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Apple wins major patent for iTravel application

, Jul 10th 2012 Discuss [7]

Just as Apple is probably figuring out how to respond to a recent patent-infringement lawsuit, the company was awarded a number of patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today. One in particular stands out from the rest, and that’s Apple's newly granted iTravel patent application, which allows users to make reservations, check in to flights and share identification details. Read The Full Story

Apple denied emergency HTC handset ban

, Jul 3rd 2012 Discuss [7]

It wasn’t that long ago that Apple scored an injunction against the HTC One X and the EVO 4G LTE in the United States. The handsets were eventually let into the country once HTC proved the phones were no longer infringing Apple’s patent. Cupertino cried foul, saying that HTC continued to infringe the menu related patent on 29 devices. The company called on the ITC to issue an emergency ban, a request which has now been denied. Read The Full Story

Apple files patent for iPhone with swappable camera lens

, Jun 14th 2012 Discuss [4]

Apple has filed for a patent aimed at expanding the camera capabilities of the iPhone. Titled "Back Panel for a Portable Electronic Device with Different Camera Lens Options," the patent application details a removable back cover design for the iPhone that would allow users to swap camera lenses. Read The Full Story

iPen teased in Apple patent

, May 24th 2012 Discuss [2]

The folks at Apple have once again pushed out a patent for a device they've never before suggested they'd go through with, this time an "iPen" complete with haptic feedback and a speaker. This device has been discovered by Patently Apple will likely never see the light of day, but was indeed filed by inventors Aleksandar Pance and Omar Leung for Apple back in the fourth quarter of 2010 and was published by the US Patent and Trademark Office today. Have a peek at what might have been - or what may be in the near future. Read The Full Story

Microsoft wins injunction against Motorola over texting in Germany

, May 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft has won a ruling today in German regional courts against Motorola, saying that the handset maker's Android devices infringe on patents related to the handling of long text messages. Microsoft issued a celebratory statement asking Motorola to join other Android device makers in licensing the relevant patents. Read The Full Story

Jury says Google doesn’t infringe on Oracle patents

, May 23rd 2012 Discuss [15]

In the case of Oracle versus Google, it appears that the jury's verdict is out and it's favoring Google. Reports are just coming out now from the San Francisco court room, where the jury has already been dismissed and the third phase of the trial, which would determine the damages payable to Oracle, has been canceled. Read The Full Story

Apple, Samsung CEOs fail to reach settlement

, May 23rd 2012 Discuss [8]

After two days of court-ordered talks, Apple and Samsung have failed to reach a settlement. Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung were ordered to meet in San Francisco to negotiate an agreement to end their patent disputes. However, it appears that neither side would budge on their positions with Apple insisting that Samsung copied the designs of its iPhone and iPad and Samsung demanding Apple to pay royalties for using its wireless transmission technology. Read The Full Story

Xbox 360 could face ban in US over Motorola patents

, May 23rd 2012 Discuss [17]

Microsoft may have scored a victory against Motorola’s Android phones in the US, but Moto has just landed its own heavy blow. A judge has recommended that the Xbox 360 should be banned in the United States following the discovery that Microsoft has infringed on four of Motorola’s patents relating to H.264 and the use of wireless tech in controllers. Microsoft was found to infringe the patents last month, but the recommendation for the sales ban was issued on Monday. Read The Full Story

Google grabs six new Project Glass patents

, May 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Google seems to have taken the litigious lessons it's learned from Android to heart, because the company is grabbing as many patents related to the new Project Glass as it can. The latest batch of six patents covers everything from helping the hearing impaired with visual cues to sensors designed to interpret the electrical pulses from the skin on a user's nose. None of them are officially associated with Project Glass, but the patent artwork speaks for itself. Read The Full Story

Oracle-Google jury mulls patent claims

, May 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

The case of Oracle against Google is going into its second phase of deliberations with the jury now mulling over the verdict for Oracle's patent claims. The jury has already given a partial verdict on the copyright allegations last week. The third and final phase after patents will be a verdict on damages. Read The Full Story

US HTC phones circumvent Apple’s patents

, May 17th 2012 Discuss [19]

Apple has managed to score a victory against HTC, with the ITC finding that its Android phones infringed a patent dealing with context menus. It may be short lived, however, as it has been discovered that HTC is shipping a custom version of Android in the United States without such context menus in order to circumvent the block. The Verge has confirmed that the AT&T HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE both exclude the infringing feature. Read The Full Story

Ex-Sun chief supports Google in Oracle trial

, Apr 26th 2012 Discuss [10]

Oracle may have hit a roadblock in its trial against Google over Java licensing issues in Android. Former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz took the stand today as a witness for the defense, disputing Oracle's claims that the Java APIs in question were Sun's proprietary code. Read The Full Story
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