IPNews® – The United States Patent and Trademark Office released a preliminary ruling that one of the patents in question in the Apple and Samsung patent wars is invalid.
Should the ruling stick, it could have lasting consequences for Apple. Samsung is already bidding for a new trial based on the ruling in order to
IPNews® – A Southern California jury found that Apple and LG Electronics did not infringe on Alcatel-Lucent’s patents.
Alcatel-Lucent claimed that Apple and LG Electronics had been using three of its patents related to video compression technology without permission. Apple and LG, however, said they had compensated Alcatel-Lucent through their membership in an industry-wide patent
IPNews® – Google and Apple are no strangers to each other when it comes to patent wars, but the companies are putting their differences aside to bid together on Kodak’s imaging patents.
Between the two, Apple and Google own 86.3 percent of the market for operating systems on smartphones. However, the companies have apparently decided
IPNews® – Apple and Samsung continue their patent infringement battle today after Apple was awarded $1.05 billion by a jury in August.
Apple feels the verdict is not enough and seeks further monetary damages and a permanent injunction. Samsung, however, feels the verdict is steeper than it should be and claims that Apple’s requested injunction
IPNews® – In a case involving Myriad Genetics, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether human genes are patentable.
The Biotechnology giant claims that without patent protection for its discoveries, it would be unable to find investors to fund life saving research. Those against the patenting of human genes claim that it restricts clinical research
IPNews® – Patent Chief Dave Kappos made a speech recently negating claims from Google and other critics about the dire state of the software patents.
General counsel for Google claimed that holes in the system are quashing creativity in high-tech firms. He, and many other critics, are calling upon the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
IPNews® – In a case in the U.S. District Court in Seattle, a federal judge will determine what constitutes a reasonable royalty rate for patents that have become an industry standard.
The case, which begins Tuesday, was initiated this month when Microsoft filed a lawsuit against Motorola claiming that Motorola failed to provide use
IPNews® – Apple and HTC have ended their near three-year patent infringement battle with a confidential, ten-year licensing agreement.
The agreement will reportedly cover all current and future patents held by both companies. The eagerness to strike deals with other tech companies seems to be a new philosophy that came with its new CEO, Tim
IPNews® – Apple Inc. was recently ordered to pay $368.2 million to VirnetX by a Tyler, Texas federal jury in a patent infringement case.
The claims made by VirnetX against Apple alleged that various Apple devices supporting the popular Face Time application infringe on four of its patents relating to technology that creates a secure
IPNews® – Just days after a successful release of its Windows 8 Live Tiles, Microsoft found itself in court defending a patent infringement lawsuit.
SurfCast, a company based in Portland, Maine claims that it developed the same technology in the 1990’s that Microsoft is using in its Live Tiles. SurfCast is seeking damages related to