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  Foxconn becomes Microsoft's biggest Android patent licensee

  By Sam Byford on April 17, 2013 12:49 am + 163 comments

  Foxconn has agreed to license patents that Microsoft holds relating to Android and Chrome OS. Continue reading…

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  Office 2013 now transferable to new PCs every 90 days after uproar over license restrictions

  By Tom Warren on March 6, 2013 09:59 am + 49 comments

  Microsoft may be pushing Office users to its $99 / year subscription model, but it does still offer Continue reading…

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  LG and Samsung agree to settle OLED and LCD patent disputes with words, not lawyers

  By Aaron Souppouris on February 4, 2013 04:53 am + 19 comments

  As South Korea's two largest electronics chaebols, LG and Samsung have a history of litigation. Continue reading…

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  BlueStacks teams up with Lenovo to pre-load Android apps on Idea-branded PCs

  By Tom Warren on January 7, 2013 10:00 am + 25 comments

  After launching a beta of its Android App Player for Windows last year, BlueStacks is announcing a Continue reading…

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  RIM's first patent settlement payment to Nokia is $65 million

  By Sam Byford on December 28, 2012 07:45 am + 89 comments

  Last week Nokia announced that RIM would pay it a one-off fee and make subsequent payments as part Continue reading…

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  Settlement gives HTC access to Apple utility patents, not designs

  By Bryan Bishop on December 6, 2012 01:12 am + 57 comments

  Last month Apple and HTC settled all of their patent litigation worldwide thanks to a 10-year Continue reading…

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  Samsung hopes to use Apple and HTC settlement to stop sales ban

  By Bryan Bishop on November 16, 2012 06:17 pm + 50 comments

  Earlier this week HTC and Apple put an end to their patent disagreements, and now Samsung is hoping Continue reading…

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  Apple and HTC settle all patent litigation with 10-year license agreement

  By T.C. Sottek on November 10, 2012 09:09 pm + 310 comments

  After trading blows in courts around the world, Apple and HTC have announced a settlement that Continue reading…

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  Apple agrees on licensing terms for use of iconic Swiss clock design

  By Aaron Souppouris on October 12, 2012 08:50 am + 271 comments

  Apple has agreed to pay the Swiss national railway (SBB) for use of its iconic clock design in iOS Continue reading…

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  Microsoft licenses file system patents to BlackBerry maker RIM

  By Tom Warren on September 18, 2012 12:20 pm + 83 comments

  Microsoft is announcing today that BlackBerry maker, Research In Motion, has signed a patent Continue reading…