A US judge denied Apple Inc's request for a permanent injunction against Samsung Electronics' smartphones, depriving the iPhone maker of key leverage in the mobile patent wars. ...
12:18 PM, Dec 18, 2012
Microsoft Corp and Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit have requested a federal judge in Seattle to keep secret from the public various details from their recent trial concerning the value of technology patents and the two companies' attempts at a settlement. ...
10:57 AM, Dec 16, 2012
Apple and Google have abandoned competing bids for the portfolio to offer a combined $500 million for Kodak patents. ...
12:33 PM, Dec 11, 2012
The USPTO has issued a first Office action, asserting that a crucial Apple multitouch patent is invalid. ...
06:58 AM, Dec 09, 2012
A Dutch court ruled on Wednesday that some of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy smartphones and tablets infringe an Apple patent in the latest round of the two firms' worldwide battle. ...
11:13 AM, Nov 29, 2012
Canada's Research In Motion (RIM) has lost a contract dispute over the use of Nokia patents in a case which could halt sales of its BlackBerry phones if it does not reach a deal to pay royalties to the Finnish company. ...
05:35 PM, Nov 28, 2012
Seattle: A Google expert witness testified on Tuesday that Microsoft will make roughly $94 billion in revenue through 2017 from its Xbox game console and Surface tablet that use Google's patented wireless technology. Michael Dansky, an expert for Google's Motorola Mobility unit, testified on the last day of a high stakes trial over patents between Microsoft and Google in Seattle. The $94 billion figure he cited also includes a wireless...
10:52 AM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: Apple, which was recently granted the design patent on 'rectangular shape with rounded edges', has now been given the exclusive rights to the page turn in an e-reader app (electronic page turning), reports The New York Times. And, it's obviously off-the-wall. Approved by the United States Patent Office, the patent D670,713 comes with three illustrations to make it clear that how the page-turn algorithm works. Reportedly, the page-turn...
02:37 PM, Nov 19, 2012
San Francisco: When Apple and HTC last week ended their worldwide legal battles with a 10-year patent licensing agreement, they declined to answer a critical question: whether all of Apple's patents were covered by the deal. It's an enormously important issue for the broader smartphone patent wars. If all the Apple patents are included - including the "user experience" patents that the company has previously insisted it would not license...
01:20 PM, Nov 17, 2012
New Delhi: Apple, which has been seen accusing Samsung of copying the entire design and user experience of Apple's iPhone and iPad, has now been granted the design patent on rectangular shape with rounded edges. The US Patent and Trademark Office has now issued patent no. D670,286 to Apple and it covers the outer edge shape of a device. The patent "really does cover the outer edge shape of a...
06:21 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Bangalore: Shares of VirnetX Holding Corp jumped 27 per cent after a jury asked Apple Inc to pay about $368 million to the Internet security software maker for infringement of four patents. The patents relate to virtual private networking and were infringed by Apple's Facetime application used in iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Mac computers. The Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, will hear the post-trial motions...
03:53 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: Soon after the launch of its most ambitious operating system, Microsoft has been slammed with a patent-infringement lawsuit for using Live Tiles that is core to the new Windows operating systems including Windows 8. According to PC World, SurfCast, a Maine, US, based company, filed its lawsuit on Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Maine, and is asking for Microsoft to pay for damages...
01:43 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Amsterdam: A Dutch court has again ruled against Apple in a suit against South Korea's Samsung Electronics, saying that Galaxy tablet computers don't infringe an Apple patent on touch screen interfaces. The Dutch case is one of many Apple is pursuing against Samsung in their reciprocal patent war. If Apple had been successful in the Netherlands, it could have disrupted Samsung's ability to distribute in Europe through the port of...
06:32 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Washington: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, which is battling Apple Inc across the globe for dominance of the smartphone market, dealt the California company a setback by winning a preliminary invalidation of a key Apple patent, according to a court filing. The fight is related to Apple's war against Google, whose Android software powers many of Samsung's devices. Samsung said in a filing late Monday that examiners at the US Patent...
12:17 PM, Oct 24, 2012
London: Apple has lost its appeal against a ruling that cleared rival Samsung of copying its registered designs for tablet computers, in a decision which could end the two firms' legal dispute on the subject across Europe. The world's two leading smartphone makers are fighting over patents, both for smartphones and for tablets like Apple's iPad, in courts around the world. Britain's Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld the country's...
06:53 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Washington: A US appeals court overturned a pretrial sales ban against Samsung Electronics's Galaxy Nexus smartphone, dealing a setback to Apple in its battle against Google's increasingly popular mobile software. Apple is waging war on several fronts against Google, whose Android software powers many of Samsung's devices. The ruling on Thursday from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is not expected to have an outsized impact on...
12:22 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Frankfurt: Mobile phone maker Motorola achieved a rare victory against software giant Microsoft in a patent case before a German court on Friday, the latest in a wave of patent lawsuits by technology firms fighting over market share. The regional court in Mannheim ruled that Motorola Mobility, part of Google, did not infringe a Microsoft patent which enables applications to work on different handsets. This allows application developers to avoid...
06:12 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Washington: Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility has dropped a complaint of patent infringement against Apple without explanation. In a brief filing with the International Trade Commission on Monday, Motorola Mobility said it was dropping without prejudice a complaint that Apple had infringed on seven Motorola patents. Apple did not return telephone calls seeking comment and Google said only: "As we have said many times before, we will continue to vigorously defend...
10:11 AM, Oct 03, 2012
Seoul: Apple Inc has asked for a court order for a permanent US sales ban on Samsung Electronics products alleged to have violated its patents along with additional damages of $707 million on top of the billion-dollar verdict won by the iPhone maker last month. Samsung has responded by asking for a new trial. The world's top two smartphone makers are locked in patent battles in 10 countries as they...
11:12 AM, Sep 23, 2012
Berlin: A German court has dismissed Apple's claim that Samsung Electronics and Google's Motorola Mobility infringed patents used in touch-screen devices. The Mannheim state court's ruling on Friday follows similar decisions in Britain and the Netherlands. The ruling can be appealed within 30 days. Apple and its rivals are locked in a complex worldwide battle over patents and design rights covering the lucrative market for smartphones and tablet computers. Last...
07:21 PM, Sep 21, 2012
