It would appear that one of the many titanic battles in the patent universe is coming to fisticuffs for Motorola and Microsoft as they duel between one another over how much the latter owes the former for patented technology used in the Xbox. The trial at hand was held on November 13th through the 20th down in the Western District of Washington in a federal court designed to settle on how much Microsoft owes Motorola for two of its standard, essential patents used in the Xbox gaming console as well as products such as Windows 7. Now the talks have hit monetary amounts with suggested sums equalling out to be millions of dollars apart from one another.
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Samsung drops Apple 3G ban hunt in Europe for “consumer choice”
Samsung has tweaked its standard-essential patent lawsuits against Apple in Europe, describing the decision to adjust its litigation as evidence that it stands behind its beliefs that consumer choice trumps all. “We strongly believe it is better when companies compete fairly in the marketplace” Samsung said in a statement today, “rather than in court.” The move means Samsung is no longer looking to have Apple products barred from sale over alleged infringement of certain wireless technologies deemed essential with its products in Europe. Update: Turns out, Samsung isn’t dropping the cases entirely; read on for the full details.
iPhone infringes three MobileMedia patents: here’s what possible
It would appear that the patent-centric group known as MobileMedia has scored a hit against Apple this week as Bloomberg reports a U.S. Court finding the iPhone to be infringing on three patents held by the former company. This case is part of an ongoing assault struck up by the company known in full as "MobileMedia Ideas" which is jointly owned by Sony and Nokia as well as MPEG LA. The three patents in the case are being ruled upon by U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson in Delaware and include, first and foremost, a patent for a rotating display software feature.
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Apple’s “Steve Jobs” multitouch patent may be invalid
Apple's '949 multi-touch patent, more commonly referred to as the "Steve Jobs patent," has been used in many patent lawsuits against various companies. Now it looks like karma may be taking a bite out of Apple, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office stating, tentatively, that it is not valid. As reported by FOSS Patents, the Patent and Trademark Office issued a first Office action, the second one in less than 8 weeks.
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Apple and Samsung back in court to tussle over $1bn fine
Apple and Samsung head back into the courtroom today, with the Korean company eager to scythe away at the $1.05bn patent infringement judgement it was ordered to pay back in August. Meanwhile, Apple hopes to inflate the penalty by a further $535m, arguing that since the jury decided Samsung’s infringement was willful, the company should be subject to an even greater punishment. US District Court Judge Lucy Koh of the San Jose, California court will hear arguments from both, as well as deciding which of Samsung’s products should be banned from sale.
Verizon files patent for set-top box with built-in camera
Just yesterday we found out that Verizon is starting a new program where it will deliver targeted advertisements to its mobile subscribers who choose to opt-in. The carrier seems to be continuing its targeting-advertising spree because last week they filed a patent for a set-top box that has a built-in camera that will be used to deliver targeted ads based on what activities you do in your living room.
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Google’s Schmidt: In patent war, won’t somebody think of the children?
Apple and Google are sitting pretty amid the ongoing patent spats, Google chairman Eric Schmidt has insisted, claiming that the real victims of the IP war are start-ups unable to compete with the big boys. “Google is doing fine. Apple is doing fine” Schmidt told the WSJ, arguing that “the real consequence” is that fledglings to the industry will struggle to “be able to get the patent coverage necessary to offer version one of their product.” Schmidt cites Android co-founder Andy Rubin and his former work with Danger as an example of what would, today, find it difficult to get off the ground.
Apple files patent application for wireless charging
I think I can see the clouds of another patent infringement lawsuit forming now. Apple has filed a patent application on wireless charging technology using magnetic resonance. The problem as many might know is that wireless charging using magnetic resonance has been around for a long time.
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Judge rules Motorola can’t seek injunctions against the Xbox 360 in patent row
Motorola's case against Microsoft has been handed a significant blow with a federal judge in Seattle ruling that Motorola can't use certain patents to seek an injunction against the Microsoft Xbox 360 game console. Microsoft and Motorola are currently fighting a patent infringement battle in a Seattle court. Microsoft originally brought the case against Motorola alleging that Motorola was infringing on its patents with Android smartphones.
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Apple HTC case dismissals hit tiny snag at Google-owned patents
The legal teams at Apple and HTC agreed upon a multi-year cease-fire quite recently with exceptions being made only for a collection of patents that are being revealed this week as unique in their direct ties to Google. This set of claims are being dismissed "with prejudice" as opposed to "without prejudice" as it has been with the rest of this legal adventure, and were each being used previously by HTC against Apple. Separately, four "new" patent agreements have been identified by Foss Patents as being stand-out and not especially visible to the public before they were first asserted against Nokia in separate cases - each of them stand-out because of their potential for future Apple vs Samsung or Motorola cases in the smartphone and tablet realms - watch out!
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Microsoft’s Google Glass rival tech tips AR for live events
Microsoft is working on its own Google Glass alternative, a wearable computer which can overlay real-time data onto a user’s view of the world around them. The research, outed in a patent application published today for “Event Augmentation with Real-Time Information” (No. 20120293548), centers on a special set of digital eyewear with one or both lenses capable of injecting computer graphics and text into the user’s line of sight, such as to label players in a sports game, flag up interesting statistics, or even identify objects and offer contextually-relevant information about them.
Samsung requests to have iPad mini added to lawsuit
Following Samsung's recent victory in having the iPhone 5 added to the present lawsuit between it and Apple, the Korean company has now requested that the recently-launched iPad mini also be added. The Apple device allegedly infringes on two wireless technology patents and several other feature patents that are used for both varieties of the mini iPad. In addition, Samsung has also pursued whether it properly went after the iPod Touch, stating that it will do so if necessary.
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