Patent

Accenture files Patent Suit against Guidewire

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Accenture Ltd said on Tuesday it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Guidewire Software Inc over an insurance claims management technology. Read more

Posted on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus responses to IBM Patent Lawsuit

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Yesterday IBM filed a lawsuit against ASUSTeK and its North American subsidiary, ASUS Computer International with the FTC. The suit alleges that ASUS has infringed on IBM patents with certain ASUS products.

Asustek Computer (Asus) has posted a comment via the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) saying that the company does not think that any violation has occurred and that its attorneys are looking into the situation. Read more

Posted on Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:30:49 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia appeals in German Patent Case vs Qualcomm

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HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia Oyj has filed an appeal with the regional court in Mannheim, Germany, in its legal battle with U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc , Nokia said on Tuesday. Read more

Posted on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Qualcomm vs Nokia Patent Case starts in Britain

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HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker, Nokia Oyj , said on Monday it was confident it had not infringed the two technology patents U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm had sued it for in Britain. Read more

Posted on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony Ericsson patents Gesture Bluetooth File Transfer

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Sony Ericsson filed an interesting patent about transferring files between mobile phones with a gesture.

In the Sony Ericsson patent a user can simply drag an item off the side of the handset screen in the direction of the phone they want to transfer the file to. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:37:23 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

TomTom and Garmin settle Patent Dispute

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Garmin Ltd. announces today a confidential global settlement of all of its intellectual property litigation with TomTom.

The settlement resolves all of the pending intellectual property litigation including cases in the UK, Netherlands, Wisconsin, and Texas. The parties did not disclose details of their agreement. Read more

Posted on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Dutch Court dismisses Nokia Patent Case vs. Qualcomm

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch court dismissed a patent complaint by the world's biggest mobile phone maker Nokia Oyj against chip supplier Qualcomm Inc on Wednesday, according to a judgment obtained by Reuters. Read more

Posted on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Innovators take Patent Bill Battle to Senate

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By Diane Bartz

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Executives and lobbyists from some of America's richest and most influential companies are walking the halls of Congress, buttonholing senators to argue for strong patents to preserve U.S. innovation. Read more

Posted on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:53:33 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Vonage & Verizon Settle Patent Suit

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The long running lawsuit between Verizon and Vonage has been resolved. The suit originated over Verizon alleging Vonage had illegally used several Verizon patents in its VOIP phone service.

Vonage has always maintained that it had not used Verizon technology in its services. In March of 2007, a jury found that Vonage had infringed on three Verizon patents and awarded Verizon $58 million in damages. Read more

Posted on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:45:42 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Genoa Color Patents LCD System that Covers 100% Color Gamut

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Genoa Color announced today that it had received a U.S. Patent for a multi-primary color LCD display. The company was granted U.S. Patent number 7,268,757 for “Device, system, and methodology for color display” for an LCD using multiple primary colors.

"This patent strengthens our intellectual property in the LCD display space," says Genoa CEO Ilan Ben-David. "With more than 80 patents pending worldwide, we expect to receive other key grants protecting our multi-primary color innovations in the near future." Read more

Posted on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:23:58 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Microsoft patents iPhone like User Interface

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Microsoft filed a patent that features a user interface that bears similarities to the Apple iPhone interface.

The patent, filed in July 2007, is entitled Extensible filtered lists for mobile device user interface. Some of the filed screens show an UI similar to the Cover flow feature in the iPhone. Read more

Posted on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Vonage settles Patent Lawsuit with Sprint

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Today Vonage announced that it has settled its pending patent dispute with Sprint Communications LP and entered into a licensing arrangement under Sprint's Voice over Packet ("VOP") patent portfolio.

Vonage and Sprint have entered into an agreement to resolve this patent dispute as well as begining a business relationship. In addition, Sprint has agreed to license Vonage its VOP portfolio. Read more

Posted on Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:10:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NTP sues Wireless Carriers for Patent Infringement

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - NTP Inc, which last year won a $612.5 million settlement from the maker of Blackberry, has sued several leading wireless companies for patent infringement, according to court papers. Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:46:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Diebold Granted Patents for Interfacing Mobile Phones with their ATM Machines

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Diebold ATM’s are some of the most common ATM’s used in banking. Over the last 18 months Diebold has been granted five U.S. Patents all relating to methods of allowing portable phone users to interact with Diebold ATM’s with their mobile phones.

The technology covered in these patents will allow mobile phone users to get directions to the nearest ATM, order cash withdrawals remotely, generate electronic checks to pay for items, transmit wireless payments, and conduct other transactions. Read more

Posted on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:51:27 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Motorola sues Aruba for Patent Infringement

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mobile phone maker Motorola Inc said on Tuesday that two of its subsidiaries had sued Aruba Networks Inc for patent infringement related to wireless local area network technologies. Read more

Posted on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

3M says settles Battery Patent dispute with Sony

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - 3M Co. said it settled a lithium-ion battery cathode patent dispute filed in March against Sony Corp. and other companies in U.S. district court in Minnesota. Read more

Posted on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:32:56 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple files for Charge Denying Patent

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Electronics are expensive and that makes them targets for thieves. Apple is trying to find ways to prevent gadget theft and has files a patent on a system that would prevent iPhone's and iPod's from charging if connected to a non approved cable.

The part I don’t get about this system is how exactly you would override such a device. What if I lost my charger and had to buy another one? What if I was at a friend’s house and wanted to recharge from their charger? Read more

Posted on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:48:16 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Microsoft and Linspire announce Agreement including Patent Covenant

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Microsoft and Linux desktop provider Linspire Inc. announced a broad interoperability, technical collaboration that also includes intellectual property assurances.

Through this agreement, the companies will work to advance office document compatibility, enhance instant messaging interoperability and reinforce existing collaboration on digital media. In addition, Linspire will be providing its customers with the option of acquiring a patent covenant from Microsoft for customers operating the Linspire desktop. Read more

Posted on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:48:47 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia sues QualComm for Patent Infringement

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Nokia hits back in the ongoing patent battle with QualComm. The company asks a Texas court to stop Qualcomm's unauthorized use of Nokia's MediaFLO and BREW patents.

The filing relates to Qualcomm's unauthorized use of 6 Nokia implementation patents in its MediaFLO and BREW businesses.

"Nokia has a strong history of innovation in IP broadcast television and mobile download environments predating Qualcomm's activities," said Tero Ojanperä, chief technology officer, Nokia. "This is another example where Qualcomm has effectively copied Nokia's innovations. We believe that, for MediaFLO to evolve and for BREW to remain viable, Qualcomm needs access to these and many other patented Nokia inventions." Read more

Posted on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:19:31 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft gets Patent for Music Player Dock in Car Stereo

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Microsoft gets awarded a patent for docking station.

The docking station would support portable music player and other handheld devices. You can really patent any kind of obvious thing.
If MS can use the patent against iPod car integrations is questionable. Read more

Posted on Fri, 25 May 2007 06:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple files Patents for Back-Side Interface for Hand-Held Devices

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Apple has filed a patent application describing a devices like an iPod with two screens.

The devices would carry a screen on the front and one on the back side.
The larger backside screen would be touch sensitive and used for interacting with the device. The front side screen would display information and might be designed smaller. Read more