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| Apple Sued for Online Store 'Add-to-Cart' System |  | Clear With Computers (CWC), a Texas-based company, has filed a patent suit against Apple and HP alleging that they are infringing its 1994 patent related to a system that says customers can sign in electronically and "build a list of products or parts from a form." The patent also includes the provider's ability to update the product list from time to time.
Sounds like just another company that felt a small boos ... [read more >>] | | 25 June 2008, 16:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Patent Hints at iPod-to-iPod File Transfer |  | A recent patent filed by Apple suggests that iPod owners, as well as iPhone users, will be able to access wireless capabilities not yet supported. Currently not available with the iPod, bluetooth, radio signals, infrared or UWB are likely to be incorporated for player-to-player transmission, or FM radio tuning, Macnn is reporting.
The report suggests that this particular Apple patent is a a "broadly comprehensive one, sim ... [read more >>] | | 30 May 2008, 17:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Patent Hints at Solar Cells 'behind' a Portable's LCD Screen |  | Apple is investigating ways to implement solar panels into the portable devices it is now selling, but also into those it plans to sell in the future. While there are major drawbacks to using solar power tech in devices such as the iPhone and the iPod, the mere fact tha ... [read more >>] | | 26 May 2008, 09:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Patent Hints at Motion-Sensing, Apple TV Gaming |  | In November 2006, Apple filed a patent hinting at a gaming console. A particularly interesting aspect about it was a three-dimensional remote control system that could detect an absolute location to which a remote control was pointing in three orthog ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 03:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Patents AppStore Logo/Icon |  | The latest patent Apple has filed to protect is aimed at its AppStore icon/logo. The figurative trademark is filed under Internatio ... [read more >>] | | 01 April 2008, 03:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Patents 3D Display System |  | Some people are fond of polarized 3D glasses, some people are not, but one thing is for sure: we're all fond of 3D. And that's because we see and think in 3D. It is the normal way of looking at things and ... [read more >>] | | 21 March 2008, 07:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| iPhone Infringes on Displaying Number and Name |  | This you gotta hear! Romek Figa of Abraham & Son has just filed suit against Apple, claiming that "certain Apple telephones" (what, are there more of them?) infringe on his patent that does this: displays an incom ... [read more >>] | | 28 February 2008, 06:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Sued for Patent Infringement Alongside Microsoft |  | Google’s moneymaker is threatened by a lawsuit that will turn into a legal battle of epic proportions, should the claims turn out to be true. Microsoft’s adCenter is also in danger, but for the Redmond-based company it wouldn’t be such a bust as it does not derive 99 percent of its revenue from its advertising platform.
Liberty Township, Ohio-based Paid Search Engine Tools, filed a lawsuit claiming that both the above mentione ... [read more >>] | | 20 February 2008, 10:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Applauds Its Patent Portfolio |  | Microsoft is literally on top of the patent world. Its portfolio has grown substantially from 2006 to 2007, and is now at 8,500 issued patents in the U.S., with 15,000 more still pending. The Redmond company has managed to top the IT industry scorecards according to the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers's November 2007 issue of IEEE Spectrum, as well as in terms of technology strength in Patent Board's January 2008 ... [read more >>] | | 28 January 2008, 11:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| US Federal Trade Commission to Defend the Ethernet Standard |  | The United States Federal Trade Commission had to step down in a legal dispute that was about to prevent any computer user from taking advantage of the Ethernet standard. Or at least, it would have prevented the users from freely using the old and beloved port.
N-Data, one of the zillions of companies that do not produce anything at all, attempted to grab hold of some old patents related to the Ethernet standard, in order to ... [read more >>] | | 25 January 2008, 05:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Is on Fire and Patenting Its Way to the Big Brother Status |  | Although Microsoft is regarded as a company that finds inspiration in technologies not its own rather than an innovator, this is not the case. In 2007 alone, the Redmond company has spent in excess of $7 billion on its research and development efforts. Such an investment will only pay in the future, and although throwing money around by the buckets is surely no receipt for driving innovation, Microsoft has successfully applied this[ADMARK= ... [read more >>] | | 17 January 2008, 09:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Gets Cozy with the Father of the VHS Format of VCR |  | Microsoft has taken yet another step on the path to a healthy and vibrant IT ecosystem by getting cozy with the father of the VHS format of VCR. In this context, the Redmond company announced that it has expanded its collaboration with the Victor Company of Japan (JVC) by inking a patent cross-licensing agreement. Neither party disclosed the terms of the partnership, let alone the financial details, but, although Microsoft was emphasizing ... [read more >>] | | 16 January 2008, 06:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Will Come With Their Own OLED-Based Keyboard |  | Apple is reported to have filled a patent application for an OLED-enabled keyboard, able to display an infinite number of symbols. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office's Website, the company has filled patent 20080001787, also known as Dynamically Controlled Keyboard.
