ARM CEO Simon Segars has defended the company’s stance on smartphone graphics technology linked to a patent suit brought forward by chip maker Nvidia. On Monday, the chief executive defended the firm’s intellectual property, involved in a looming patent suit brought forward by Nvidia against…
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The company behind the movie watermarking system known as Cinavia has been awarded a new anti-piracy patent. Among other things, the Verance invention seeks to track digital media as it’s being distributed by adding identifying watermarks to encrypted content, without having to decrypt it first….
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Virginia Republican state Sen. Richard Stuart says his legislation combats abusive patent trolls, but some have suggested that it goes too far, violating the First Amendment and begging for a lawsuit, according to Virginia Business. The lucrative nature of patent trolling stems from the fact…
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Apple has applied for a patent that would keep the iPhone safe from harm in the event users are a bit too rough with charging docks. The US Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday published a patent application filed by Apple that would allow users…
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BlackBerry continues its rehabilitation by announcing the formation of a new business unit, and the hiring of a leader to guide it. The new business unit is BlackBerry Technology Solutions, or BTS. Its new president is Dr. Sandeep Chennakeshu, who takes on the new responsibility…
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The iPhone 6’s packaging might not only include a redesigned smartphone, but a redesigned USB to Lightning cable. While it’s unlikely that Apple will yet-again change the Lightning port introduced with the 2012 iPhone 5 anytime in the near future, a redesigned version of…
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Apple has a new patent application with the USPTO (via AppleInsider) for a better mouse that is far more sensitive to how much pressure a user applies with each click, and provides them with haptic (read: vibration) feedback to let them know what kind of…
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We’re all so used to using our iPhones as our primary cameras these days that it’s difficult to remember what it was like in the dark days before the device came along. Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a new series of Apple-related…
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The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 55 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today plus 4 new design patents that cover the iPhone, MacBook Pro and more. Apple’s design patents don’t really describe anything. They simply boil down to being…
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While it’s only a patent application at this stage, Google’s idea of a contact lens with a tiny camera embedded will no doubt have a bead of sweat forming on the brow of many a privacy campaigner as they contemplate a world where secret snappers…
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