IPNews® – Bill Gates is among many inventors listed on a patent application for a high technology football helmet.
The helmet is designed to reduce forces and head accelerations due to impact. The helmet also includes sensors measuring damage done to the helmet, and the ability to report when damage exceeds a determined threshold.
IPNews® – Controversial patent holdings company Intellectual Ventures is taking Google to court over a series of patents used in its Motorola smartphones.
Google has defended its use of the technology by claiming “There’s no building at Intellectual Ventures…They are in the business of bringing lawsuits.” If Google obtains a victory in the case
IPNews® – SK Hynix Inc. has reached a settlement with Intellectual Ventures Inc. of the latter’s claims that Hynix infringed its patents for semiconductor technology, IV said Monday.
Hynix also won a favorable court ruling on Friday in California, meanwhile, limiting the royalties it will have to pay to Rambus Inc. for infringing that company’s
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
San Diego – As the patent war surrounding the technology for smartphones continues, it appears to be spreading to the semiconductor industry as well. U.S.-based Intellectual Ventures (IV), considered by some to be the world’s most notorious patent troll, has filed a patent infringement suit against Hynix Semiconductor and Elpida Memory.
Intellectual Ventures is