binary.jpgIPNews® – Uniloc Inc. sued 12 different companies in Texas federal court on Friday for allegedly infringing its patented system of administering software licenses across a network of computers.

Altair Engineering Inc., Altera Corp., Altium Inc., Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp., Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Mintab Inc., Originlab Corp., Parametric Technology Corp., SlickEdit Inc., SofTech

tablet_pc.jpgIPNews® – Lenovo Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and other tablet makers are infringing Hopewell Culture & Design LLC’s patent for a double-click user interaction system, Hopewell said in a barrage of new lawsuits filed Friday.

B&N’s Nook, Amazon’s Kindle, Lenovo’s ThinkPad andIdea Pad, Coby Electronics Corp.’s Kyros, Viewsonic Corp.’s ViewBook and Viewpad

sampler.jpgIPNews® – Korg Inc., Yamaha Inc. and Diasonic Technology Co. came under assault in San Diego federal court Monday from a company based there alleging the musical instrument and equipment makers are violating its patent rights in a technology for using flash memory in recording devices.

The accused products include Yamaha’s Pocketrak CX, C24, W24

iphone-ipad.jpgIPNews® – Samsung Electronics Co. has infringed four Apple Inc. patents for smartphone and tablet technology, according to a U.S. International Trade Commission administrative law judge’s initial ruling published Wednesday.

The patents found to be infringed cover headphone audio plug connector and touch screen technology, while certain other patents Apple asserted, including one for the

samsung.jpgIPNews® – The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Samsung Electronics Co. abused its market position and acted anti-competitively with respect to its licensing commitments for its standard-essential patents, Apple Inc. said Monday.

The DOJ has joined the European Commission in looking into whether Samsung violated its commitments to license the standard-essential patents it

courthouse.jpgIPNews® – A three-judge Federal Circuit panel on Tuesday issued an affirmation of a patent rejection by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board, but called for an en banc rehearing to clarify the standard of review the appeals court should apply to the PTAB’s claim construction rulings.

The appeal concerned

iphone.jpgIPNews® – A court in the Netherlands ruled once again on Wednesday that Samsung Electronics Co.’s smartphones and tablets do not infringe Apple Inc.’s European patent for a “touch event model,” following in line with other European court decisions rejecting the patent.

The Dutch court’s ruling reaffirmed a decision it made in August 2011, when

microsoft.jpgIPNews® – Emblaze Ltd. accused Microsoft Corp. of infringing a patent for an Internet media streaming system in a new lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California on Friday.

Various features of Microsoft’s Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7.0 operating systems allegedly violate Emblaze’s rights in U.S. Patent Number 6,389,473, which covers technology used