Patent articles

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  Google asks FTC and Department of Justice to investigate 'patent privateering'

  By Adi Robertson on April 5, 2013 04:16 pm + 58 comments

  In the latest of several swipes against patent trolls, Google has taken aim at the companies who Continue reading…

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  Apple's bounce-back patent receives 'final' rejection from US patent office

  By Matt Macari on April 3, 2013 07:21 pm + 73 comments

  Apple received some bad news last Friday regarding its infamous bounce-back patent, US 7,469,381. Continue reading…

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  Generic drug trade wins big after court refuses cancer medicine patent

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 1, 2013 04:53 am + 150 comments

  The Supreme Court in India has left the door open for the generic drug trade to manufacture cheap Continue reading…

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  Microsoft's new patent tracker promises transparency, but is all about licensing

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 28, 2013 05:47 pm + 68 comments

  As Apple and Samsung continue to wage war over patents, other tech companies like Google and Twitter Continue reading…

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  Google announces open source patent pledge, won't sue 'unless first attacked'

  By Chris Welch on March 28, 2013 10:48 am + 588 comments

  Google just announced the Open Patent Non-Assertion (OPN) Pledge, a new initiative whereby the Continue reading…

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  Company owned by Sony and Philips sues Apple for patent infringement

  By Matt Macari on March 20, 2013 05:54 pm + 35 comments

  Intertrust Technologies, a software and patent holding company based in Silicon Valley, announced Continue reading…

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  Twitter gets a patent on... Twitter

  By Nilay Patel on March 19, 2013 06:17 pm + 98 comments

  Although Twitter famously has a pending patent on the familiar "pull-to-refresh" gesture, the Continue reading…

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  LG calls out Samsung for possible eye-tracking patent infringement in Galaxy S4

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 19, 2013 06:15 am + 49 comments

  Yonhap News reports that the Korean cousins Samsung and LG are in a row over the eye-tracking Continue reading…

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  Apple sued by THX over iMac, iPad, and iPhone speaker design

  By Amar Toor on March 16, 2013 09:00 am + 223 comments

  THX, the audio technology company founded by Star Wars creator George Lucas, has accused Apple of Continue reading…

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  Nintendo found guilty of patent infringement over glasses-free 3DS technology

  By Chris Welch on March 13, 2013 06:41 pm + 21 comments

  In developing its 3DS portable console, Nintendo infringed on a glasses-free 3D patent owned by a Continue reading…