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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 03, 2011
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The Spanish courts have decided against Apple, Inc. in its design patent dispute with NT-K, a small tablet manufacturer in Spain. Using the same arguments that hav...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 25, 2011
The software patent system is totally askew. We need to look no further to see this than the recent news that Apple was granted a patent on sliding to unlock a mobile device. (Edit: It a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 24, 2011
Microsoft on Sunday -- you know, day press releases are typically sent out -- announced it had reached a patent licensing agreement with Compal over its tablets, phones, e-readers and any other devi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 17, 2011
Seriously, Samsung, you're really not doing yourselves any favors here. We ignored the story about the lawyer not able to tell the difference between a Galaxy Tab 10.1 and iPad 2 from 10 feet aw...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 14, 2011
Microsoft and Quanta Computer have signed (what we presume is a giant stack of legal papers) an agreement that protects and licenses Quanta by providing "broad coverage under Microsoft's pa...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 27, 2011
Tech Armageddon continues, and now the ITC (International Trade Commission) will be launching an investigation against Apple Computer Corp. over disputes brought by HTC earlier this year. Tech...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 19, 2011
What the world needs now is more litigation to stifle technology innovation, and Samsung looks determined to follow Apple's lead and try to make it happen. In an interview with the Korea T...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 15, 2011
The patent arms race continues as Google purchased 1,023 patents from IBM in August. The patents run the gamut from hardware to software. As SEO by the Sea points out, some relate to Java, ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 08, 2011
Microsoft this morning announced it has reached licensing agreements with Acer and Viewsonic over the companies' Android devices. Terms of either agreement were not announced, but Viewsonic will pay r...
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 07, 2011
Last month HTC sued Apple for patent infringement, which was one lawsuit among many in the tech world these days. HTC has now filed another lawsuit, but this time it's directly related to patents that...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 07, 2011
Carriers, manufacturers who play nice get 'non-contractual time to market advantage'Can't say this surprises us much. Think back to mid-May, when This is my Next's Nilay Patel did a bang-up job explai...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 24, 2011
Samsung has suffered another setback in the European Union. Weeks after a German court ordered an injunction of their Galaxy Tab 10.1, a Dutch court has ruled in Apple's favor against Samsung's Galaxy...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 23, 2011
Look at the list of Motorola smartphones that Microsoft has dragged out before the International Trade Commission in hopes of blocking future imports, and you can't help but chuckle. Oh, there are a ...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 16, 2011
HTC has sued Apple for infringing on three patents owned by the Taiwanese handset maker. HTC has traditionally played the victim as both Apple and Microsoft have both sued the company for patent...
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by Android Central
Aug 15, 2011
Like the rest of the blogosphere, we were rubbing our eyes and drinking our morning coffee when Google announced their planned acquisition of Motorola Mobility. Now that the furor has died down...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 13, 2011
Google has broken their silence on the whole Lodsys software patent nonsense, and are asking the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) to re-examine the validity of both patents in questio...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 10, 2011
Samsung's penned a blog post following a German court's preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1, preventing sales in most of the European Union. The preliminary injunction was filed Tuesday...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 10, 2011
Yesterday, Apple was granted a preliminary injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 that has resulted in the temporary halting of sales and advertisements in the European Union.It has now been unc...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 08, 2011
Google's director of Android global partnerships, John Lagerling, addressed the issue of patent lawsuits against Google's partners while speaking at a Pacific Crest investor conference. At a tim...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 04, 2011
Let's just break it down thusly:
Google SVP and chief legal officer David Drummond pens a blog post explaining the company's position in the current patent situation.
Microsoft's lawyer responds ....
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 04, 2011
"Your Honor, I present Exhibit A -- an e-mail I posted on Twitter." This, apparently, is where we now stand in the he said-she said battle that has become Google v. the World in regard...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 03, 2011
We've heard the cries. "Why isn't Google fighting back on the patent front?!?!" Trust us, there are people in suits working on this every day. And today David Drummond, senior vice pres...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 21, 2011
As the patent world turns ... The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, this morning reports that Google is in talks with InterDigital Inc. about acquiring the "technology developer and li...
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by Sean Brunett
Jul 19, 2011
Google held an event in Tokyo yesterday entitled Google Mobile Revolution. Former CEO Eric Schmidt was the speaker and hit on everything from the explosive growth of Android to the Apple/HTC patent is...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 14, 2011
Google was asked about the "patent situation" during Thursday's second-quarter earnings call. The "situation," of course, is that Google recently lost a bid for a major bunch of pa...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 06, 2011
Microsoft and Samsung reportedly are in discussions over licensing fees concerning the latter's Android smartphones. Reuters, citing "local media," reported that Microsoft was "demandin...
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by Sean Brunett
Apr 04, 2011
Google has announced today via its blog that it has bid for Nortel's patent portfolio. They begin their blog post by chastising companies that use patents to stifle innovation and the current patent s...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 30, 2010
A couple weeks ago, we reported that Oracle was suing Google over patents dealing with Java used in Android. While the magnitude of this suit is big and there are large implications resting on th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 12, 2010
Direct from HTC's press release Seattle – May 12, 2010 – HTC Corporation today took legal action against Apple Inc., filing a complaint with the United States International Trade Commiss...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 28, 2010
Microsoft issued a news release late late night, announcing it signed a patent agreement with HTC over its entire line of smartphones running the Android operating system. Specific terms of the ...
