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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 that they called "Communication ... |
12 May 2007
06:36 GMT |
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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. Probably even more, if you take into account the ... |
9 May 2007
09:56 GMT |
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A New-Zeland based company, Michael S Sutton, has filled a complaint against Finish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia in the US, claiming that it is infringing upon a data packaging technology patent. The company is now, as usual, seeking damages. The complaint, which was filed in the United States District Court for t... |
2 May 2007
09:23 GMT |
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Microsoft will not be held liable for patent infringement on copies of the Windows operating system sold internationally. Yesterday, April 30, 2007 the Supreme Court sided with Microsoft and overturned a previous ruling that attested the Redmond Company's responsibility for patent infringement even for Windows p... |
1 May 2007
17:21 GMT |
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Samsung has filed a patent in September last year, that has been published last week. The patent regards the use of hydrogen fuel cells for powering mobile phones. The 'Multi-layered thin film hydrogen fuel cell system' is meant to provide an alternative to the current fuel cell systems that have low effi... |
25 April 2007
03:48 GMT |
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The Mountain View based company was recently sued by iLor, LLC, a Kentucky software company that claim Google infringed their patent entitled "method for adding a user selectable function to a hyperlink." As Google Watch reported, the patent was granted on April 17, the same day the lawsuit was filed, a coincidence ... |
20 April 2007
04:09 GMT |
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Linux is one of the main focuses of a broad patent agreement between Microsoft and Samsung. The Redmond and Seoul companies have not disclosed the financial terms of the cross-patent agreement, but monetary compensation will reflect strictly the value of their respective portfolios. According to both players, produc... |
19 April 2007
03:19 GMT |
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Mobile phones have never really been affected by viruses, because most of them are too basic as functionality for such attack (most of them anyway). But lately, 3G mobile phones have become more vulnerable because they come equipped with web browsing capabilities and can also accept regular emails. Nokia, the leading... |
5 April 2007
06:23 GMT |
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Phone manufacturer Samsung has been granted a patent for an innovative hinge design that's to be used on a mobile device. With the help of the hinge, the handset can be opened in several directions. Judging solely from the picture, the handset to feature the hinge will be a smartphone. Samsung would be one of th... |
5 April 2007
05:55 GMT |
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Nokia just announced that it has paid Qualcomm USD 20 million for patent licenses covering the second quarter 2007. Nokia and Qualcomm have had patent license agreements since 1992 and Nokia's obligations to pay license fees under the old agreements partially expire on April 9, 2007. The payment announced this ... |
5 April 2007
04:16 GMT |
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QUALCOMM Incorporated commented on reports that Nokia has filed complaints against QUALCOMM in Germany and the Netherlands. Although QUALCOMM has not seen the complaints, Nokia's press release alleges that QUALCOMM's patents are exhausted with regards to Nokia's products placed on the European market t... |
21 March 2007
04:18 GMT |
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Yet another patent filing from Apple Inc. reveals the Mac-maker's intentions of simplifying wireless Wi-Fi networking by using RFID transceivers in routers. The patent filing is titled "RFID network arrangement" and documents a system in which a wireless router holds a RFID transceiver. This transceiver would ho... |
10 March 2007
05:16 GMT |
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Apple's team of researchers is definitely not on stand-by. The US Patent & Trademark Office published yesterday Apple's patent application called 'Lanyard for handheld electronic device'. The patent relates to lanyards for handheld gadgets and would incorporate electronic circuitry. It would addre... |
9 March 2007
10:57 GMT |
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On June 2006, Verizon Wireless has filed a suit against the Internet phone provider Vonage in the US District Court for the Virginia Eastern District for infringing three of its patents referring to the way Vonage connects the calls coming from its Internet protocol service to the traditional networks and to some oth... |
9 March 2007
08:58 GMT |
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One of the best things about Microsoft's Zune is its "doubleshot" casing. The edges of the case have a translucent glow of a different color than that of the rest of the casing. The device is usually either light black, chocolate brown or pearl white, but there were few limited-edition pieces made in red, pink a... |
5 March 2007
04:23 GMT |
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One of Sony Ericsson's patents that describe a mobile phone that can be used as a universal remote control has recently been discovered. The handset is meant to feature a touchscreen that can display different remote control user interfaces as well as the necessary electronics for controlling a device. Sony Eric... |
2 March 2007
03:15 GMT |
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