IPNews® – LivingSocial Inc. was smacked with a patent infringement lawsuit on Friday at the hands of Blue Calypso Inc., a digital word-of-mouth marketing company.
Blue Calypso alleges the popular online deal company is infringing two patents related to peer-to-peer advertising. Blue Calypso also sued Groupon over the same two patents last month. To continue
IPNews® – A recently unveiled patent issued to Google Inc. last year for methods of gathering computerized data via touch sensors could pave the way for a glove that allows users to digitally interact with their environment with their hands.
The patent is titled “Seeing with your hands,” and covers various methods for collecting images
IPNews® – The Federal Circuit on Friday upheld a damages award of over $100 million against Verizon Communications Inc. in its patent wrangle with ActiveVideo Networks Inc. over video on demand technology.
The appeals court’s mixed ruling affirmed the lower court’s findings that Verizon infringed several ActiveVideo patents, while reversing an infringement finding with regard
Samsung Electronics Co. owes Apple Inc. $1 billion for improperly copying its iconic designs for the iPhone, iPad, and other consumer electronic devices, a California federal jury ruled Friday.
The jury shot down Samsung’s claims that Apple infringed Samsung’s own patents, and found that Samsung’s infringement of Apple’s patents was willful. The decision comes on
IPNews® – The Federal Circuit on Friday affirmed the validity of Eli Lilly & Co.’s patent for its chemotherapy treatment Alimta, rejecting a challenge from generic drug makers Teva Parenteral Medicines Inc., Barr Laboratories Inc. and APP Pharmaceuticals Inc.
The three companies were seeking regulatory approval to market generic versions of Alimta, and contended that
IPNews® – Eastman Kodak Co. announced plans Thursday to sell off part of its imaging businesses while it continues to try to sell off its digital imaging patent portfolio as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process.
While Kodak’s patent auction efforts have yet to yield a sale, the company said it is continuing discussions
IPNews® – Amazon.com, Samsung Electronics, Nintendo Co. and several other companies are the targets of a new U.S. International Trade Commission patent infringement investigation regarding microprocessors used in wireless devices.
Technology Properties Ltd. LLC, Phoenix Digital Solutions LLC and Patriot Scientific Corp. filed the complaint that is the basis of the investigation in July. The
IPNews® – Google has failed to comply with a court order demanding that it list the names of anyone who has written about its patent infringement struggle with Oracle Corp. and received money from Google, a California federal judge said Monday.
Google has until Friday to produce the names, he said. The two companies have
IPNews® – Apple Inc. was granted a patent Tuesday for a system of seamlessly switching between playback of different types of media on an electronic device that would allow users to skip undesirable content like commercials.
The system is designed to monitor playback from any type of broadcast or streaming media and switch to media
IPNews® – Over the weekend, Google owned Motorola Mobility LLC fired two more shots in its patent war with Apple.
Motorola accuses Apple of infringing seven Motorola patents for mobile phone features such as the Siri voice assistant feature, email notifications, and location reminders. Motorola is attempting to prevent the entry of the allegedly infringing