IPNews® – Nvidia and Intellectual Ventures recently acquired about 500 patents related to wireless communications.
The companies split the cost of the patents which were purchased from IPWireless who will still have royalty-free access to the purchased patents. Nvidia is said to be trailing in the footsteps of Qualcomm which is the smartphone chip processing
IPNews® – General Motors, owner of the premium Buick brand, has filed to register the “Riviera” trademark, leaving car buffs wondering if the nostalgic model will make a comeback.
The original Riviera was manufactured in the United States between 1963 and 1999. More recently GM featured a sleek-looking Riviera concept car at the 2007 Shanghai
IPNews® – TeleCommunication Systems has expanded its intellectual property portfolio to include 35 additional U.S. Patents related to mobile mapping technology.
One of the inventions uses GPS technology to allow mobile callers to exchange their exact location based on GPS coordinates. Security settings on the caller’s phone will allow the caller to enable or disable
IPNews® – WMS Gaming and four Nevada casinos including Caesars and MGM are being sued for patent infringement related to slot machines.
Rembrandt Gaming Technologies is claiming that a particular feature on the defendants’ slot machines infringe its patent. The feature, called “Electronic Second Spin Slot Machine”, utilizes an automatic re-spin feature on slot machines.
IPNews® – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued its judgment upholding the Maker’s Mark wax seal trade dress.
The appellate court upheld an original ruling in a trademark infringement case filed by Maker’s Mark back in 2003. Diageo, a Cuervo affiliate, had appealed the decision which also ordered Diageo to stop
IPNews® – Lamborghini recently filed for the trademark ‘Huracan’ in classes 12 & 28 for passenger and model cars.
Although it is unknown as to just what kind of car the ‘Huracan’ will be, some have speculated that it is the re-name for the recently announced upcoming Lamborghini Urus SUV. The luxury car company has
IPNews® – After a year-long patent infringement dispute, Microsoft and Barnes & Noble have reached a settlement and in doing so also created a new partnership.
Details of the settlement were not available, but it is assumed that the formation of the new partnership was a key factor. The new subsidiary will include Barnes &
IPNews® – Fearing a trademark infringement lawsuit from denim giant Levi Strauss & Company, a North Dakota-based retailer filed first asking a judge to settle the dispute.
Vanity Clothing of Fargo filed a complaint in response to a cease and desist letter that it received from Levi Strauss related to the “V” pocket design on
IPNews® – Apple and Samsung are facing an order by a Judge to limit patent and trademark claims against one another.
Judge Kho of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has recently ordered that Apple and Samsung attempt to simplify the case prior to trial so as not to confuse a
IPNews® – New York-based Sephora has been sued by boutique retailer MiN New York related to use of the term “Fragrance Flights.”
MiN began offering the fragrance sampling experiences to its customers in 2010. In response to MiN’s trademark infringement claims, Sephora is alleging that the concept and term Fragrance Flights is generic, does not