The keyboard is comprised of keys featuring OLED layers formed on a glass substrate. The organic displays will come in a 9-by-9 matrix and w ... [read more >>] | | 05 January 2008, 06:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google to Teach Robots to Read |  | There can be no doubt about it, technology has began moving at the speed of light, while humanity is trying to keep its pace. Yes, I know that the very same humans are to "blame" for the pace at which things are going, but it’s a delicate topic, one that has too long been debated by religious groups and science communities, to name just two. A hundred years ago, we couldn’t even take off for a certain flight that wouldn’t end in ... [read more >>] | | 04 January 2008, 20:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Bill Gates Is a Busy Search Patent Boy |  | Back on June 15th, 2006, Microsoft made public the plans for the two-year transition of Bill Gates out of his day-to-day role in the company. At that time, Gates revealed that his responsibilities would pass to Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie. As a direct consequence, Ozzie, former Chief Technical Officer, took on the new role of Chief Software Architect, while Mundie, also a Chief Technical Officer at that time, became Microsoft's Chief ... [read more >>] | | 04 January 2008, 05:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| How to Steal World's Greatest Invention and Get Away with It |  | That's what it was at the time and could easily still be today. The telephone. You might have heard the story on the television or from certain science reports of the first telephone device and how the patent was stolen, but the truth is that nothing was concrete up until a few years ago. So, who is the real inventor of the telephone. Well, one thing is for sure, it wasn't Alexander Graham Bell!
In a book recently published b ... [read more >>] | | 27 December 2007, 10:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Wins the Battle with Qualcomm |  | Both Nokia and Qualcomm recently announced that a judge from ITC (the United States International Trade Commission) made an Initial Determination that favors Nokia in the lawsuit with the US-based telecommunications company. A complaint was filed by Qualcomm in June 2006, stating that Nokia's GSM/GPRS/EDGE-only mobile phones infringe several ... [read more >>] | | 14 December 2007, 09:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| IBM Sends Asustek 'See You In Court' Card |  | IBM today made it public that the company is filing a patent infringement lawsuit against the Taiwanese Asustek corporation. The complaint states that Asustek is currently using IBM's patented products and components to build their computers. IBM has already requested an exclusion order that is meant to restrict the importing of the infringer's products on the United States Market.
The complaint was addressed to the ... [read more >>] | | 07 December 2007, 02:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Has Until January to Clear Its Name |  | Google is being shot at from all angles with lawsuits but it seems to be able to handle them. Or something like that. The "getting shot" part just comes naturally after proving to be the biggest thing on the Internet and with more ramifications than anything else out there.
The "handling them" part is a little more problematic though, for the Mountain View based company. It is usually aimed at for being the ... [read more >>] | | 30 November 2007, 10:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Multi-Touch Interface Patent – Second Edition |  | We have all seen what the iPhone multi-touch interface is capable of and now the time has come to see this technology applied on a larger scale. That is if we are to believe and credit Apple with the ability to implement a patent discovered by pcjoint.com on the US Patent and Trademark Office's website.
As the page says, the result of this patent would be a "sensor arrangement for use with a touch sensor that identifies hand p ... [read more >>] | | 28 November 2007, 17:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia's New Patent Looks So Sidekick-Like |  | Nokia finally got the hint that Sidekicks are hot and looking great and thought that they would look even better with their logo on. The Finnish handset producer forwarded a patent for a device that looks incredibly similar to the handsets that became highly popular in the US.
It's all about the large side sliding screen being combined with a full QWERTY keypad and voila! you've got yourself a Sidekick. OK, it might ... [read more >>] | | 21 November 2007, 07:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Drag and Drop Bluetooth Patent from Sony Ericsson |  | Here's another intelligent solution of making things easier with the help of Bluetooth, this time coming from Sony Ericsson. The handset producer thought of a more convenient way of transferring files through Bluetooth, without having to go through all the classic ... [read more >>] | | 21 November 2007, 03:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Erm… Google Magazine? Really? |  | Despite the long line of patents pending their granting, Google got the one for its "Customization of Content and Advertisements in Publications" mighty quickly. Suspiciously quickly, I could say, but this is not really my cup of tea: it only took the Mountain View based company approximately one year, despite the long long LONG backlog at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
It’s not 100% sure that Google wi ... [read more >>] | | 19 November 2007, 06:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Expands Its Grip over Linux |  | Microsoft continues to expand its grip over Linux and the solutions derived from the open source operating system. In this context, the Redmond company has applauded but the latest of a long series of patent cross-licensing agreements this time with Japanese company Kyocera Mita. As was the case with past partnerships, Microsoft and Kyocera Mita will essentially have access to each other's patent portfolio, a move that became possible ... [read more >>] | | 15 November 2007, 04:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Going to Court Over Database Architecture |  | The problem Google is continuously faced with, day and any night is in close connection with threats of lawsuits being thrown at it for copyrights infringement. And that is because of YouTube, the Mountain View’s pet video sharing web site which gathers the court summons like they’re candy.
