Hong Kong: Apple Inc has been granted 40 patents in China, which will help the maker of iPhones and iPads gain more intellectual property protection in the country, the China Daily reported on Wednesday. Apple, whose mobile devices are among the most pirated gadgets in China, was granted the patents on September 9, the report said. The patents cover 37 of its products including the iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air,...
07:24 AM, Sep 22, 2011
Sydney: Samsung Electronics Co has filed a counter claim in an Australian court, accusing Apple of infringing its wireless patents related to the US firm's iPhone and iPad products. The move comes after Samsung last month delayed the launch of its latest Galaxy tablet computer in Australia over a global patent dispute with Apple. Samsung filed the claim with the Federal Court of Australia, New South Wales Registery, on September...
07:20 AM, Sep 20, 2011
Sydney: Samsung Electronics Co has filed a counter claim in an Australian court, accusing Apple of infringing its wireless patents related to the US firm's iPhone and iPad products. The move comes after Samsung last month delayed the launch of its latest Galaxy tablet computer in Australia over a global patent dispute with Apple. Samsung filed the claim with the Federal Court of Australia, New South Wales Registery, on September...
12:34 PM, Sep 19, 2011
San Francisco: A US judge will allow the bulk of Oracle Corp's copyright infringement claims against Google Inc over the Java programing language, according to a court ruling on Thursday. Oracle sued Google last year, claiming the Web search leader's Android mobile operating technology infringes Oracle's Java patents. In addition to those patent claims, Oracle also levelled copyright infringement claims against Google. Oracle acquired the Java programing language through its...
02:33 PM, Sep 16, 2011
San Francisco: Dolby Laboratories says Research in Motion has agreed to license its audio technologies that were the subject of two recent lawsuits against the BlackBerry maker. As a result, Dolby Laboratories Inc. said Monday it has dropped its patent infringement lawsuits against Research In Motion Ltd. In a June 15 lawsuit, Dolby had claimed that RIM's smartphones and Playbook tablet devices use its patented digital audio compression technology without...
01:38 PM, Sep 13, 2011
Duesseldorf: A German court on Friday upheld an injunction requested by Apple barring the sales of Samsung Galaxy tablets in Germany. Samsung has been locked in a battle with Apple over smartphone and tablet patents since April. The Galaxy devices are seen as among the biggest challengers to Apple's mobile devices, which have achieved runaway success. In a global intellectual property battle, Apple has claimed the Galaxy line of mobile...
03:21 PM, Sep 09, 2011
New York: When an Internet company plunks down $12.5 billion to buy a struggling cellphone company for its collection of patents, it's another sign that, for the high-tech industry, patents have become a mallet wielded by corporations to pummel their competitors. Google Inc. announced the deal to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. on Monday, specifically for its trove of 17,000 patents. Google needs them to shield companies like HTC Corp....
08:21 AM, Aug 18, 2011
New York: Apple Inc, Nokia and Qualcomm Inc are among several technology companies pondering bids for InterDigital Inc, sources familiar with the situation said. The auction of the wireless telecommunications specialist - expected to be heavily contested as giant tech companies fight to shore up patent portfolios - will be postponed from next week until after Labour Day, the sources said. Shares in InterDigital, which has a market value of...
08:08 AM, Aug 18, 2011
New York: Zynga Inc., the maker of popular online games such as FarmVille and CityVille, is being sued for patent infringement by a Texas gaming startup. Agincourt claims Zynga is violating two of its patents related to systems for redeeming prizes in games. The patents were awarded in 2001 and 2004. Zynga's "remarkable growth has not been driven by its own ingenuity or innovations," Agincourt said. "Rather, it has been...
08:04 AM, Aug 18, 2011
New York: Smartphone maker HTC Corp sued Apple Inc on Tuesday, claiming infringement of three patents through Apple's sale of Macintosh computers, iPhones, iPads and other devices. The lawsuit filed in US District Court in Delaware seeks to halt Apple's importation and sale of infringing products in the United States. It also seeks compensatory damages, triple damages for wilful infringement, and other remedies. HTC's lawsuit follows legal action by Apple...
