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® – 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
IPNews® – Broadcom was recently granted a permanent injunction against Emulex for infringing on two of its U.S. patents.
The Southern California based companies have settled on damages and a sunset period has been set to discontinue sales. Emulex has initiated a redesign and will pay royalties to Broadcom on all of the infringing products
IPNews® – A group representing 25% of the nation’s farmers is suing agricultural chemical manufacturer Monsanto Company in a preemptive lawsuit.
The lawsuit follows years of patent infringement claims by Monsanto against the companies. The farmers are not seeking any monetary damages. Instead they are attempting to have Monsanto’s corn seed patent invalidated, claiming that
IPNews® – Honeywell International Inc. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Nest Labs, Inc., a startup company founded by former Apple engineers and executives.
The lawsuit alleges that the new Nest Thermostat infringes seven patents related to Honeywell thermostat technology. Honeywell is reportedly seeking an injunction against Nest Labs to ban it from continued sales. To
IPNews® – With Asian technology giants on its heels, IBM managed to keep its top patent holder spot for the nineteenth straight year. With 6,180 new patents in 2011, IBM is facing stiff competition in the rankings from companies such as Samsung, who had an eight percent growth with 4,894 new patents.
With only two American
IPNews® – Apple has filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark to use hydrogen fuel cell technology in its portable electronic devices such as the iPhone and iPad. The technology offers the potential to go weeks without charging and cut down on the bulk and weight of batteries currently used in portable electronic
IPNews® – The European Commission has opened an investigation against Honeywell and Dupont as to whether they were forthcoming in disclosing patents while developing automobile refrigerant. Honeywell has been accused of not disclosing patents to the Society of Automobile Engineers and failing to grant licenses on fair and reasonable terms.
It is alleged that Honeywell committed a patent ambush which