Posts Tagged patents

Apple slowly gaining patents to fight its war of attrition with Android

Apple was recently awarded a multitouch patent that the company filed just before it announced the iPhone in 2007. While this patent (and others like it) may not give Apple a “thermonuclear” option to kill Android, it might be able to aid in Apple’s on…

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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sues Apple, Google, Facebook, AOL, eBay, Netflix, Yahoo!, …

Microsoft’s co-founder Paul Allen has filed suit against nine companies over patent violations. Through his current firm, Interval Licensing LLC, Allen is suing Apple, Google, AOL, Facebook, ebay, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo, a…

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Ellison wrestles Google to strangle ‘unofficial’ Java

So, the open sore of Java test-kit licensing that Oracle inherited from Sun Microsystems has come to this: Oracle is suing Google. Oracle has claimed in a legal filing lodged with a US court Thursday that Google’s increasingly popular Android operating…

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Oracle sues Google over Java patent infringement in Android

The suit alleges Android violates some seven patents and contains copies of Sun’s original Java code — a damning accusation given that Google CEO Eric Schmidt once led the Java team before leaving Sun and eventually arriving in Mountain View. Oracle s…

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Proposed iPhone patents would allow 3D space recording

Two Apple patent applications, newly published by the USPTO, could potentially allow for complex 3D interpretations of places iPhone owners have been.www.macnn.com

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HTC Fires Back, Sues Apple

Taiwanese phone maker says Apple has violated five patents, asks to ban sales of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod.

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HTC attempting to block iPhone and iPad sales

HTC has announced it is suing Apple for infringing five of its patents in the US.

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HTC files patent complaint against Apple

The Taiwanese phone manufacturer just filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission, asking for importation and sales of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod be halted due to alleged infringement of five patents.

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Nokia Steps Up Legal Battle With Apple

Nokia has stepped up its battle against Apple by filing a complaint with the Federal District Court in the Western District of Wisconsin, alleging that Apple iPhone and iPad 3G products infringe five of its patents.

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Nokia Sues Apple Over iPad

Nokia claims both the iPhone and iPad violate five patents held by the electronics company.

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Did Microsoft Just Step In To Help HTC Fight Apple?

As you may have heard, Apple filed a massive lawsuit against phone-maker HTC nearly two months ago. Apple is alleging that HTC is infringing on over 20 of its iPhone patents. While HTC makes phones for a number of partners, it’s pretty clear that this is Apple going after Google’s Android platform indirectly.

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Apple granted design patent for original iPhone, iPod touch

Apple may have enough patents and patent applications to wallpaper its entire Cupertino campus, but we’re guessing this is one it’s been especially eager to get

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Apple Admits Gaming iHard On Their Devices, Patents Solution

Gamers complaining about the lack of buttons on the iPhone, iPod and iPad may see a solution in the near future through the help of an Apple-developed frame for the devices that will be packed with features, control pads and buttons.

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Movies on Your iPhone? Apple Buys Several Projector-Related

We’ve known for some time that Apple would like to cram a projector into its next iPhone, but are they on track to really do so? It looks that way, at least according to a handful of patents Apple has applied for.

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Apple Starts “Nuclear War” in Patent Fight With HTC

When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in 2007, he said Apple Inc. had applied for more than 200 patents for the device and was ready to enforce them. Now, Apple is putting those words into action.

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HTC Denies Infringing Patents

TAIWAN’S leading smartphone maker High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) on Wednesday denied infringing iPhone patents held by Apple after the US technology giant filed a lawsuit in the United States.

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Apple takes off gloves against HTC and Google

Apple has sued HTC, accusing the rival smartphone maker of violating patents related to the popular iPhone.

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How Apple and Google’s Romance Turned To Hate

Apple has sued Google’s phone manufacturer for infringing on 20 iPhone patents. Not so long ago, Apple and Google were such a nice couple. Until one day, everything went to hell.

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Apple Fires at HTC, But the Target Is Google

Apple on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against HTC, alleging that the Taiwanese smartphone maker has violated several patents related to the iPhone hardware and interface.

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Apple patent lawsuit HTC defends their own innovations

HTC defends their own innovations in Apple patent lawsuit Headlines are filled with htc/apple lawsuit news. Apple has sued HTC today for infringing on 20 iPhone patents

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