07:31 PM, Aug 16, 2011
Seoul/San Francisco: Apple Inc scored a major victory in its multi-country patent infringement battle against Samsung Electronics after a German court barred the Korean company from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the entire European Union except the Netherlands. This is the second big setback for Samsung, which has been locked in a battle with Apple over smartphones and tablets patents since April, and comes after it delayed the Australian...
06:10 AM, Aug 10, 2011
Los Angeles: Google Inc, fresh from losing a bid to buy thousands of patents from bankrupt Nortel, lashed out at its biggest rivals on Wednesday and accused them of banding together to block the Internet giant in the red-hot smartphone arena. In a rare public outburst, Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond blasted Microsoft, Apple, Oracle and "other companies" for colluding to hamper the increasingly popular Android mobile software by...
07:38 AM, Aug 04, 2011
Seoul/Melbourne: Samsung Electronics has delayed the Australian launch of its latest Galaxy tablet due to a patent dispute with Apple Inc, a setback for the South Korean company's attempt to close the gap with Apple in the booming tablet market. Samsung and Apple have been locked in an acrimonious battle over smartphones and tablets patents and this is the first time the legal tussle has delayed the launch of a...
05:06 PM, Aug 02, 2011
Wilmington: Rovi Corp sued Hulu, accusing the online video site of infringing patents that cover electronic program guides. Rovi, created from Macrovision Corp's acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc in 2008, provides technology that powers the streaming services provided by Blockbuster On Demand and Best Buy Co Inc's CinemaNow, according to the complaint, filed on Friday . Rovi licenses its technology to Apple Corp, Microsoft Corp and Comcast Corp, among...
01:18 PM, Jul 30, 2011
New York: Google, which last month failed to grab a huge portfolio of Nortel patents, has bought more than 1,000 patents from IBM. The new purchase boosts Google's intellectual property portfolio which currently has just 700 patents. The loss of Nortel patents was a big blow to Google as the search engine was willing to pay any price to beef up its bank of patents - which is the smallest...
12:29 PM, Jul 30, 2011
New York: Google Inc is in preliminary talks with InterDigital Inc about a possible acquisition of the wireless technology developer and licenser, says a report. The move would beef up Google's patent portfolio after it failed to acquire a trove of technology patents from Nortel Networks Corp. "Google has had preliminary discussions with InterDigital about a possible acquisition of the wireless technology developer and licenser," The Wall Street Journal reported,...
02:50 PM, Jul 21, 2011
New York: Eastman Kodak is shopping around its patents for digital imaging, responding to investor complaints that the photography company has failed to capitalise on red-hot demand for tech patents. Kodak said on Wednesday it has hired Lazard to advise on strategic options for its patents related to capturing and editing images, which represent about 10 per cent of its US patent portfolio. The entire portfolio could be worth up...
02:36 PM, Jul 21, 2011
New York: Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp. said it believes it has a strong case for an appeal of a US International Trade Commission ruling that HTC violated two Apple Inc. patents. HTC said it does not yet have the full ruling and analysis to determine the details of the findings, but General Counsel Grace Lei said, "We are highly confident we have a strong case for the ITC appeals...
11:59 AM, Jul 19, 2011
Washington: The US International Trade Commission on Monday upheld a decision by one of its judges that Eastman Kodak did not infringe Apple Inc patents for digital cameras. Apple had filed a complaint with the ITC in May 2010, accusing Kodak of infringing patents for making digital cameras and related software. The ITC administrative law judge said two months ago that Kodak did not infringe the patents. Kodak's share price...
11:44 AM, Jul 19, 2011
San Francisco: Apple Inc's chief patent counsel will soon leave the company, according to a source familiar with the situation. Richard "Chip" Lutton Junior. manages the iPad and iPod maker's patent portfolio. It is unclear why Lutton is leaving the company, but BJ Watrous, a former deputy general counsel with Hewlett Packard, is now listed as Apple's chief IP counsel on Watrous's LinkedIn web page. Lutton did not respond to...
12:38 PM, Jul 12, 2011