This time, it’s a bit different, Google is now sued by the Northeastern University and a stand-up run by an associate professor over allegations th ... [read more >>] | | 12 November 2007, 06:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Is Microsoft Trying to Teach Linux a Lesson? |  | Microsoft has announced a new broad patent cross-licensing agreement with Olympus. Neither of the two companies disclosed the financial terms of their agreements. The only details made available by Microsoft were related to the fact that its patents will be implemented into technology going in digital cameras, digital imaging technologies and software, but not only, as additional consumer electronic products will benefit from Microsoft ... [read more >>] | | 16 October 2007, 03:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Patents for Intuitive Touchscreen Phone |  | Touchscreen enabled mobile phones have taken a major leap over the past period. Nokia has seen that and rumors state that this producer will bring out its first handset using this technology as soon as next year. The company's interest in it has also led to the filing of an innovative patent.
What's the main drawback with touchscreen enabled mobile phones? First of all, they lack the tactile feedback that regular but ... [read more >>] | | 08 October 2007, 06:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Spreads Multimedia Love Around |  | Microsoft introduced at the end of 2003, a patent licensing program designed to permit third-parties access to its own portfolio of intellectual properties. In this regard, Kenwood is but the latest company to ink a broad patent licensing agreement with the Redmond company. According to Microsoft, the partnership is focused on multimedia and communications innovations designed for car navigation and home entertainment systems, as well as c ... [read more >>] | | 25 September 2007, 05:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Watch the Microsoft Patent Portfolio Grow |  | What do Cisco Systems, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, NEC, Seiko Epson, Siemens AG, SAP AG and Toshiba have in common with Microsoft? The question would have been nothing whatsoever, not too long ago. But not since 2003. Four years ago, Microsoft changed its tune on proprietary technology and announced that it was starting to deal in with its intellectual property portfolio. Since that point, the results of the Redmond company's ... [read more >>] | | 19 September 2007, 04:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Ericsson Patents for Touchscreen Phone |  | The touchscreen craze has hit Sony Ericsson too. The company has used this technology in some of its previous phone models before, but it looks like they are now looking deeper into its potential. A patent for a programmable touchscreen keypad has been filed and approved, although it's still nothingmore than a mere concept.
Sony Ericsson looks like a company full of ideas, if considering its large number of interesting &l ... [read more >>] | | 17 September 2007, 05:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Apple Patent Hints At Sub-Notebook |  | Many of Apple’s recent patents point towards a new sub-notebook as they deal with reducing the size of hardware through various ingenious means. The latest one is no different, describing a method of placing memory modules that greatly reduces the space they need.
Titled "Method and apparatus for linear insertion and removal of a memory module in a computer system," the patent describes a low profile memory that wou ... [read more >>] | | 05 September 2007, 11:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Fuels Gphone Speculations with Mobile Payment Patent |  | Google's interest for mobile phones has been reaffirmed with a new patent that the company has developed for mobile payment. This gives no hints on the future release of the speculated Gphone, but shows the company's decision of investing in this field ... [read more >>] | | 05 September 2007, 04:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Lobbies Congress on U.S. Patent System Update |  | During the first half of the year, Apple has been lobbying the federal government on laws designed to improve the US patent system as well as bills to increase technology education funding and tax breaks for research and development costs. Although these issues are of importance to the company, the amount spent has been relatively meager.
During the first half of 2007, Apple spent $720,000 on lobbying the federal government. ... [read more >>] | | 03 September 2007, 05:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Motorola in Dispute with Aruba Networks |  | Motorola officially announced that Symbol Technologies and Wireless Valley Communications, two of its subsidiary companies, have filed on 27th of August a patent infringement lawsuit against the Californian company Aruba Networks. The Lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and it's about Aruba Networks' infringements of WLAN communication technologies patents.
