents

Google has confirmed it has purchased seven pending search patents from defunct challenger Cuil

13 years ago

ITC Dismisses HTC Patent Claim Against Apple

Taiwanese phone maker HTC has lost the latest leg of its increasingly bitter legal dispute against HTC

13 years ago

Apple’s Samsung Lawsuit Covers Eight Patents And 17 Products

Apple has broadened its patent claims to cover a wider range of Samsung mobile products

13 years ago

EU Launches Investigation Into Samsung Patent Claims

The European Union is to investigate claims that Samsung is abusing its position as owner of patents for essential 3G…

13 years ago

RealNetworks Sells Video Technology And Patents To Intel

Intel's spend on RealNetworks' video software and 190-plus patents will enable the company to grow on-chip capabilities

13 years ago

Motorola Sues Apple Over iPhone And iCloud

Patent battle continues as Motorola claim Apple infringed on six patents

13 years ago

Apple Loses Dutch Samsung Galaxy Tab Ban Appeal

A Dutch Court rules that the design of the Samsung Galaxy Tab is sufficiently different from Apple's iPad

13 years ago

Kodak Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Kodak has filed for chapeter 11 bankrupcy protection but vows to come out fighting in the end

13 years ago

LG Submits And Signs Microsoft Android Patent Agreement

LG Electronics has become the latest tech company to wave the white flag and sign up to Microsoft's patent-licensing for…

13 years ago

IBM Grabs Top Patent Crown Again And Establishes A New Record

IBM has had a record year for patent grants and once again tops the league with 6,180 US patents in…

13 years ago

Google Loses Email Exclusion Battle In Oracle Java Patent Infringement Trial

The Oracle v Google patent infringement trial is set for March and the judge has ruled out several contentions but…

13 years ago

Google Snaps Up More IBM Patents

Google is on the patent hunt once again, this time snapping up another 217 patents from IBM

13 years ago

Oracle Suffers Java Patent Rejection In Android Case

Oracle has suffered an embarrassing setback in its patent fight over Java against Google's Android

13 years ago

Oracle Seeks Early Trial Against Android To Stop Developer Drift

Oracle has asked for a trial as early as January in its case against Google, because Java is losing ground…

13 years ago

BT Sues Google Claiming Android Patent Infringements

A patent lawsuit by BT against Google's Android software seeks an injunction as well as damages

13 years ago

IBM Creates Cloud App For Drugs Research

IBM's new cloud analytics platform helps researchers extract data from patents and scientific journals

13 years ago

German Retailers Told To Stop Selling HTC Products

IPCom has written to German retailers, telling them to stop selling HTC 3G products or face legal action

13 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Tab Gets Go-Ahead In Oz

Apple loses patent battle against Samsung's tablet in the Australian federal court

13 years ago

HTC Phones Could Be Banned in Germany

HTC's 3G smartphones could be banned from Germany just before Christmas, over a patent dispute

13 years ago

Apple Wins Key ITC Ruling Over HTC Patent Claim

Apple has been cleared of violating HTC's intellectual property by a new ruling by the US trade regulators

13 years ago

Motorola Shareholders Approve Google Takeover

Motorola Mobility shareholders have given their blessing to being acquired by search giant Google

13 years ago

Probe Of Microsoft Android Patent War Sought

Barnes & Noble is asking US regulators to investigate Microsoft's licensing war on Android

13 years ago

Microsoft Targets Huawei Over Android Patents

Huawei is the latest to lock horns with Microsoft over royalty payments for its Android devices

13 years ago

Motorola Axes Workforce Ahead Of Acquisition

Motorola is axing 800 jobs and closing down facilities as it prepares for its acquisition by Google

13 years ago

Compal Submits To Microsoft’s Android Agreement

Microsoft's legal onslaught continues with the company grabbing its tenth Android patent license deal

13 years ago

Patents Reveal Apple’s Fuel Cell Research

Patents published by the US Patent and Trademark Office detail Apple's plans to make cheaper, lighter fuel cells

13 years ago

Jobs Was Wrong To Call Android A ‘Stolen’ Product

Steve Jobs' description of Android as 'stolen' is unfair, but his anger that Google developed its own mobile OS knew…

13 years ago

Apple Has A Few Good Days In Patent Courts

Apple has brushed off legal challenges from HTC and Samsung but the future may not be so bright

13 years ago

Samsung Attacks Apple In Australia, Japan

Samsung has filed for fresh injunctions against Apple in Australia and Japan after setbacks in the US and Europe

13 years ago

Google+ Grows to 40M Users, Revenue Nears $10bn

Google+ now reaches over 40 million members as the company continues to see profits beat expectations

13 years ago