One of Apple’s most fiercely guarded secrets? The name of the next iPhone. It’s known that the device will launch later this year, complete with a stainless steel and glass body, a better screen and a speedy 3-D sensor that recognises your face. It may…
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Last Thursday Patently Apple posted a report titled “Apple refines their Head-Mounted Display Device for a Second Time this Year.” Then late on Monday Patently Apple posted a report titled “Apple Reportedly working on Digital Glasses Supporting Telephony and Augmented Reality.” Today, Apple filed for…
Read MoreApple has long understood the importance of protecting its intellectual property, which is why the company registered the name “iPhone” in China in 2002, back before many of its engineers knew their employer was secretly developing the device. But even Apple’s legal savvy could not…
Read MoreThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 80 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In this particular report we focus on Apple’s invention regarding 3D user interface effects on an iPhone or iPad that could take Apple’s current parallax effects…
Read MoreSupreme 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…
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 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 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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