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® – Callaway Golf has reached a settlement agreement with Acushnet after a six-year patent infringement battle.
After many victories and set-backs for both companies in the long-running lawsuit, the parties finally reached an out-of-court settlement agreement. The settlement will allow both companies to manufacture and market golf balls and golf club components under each
IPNews® – Six years after filing an application with the USPTO, Facebook has been granted a patent related to its News Feed.
The patent is described as: “Communicating a newsfeed of media content based on a member’s interactions in a social network environment.” The invention allows the social networking giant to let its users view
IPNews® – In a five year long battle in German courts, IPCom was recently dealt a blow after it had accused Nokia and HTC of patent infringement.
In a recent ruling the European Patent Office has ruled that one of IPCom’s patents in question is invalid and in doing so declared a victory for Nokia
IPNews® – A U.S. District Court in Delaware recently ruled that Allergan’s patents related to its Sanctura XR drug are invalid.
The ruling stems from a 2009 patent infringement complaint filed by Allergan against Watson Pharmaceuticals, in its attempts to prevent Watson from filing an abbreviated new drug application with the FDA for the generic
IPNews® – In a $550 million agreement, Facebook has purchased the rights to 650 patents that Microsoft recently acquired from the flailing America Online (AOL).
Although Facebook becomes the owner of the patents, Microsoft will retain a license to the patents as well, allowing Microsoft the ability to use the technology in the future. The
IPNews® – Apple Computer is being sued for patent infringement over its touch technology.
Attorneys for FlatWorld Interactives, a Pennsylvania company that designs touchscreen systems used in museum displays, claim that Apple knowingly infringed on FlatWorld’s patent. The company is seeking injunctive relief from the alleged infringement as well as unspecified monetary damages. To continue
IPNews® – In response to being sued by Apple for patent infringement related to its Galaxy tablet, this week Samsung Electronics filed a counterclaim against Apple in the Northern District of California alleging that Apple is infringing on eight of its own patents.
The two sparring tablet companies are involved in separate patent litigation matters
IPNews® – The Department of Commerce has released a report which details just how important a role intellectual property has played in the U.S. economy.
The report also states that patent infringement, trademark infringement and copyright infringement in China alone costs the U.S. economy $50 billion per year and jeopardizes 2.1 million jobs. To continue
IPNews® – Mobile phone-maker Nokia has filed a patent application with the USPTO for a vibrating tattoo that could communicate with your cellular phone.
The magnetic tattoo would be a receiver to magnetic waves being transmitted by the cellular phone, notifying the tattoo wearer whenever a call, text, or email alert was coming through. According to