Four of top five Chinese smartphone firms now have inked deals Qualcomm has inked a technology licensing deal with smartphone maker Xiaomi – a major Chinese firm that previously balked at paying royalties for use of the San Diego company’s patents. The deal announced Wednesday…
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Apple Inc., along with other major companies, have been sued by patent troll ICC over the illegal use of some its patents. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), along with other tech companies like LG, Samsung, Lenovo, Sony, and Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) has been slapped with a…
Read MoreA federal appeals court has handed Microsoft a win against Google in a long-running lawsuit over patent licensing that was originally filed against Motorola in 2010. A panel of three judges from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a lower court…
Read More(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court appeared skeptical on Wednesday toward Google Inc’s bid to charge Microsoft Corp a high royalty rate to use some of the Internet search provider’s Motorola Mobility patents. Microsoft sued Motorola in 2010, alleging Motorola breached its commitment to license…
Read MoreIt’s patent reform season in Congress again, and along with the warming weather comes a new flurry of over-heated concerns about patent trolls, defined by some as “patent owners who file lawsuits rather than make or sell products.” Well, I’m a patent licensor — inventions…
Read MoreMuch of today’s wearable gadgetry is designed to track activity and movement for fitness purposes. Here’s a much stranger idea, courtesy of a new patent awarded to Google on Feb. 10: A movement-tracker that activates a web-connected air freshener to emit a fragrance to mask any offending…
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