... [read more >>] | | 30 August 2007, 10:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Gaming Phone Patents from Samsung |  | It seems that Samsung enjoys the idea of becoming a gaming phone developer. The company revealed some time ago a concept for a joystick handset meant to enhance mobile gaming and now comes with two new ones, somewhat more practical.
It is clear that Samsung has been investing ... [read more >>] | | 14 August 2007, 10:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Patent Wars: Sharp vs Samsung |  | Sharp, a Japanese electronics manufacturer specialized in the flat panel displays, accused Samsung and its divisions Samsung Electronics America and Samsung Telecommunications America of infringing five of its patents that are related to flat screen technology. Both of the companies are currently manufacturing and selling products based on those technologies like computer monitors, TV sets mobile phones displays and other LCD related modul ... [read more >>] | | 07 August 2007, 09:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Develops Joystick Phone Concept |  | Mobile phones can be combined with just about any other device, with only a little imagination. Samsung has recently filed a patent for a handset which can also be used as a joystick.
The mobile phone producer company has found another use for the clamshell phone concept. The [AD ... [read more >>] | | 20 July 2007, 05:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Yahoo Sidebar: How Useful Would It Be? |  | Yahoo granted several patents that reveal some of the Sunnyvale company's plans that might bring a special sidebar for some of the giant portal's solutions. Although it's not quite clear what products would be included in the sidebar program, the Abstract part of the patent reveals that the new Yahoo utility might be compatible with photo sharing websites (Flickr), social networking pages and even community pages. ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2007, 05:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony's PSP Phone Will Remain Only a Concept |  | A patent for a Sony Ericsson PSP mobile phone has been going around for some time now. Many people have shown high interest in the innovatory concept, meant to make mobile gameplay far easier and more enjoyable.
Still, Sony Ericsson seems to be the only one not gett ... [read more >>] | | 12 June 2007, 03:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia and Qualcomm in a New Dispute |  | Nokia made public today the fact that a patent counter assertion was filed by the company against Qualcomm in the Eastern District of Texas Court. This has to do with Qualcomm's unapproved use of 6 Nokia implementation patents in the BREW and MediaFLO businesses. After in past lawsuits Qualcomm& ... [read more >>] | | 11 June 2007, 09:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Latest Tool: Alerts for New Content on the Search Engine! |  | Google is the best search engine on the Internet and you know it. But what if you can be alerted every time some new content is published on Google? That would be interesting at least for some services that can be monitored to find out latest information in a certain domain. Jodi Healy, Library Partnerships Manager, had a speech for a talk entitled "Google Presents: New Developments" speaking about the upcoming solution ... [read more >>] | | 06 June 2007, 02:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Debuts Download PDF Feature |  | The Patent Search technology owned by Google was improved with a pretty useful function that allows users to download a certain patent in PDF format. Until you, you were able to view a patent only on the search results page without having the possibility to download and view it in offline mode. As blogger Ionut Alex reported, "the option is available from the overview page and in the sidebar, when you browse the patent." Google P ... [read more >>] | | 24 May 2007, 06:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: It’s Not Us Versus the Free World – the Company Won't Sue Linux Users |  | After it seemed that Microsoft made the first move against the free and open source ecosystem, following public allegations of patent infringement, the Redmond Company revealed that the situation is not exactly how it seems. Bill Hilf, Microsoft’s General Manager of Platform Strategy explained that the company is not gunning after free and open source software, but that instead "it’s about commercial companies working together around ... [read more >>] | | 21 May 2007, 09:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Wants Price Tags on Free and Open Source Software and a Share of the Money |  | If Microsoft gets its own way, Linux will no longer be free. No open source software would be for that matter. The Redmond Company has initiated a course of events that could end up in putting a price tag on all open source solutions, from the Linux operating system to the OpenOffice productivity suite. Moreover, for every sold copy of Linux or OpenOffice, Microsoft stands to receive a share of the money.
At the basis of Microsoft' ... [read more >>] | | 14 May 2007, 03:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Wake Up and Smell the Fragrant Motorola Phone |  | Bringing something new in the area of mobile phone technology proves to be quite a difficult endeavor. Or so it seems for the people at Motorola that decided to equip their products with an innovative concept of the smellphone.
Motorola has just been granted the patent for an invention ... [read more >>] | | 12 May 2007, 06:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Bamboo Phone Cleans Itself |  | A patent for an environmentally friendly mobile has been recently released. The innovation lies in the housing that encloses the main body, thereby sterilizing it.
The concept was patented in June 2006 and includes features that are specific to a regular mobile phone. Pro ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2007, 09:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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