Panic over: Jury decides that Google’s use of Java APIs in Android was ‘fair use’ and, hence, absolutely fine GOOGLE HAS WON a jury verdict against Oracle in the court case brought by the database giant over the use of Java APIs in the Android…
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Wistron and Rakuten are the latest two vendors to sign patent-licensing deals with Microsoft for their Android devices. Microsoft is continuing to ink patent-licensing deals with makers of Android devices. This week, Microsoft renewed an Android patent licensing deal with Wistron. It also signed a…
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Microsoft and smartwatch vendor Olio have struck a patent-licensing agreement. And that’s about all we know about Microsoft’s latest IP licensing pact. Microsoft announced its first patent-licensing deal of the new year on January 25. Microsoft Technology Licensing — the part of Microsoft that acquires,…
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Samsung’s new patents based on phones with optical zoom module, dual xenon flash, and more have been spotted at the KIPRIS, the Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service website, which is a patent search service for Korean documents. The company is reportedly working on a…
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Is Microsoft making Office software and services part of its Android-patent-licensing negotiation terms? A new deal between Microsoft and ASUS makes it seem like it might be. On October 1, Microsoft announced it had signed an “expanded” patent-licensing deal with ASUSTek Computer Inc. (aka…
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Silicon Valley companies rally around Samsung with supporting statement arguing that Apple’s patent litigation is damaging to the industry. Google, Facebook, Dell, HP, eBay and a collection of other large Silicon Valley companies have sided with Samsung in its battle over patents with Apple. The…
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The two tech giants have been granted patents for products aimed at the sleep deprived and forgetful drivers. In Google’s sci-fi future, your alarm clock’s volume will adjust automatically based on how deeply you’re sleeping – as tracked by your watch and pajamas. Apple’s vision…
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Microsoft announced today that it has signed new patent cross-licensing agreements with Fuji Xerox and Melco Holdings, the parent company of Buffalo, Inc. In a blog post announcing the deals, Microsoft said that the deals will expand the patent coverage offered to both companies, which…
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Microsoft filed suit against Kyocera this afternoon, alleging that the Japanese electronics company’s Android-based smartphones infringe on the Redmond company’s patents. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, seeks financial damages and an injunction against Kyocera to prevent the company from selling devices that…
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Your next iPhone may be trackable even when it’s turned off, if Apple’s newest patent is anything to go by. The Cupertino tech giant has just patented a technology that would “periodically exit an unpowered state and transmit location data.” The patent documentation details a…
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