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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US mobile phone operator Sprint has lost a patent battle and been ordered to pay $30 to a company that says it used patents it does not own. Prism Technologies makes money by licensing patents, and has already taken many companies that use them to court….
Read MoreWATERLOO, ONTARIO AND SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, Jun 23, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — BLACKBERRY Limited BBRY, -4.24% (BB) and Cisco CSCO, -0.54% today announced that they have entered into a long-term patent cross-licensing agreement covering their respective products and technologies. As part of the cross-licensing…
Read MoreRecent tech rumors suggested that BlackBerry Limited might be releasing a smartphone with a sliding keyboard features in early Q2 of 2015. N4BB said that the BlackBerry Passport maker could be making two new phones with concealable keyboards which are dubbed as the BB10 “Visa”…
Read MoreBlackBerry Ltd. (BBRY)’s patent portfolio holds two key allures for any acquirer: security and basic wireless technologies. Those are among the prime pieces of intellectual property held by the Waterloo, Ontario-based mobile-technology company. Reuters today said BlackBerry and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) held deal discussions…
Read MoreThe tech giants finally relinquish their hold on the highly-coveted technology rights, possibly marking the end of a patent fight between Android phone manufacturers and competitors. Apple and other high-profile tech companies sold 4,000 smartphone patents for $900 million to a clearinghouse, the patents’ new…
Read MoreXiaomi Corp. became the biggest smartphone seller in China without an extensive — or expensive — collection of patents. That low-cost approach is now backfiring as accusations of technology infringement stall its global push. Ericsson AB sued Xiaomi in India, saying the smartphone maker hadn’t…
Read MoreApple has been ordered to pay Mobile Telecommunications Technologies LLC US$23.6 million for infringing on six patents related to 1990s-era pager technology. MTel claimed the messaging and WiFi technology used in the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch infringe on patents it owns, and a federal…
Read MoreBlackBerry 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…
Read MoreJakarta Untuk mewujudkan “Jakarta Baru” yang lebih baik, Pemerintah Provinsi DKI Jakarta (Pemprov DKI) akan menggelar kegiatan hackathon bernama HackJakarta, Jakarta Open Data Challenge (#HACKJAK). Ini adalah hackathon pertama di Indonesia yang diadakan Pemprov DKI.Berkolaborasi dengan Southeast Asia Technology Transparency Initiative (SEATTI), melalui kegiatan ini…
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