Supreme Court has not ruled about compelled unlocking of fingerprint-locked devices. A Dallas, Texas man accused of prostituting underage girls was secretly ordered by a federal judge to unlock his iPhone using his fingerprint, according to federal court documents that are now unsealed. It’s rare…
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Samsung has filed two U.S. patents for a smartphone that can bend using what it calls “artificial muscle,” which when voltage is applied through an internal controller can hold virtually any shape. Originally noted by Korean IT News, the first patent (US20160195902) describes a flexible…
Read MoreApple Inc. violated the design patents of a Chinese device maker and may have to halt sales of its latest iPhones in Beijing, the city’s intellectual property authority ruled, handing the U.S. company its latest setback in a pivotal market. The iPhone 6 and iPhone…
Read MoreThe Apple Watch hasn’t seen a hardware update since it was released thirteen months ago. But whenever the day for a face lift finally comes, there’s a good chance the Apple Watch will contain a built-in camera, if a recent patent from Apple is to…
Read MoreThere’s a lot of unused surface area on today’s smartphone — sure, the front is mostly display, and there’s a camera on the back, but the rest of the back is normally just blank space. If Apple has its way, however, a future version of…
Read MoreThe legal battle that started in 2011 between Samsung and Apple over smartphone patents could continue for years more, as the US Department of Justice recommended this week that the Supreme Court return the case for further examination. The DoJ — acting in an advisory…
Read MoreBy Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday found a pattern of misconduct by Merck & Co including lying under oath and other unethical practices, freeing Gilead Sciences Inc from paying any damages for infringing Merck’s patents with its lucrative treatments…
Read MoreApple Inc. has succeeded in getting two additional Smartflash LLC patents invalidated, bringing it closer to escaping a $533 million patent verdict. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on May 26 invalidated two of three patents owned by Smartflash, which won the award after a…
Read MoreSoftware maker Microsoft Corp is selling about 1,500 of its patents to Chinese device maker Xiaomi [XTC.UL], a rare departure for the U.S. company and part of what the two companies say is the start of a long-term partnership. The deal, announced on Wednesday, also…
Read MoreApple is being sued by Caltech for using Wi-Fi chips that allegedly infringe on four of the university’s patents. In a lawsuit filed last Thursday, Caltech argued that Apple knowingly used and advertised gains from patented technology in almost all of its major products from…
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