IPNews® – Texas Instruments Inc. was granted a new patent on Tuesday covering a mode of measuring the performance of an array of solar energy panels with a range of sensors.
U.S. Patent Number 8,289,183, titled “System and method for solar panel array analysis,” describes a system and method for monitoring performance of one or
IPNews® – SK Hynix Inc. told a California federal court Wednesday that it at least deserves a new trial on Rambus Inc.’s dynamic random access memory patent infringement claims, if not a wholesale reversal of the nearly $400 million judgment in Rambus’ favor.
Recent reexamination rulings from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office have invalidated
IPNews® – The United Kingdom’s Court of Appeal ruled that a lower court judge was right to find Samsung Electronics Co. did not infringe Apple Inc.’s designs when producing its own tablet computers.
The lower court issued its finding of no infringement in July, and ordered Apple to publish advertisements stating that Samsung had not
IPNews® – The Federal Circuit on Wednesday reversed a Maryland district court’s ruling that Microsoft Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and other software companies did not infringe a patent for a paging system held by Technology Patents LLC.
The appeals court simultaneously affirmed the district court’s decision in favor of a large number of domestic and foreign
IPNews® – TiVo Inc.’s damages for Motorola Mobility Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc.’s alleged infringement of its patented digital video recording technology could add up to billions of dollars, TiVo told a Texas court Monday.
Motorola’s massive production of infringing DVRs outclasses the number of products at issue in TiVo’s previous infringement cases against
IPNews® – A French court has ruled that Bell Helicopter’s new 429 helicopter does not infringe a Eurocopter-held patent for landing gear equipment, the Textron Inc. subsidiary said Tuesday.
The French court also ordered Eurocopter to shell out for the costs of the proceedings, according to Bell. The companies are still embroiled in ongoing U.S.
IPNews® – The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted to investigate whether Apple Inc.’s importation of certain iPhone, iPad and Mac computer products violates VirnetX Inc.’s patent rights for devices with secure communications applications, the ITC said Tuesday.
VirnetX asked the ITC in September to institute an investigation into Apple’s allegedly infringing imports and ultimately
IPNews® – Apple Inc. won patent protection on Tuesday for a number of inventions including a system of detecting whether an electronic device’s user is authorized to be handling the device or not.
The system can compare photos of users’ faces, voices or heartbeats to determine who is using it and take various security measures
IPNews® – The Federal Circuit on Thursday shot down Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.’s appeal of a district court’s refusal to grant it a patent injunction stopping three generic drug makers from producing their own versions of Roche’s osteoporosis drug Boniva.
Roche could not prove it was likely to overcome Apotex Inc., Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Mylan
IPNews® – The Federal Circuit on Thursday struck down a California federal judge’s U.S. sales ban on Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone in Apple Inc.’s massive patent infringement case over the iPhone and iPad.
Judge Lucy Koh abused her discretion in finding Apple would suffer irreparable harm in the absence of the injunction, the