IPNews® – Neology, an RFID technology company, has filed a second patent lawsuit against Federal Signal and related companies.
Neology already has a lawsuit pending alleging infringement of six of its U.S. patents. The new lawsuit involves the alleged infringement of two of Neology’s Radio Frequency Identification patents. To continue reading, click: Neology Files 2nd
IPNews® – It was recently learned that in July of 2011, Sony filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for an “Advertisement Scheme for use with interactive content”.
If this application is approved, Sony could potentially pause a video game during a critical moment to display an advertisement or commercial. To
IPNews® – Apple and Facebook have recently faced ex parte challenges with the USPTO for invalidation of patents.
The Apple patent challenges involve touchscreen interfacing and document presentation on a touchscreen display, while the Facebook challenge involves a dynamic news feed used for social networking. In all three challenges, the patent holders have 30 days
IPNews® – Though the idea was previously shunned by Steve Jobs, Apple has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for an Optical Stylus for use with tablet computers.
The idea for the stylus is different from the stylus that most consumers would get with a tablet computer. The stylus from
IPNews® – Sony has recently filed a patent application covering a correction to its existing 3D technology.
While 3D technology thus far has been dependent on the viewer’s distance and angle from the screen, the new technology involves a correction that would enable the device to detect the viewer’s distance from the screen and automatically
IPNews® – GTX Corporation, based in Los Angeles, has recently been granted a utility patent that will allow the company to develop technology to provide tracking services for autistic children and adults.
To further enhance the benefits of the patented technology, GTX Corp. has partnered with Talk About Curing Autism, a non-profit group that provides
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® – 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® – 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 &