Kodak in $525 million patent deal, eyes bankruptcy end Dec 19th, 2012 - 20:20h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co agreed to sell its digital imaging patents for about $525 million, a key step to bringing the photography pioneer out of bankruptcy in the first half of 2013. The deal for the 1,100 patents allows Kodak to fulfill a condi... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : kodak, $525, million, patent, deal, eyes, bankruptcy, Top Keywords

ITC judge sides with Apple against Google on phone patent Dec 19th, 2012 - 02:50h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Google's Motorola Mobility unit cannot assert a patent against Apple Inc which covers a sensor that stops phone users from dialing wrong numbers on touchscreen devices, a U.S. trade judge ruled. In an entry on the U.S. International ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : judge, sides, apple, against, google, phone, patent, Top Keywords

Jury says Apple iPhone violated three patents, damages unclear Dec 13th, 2012 - 19:00h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Thursday found that Apple's iPhone infringed three patents owned by holding company MobileMedia Ideas, though damages have not yet been determined. The verdict was delivered after a week-long trial in Delaware federal ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : jury, says, apple, iphone, violated, patents, damages, unclear, Top Keywords

Facebook, Google tell the government to stop granting patents for abstract ideas Dec 12th, 2012 - 05:40h (CET +01.00) Facebook (FB), Google (GOOG) and six other tech companies have petitioned the courts to begin rejecting lawsuits that are based on patents for vague concepts rather than specific applications, TechCrunch reported. The agreement, which was cosigned by... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : facebook, google, tell, government, stop, granting, patents, abstract, ideas, Top Keywords

Google, U.S. regulators close to deal in patents dispute: sources Dec 11th, 2012 - 21:30h (CET +01.00) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are near a settlement with Google Inc in a dispute over the search giant's efforts to stop the sale of products it says infringe essential patents, according to two sources close to the probe. But the Feder... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : google, regulators, close, deal, patents, dispute, sources, abstract, ideas, Top Keywords

Notorious patent troll hits RIM with new lawsuit, seeks BlackBerry sales ban Dec 11th, 2012 - 15:00h (CET +01.00) Well-known patent troll Wi-LAN has filed a new lawsuit against BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIMM) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Wi-LAN, which describes itself as 'a leading intellectual property licensing co... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : notorious, patent, troll, hits, lawsuit, seeks, blackberry, sales, ideas, Top Keywords

Wi-LAN sues RIM for Bluetooth patent infringement Dec 11th, 2012 - 14:30h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Patent licensing company Wi-LAN Inc said on Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd for infringing on a patent that relates to Bluetooth technology. The company said it filed in the U.S. District Cou... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : wilan, sues, bluetooth, patent, infringement, seeks, blackberry, sales, ideas, Top Keywords

Apple licenses HTC hardware and software, but says design patents are off-limits Dec 6th, 2012 - 23:00h (CET +01.00) Apple (AAPL) is willing to share its hardware and software with rivals, but the company's unique designs are apparently off-limits. As TmoNews notes, Apple's patent litigation settlement with HTC (2498) includes patents for hardware and software but ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : apple, licenses, hardware, software, says, design, patents, offlimits, ideas, Top Keywords

U.S. agency backs Apple in essential patent battle Dec 6th, 2012 - 01:20h (CET +01.00) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google unit Motorola Mobility is not entitled to ask a court to stop the sale of Apple iPhones and iPads that it says infringe on a patent that is essential to wireless technology, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wedn... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : agency, backs, apple, essential, patent, battle, patents, offlimits, ideas, Top Keywords

HTC, Apple ordered to show which patents were included in their settlement agreement Dec 5th, 2012 - 00:30h (CET +01.00) U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh on Monday ruled that the patents included in the HTC and Apple settlement agreement must be made public, CNET reported. Other details such as pricing and royalty rates, however, will remain private. Koh's decision c... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : apple, ordered, show, which, patents, were, included, settlement, agreement, Top Keywords