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 &
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