Patent articles

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  AOL sells majority of patent portfolio to Microsoft in billion-dollar deal

  By Adi Robertson on April 9, 2012 08:11 am + 50 comments

  Struggling former web giant AOL is selling off over three-quarters of its patent portfolio. The Continue reading…

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  Chipmaker NXP sues RIM, accusing BlackBerry devices of patent infringement

  By Matt Macari on April 5, 2012 12:15 am + 5 comments

  Patent litigation is nothing new to Research In Motion — facing a nearly fatal injunction several Continue reading…

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  Apple scorned by renowned federal judge in case against Motorola

  By Matt Macari on April 3, 2012 06:44 pm + 62 comments

  Renowned federal judge Richard A. Posner issued an order in Apple's US patent case against Motorola Continue reading…

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  Facebook fires back with claims that Yahoo infringes ten of its patents (update: patent details)

  By Matt Macari on April 3, 2012 02:38 pm + 14 comments

  Facebook just returned fire on Yahoo in their emerging patent battle by filing its own patent Continue reading…

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  Small Android developers not worried about raging patent wars

  By Nilay Patel on April 3, 2012 09:31 am + 102 comments

  Although Apple may have kicked off the post-PC era with the iPhone and iPad, it's Android that's Continue reading…

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  Google and Oracle settlement talks collapse, patent dispute going to trial

  By Vlad Savov on April 3, 2012 04:02 am + 45 comments

  Oracle's longrunning dispute with Google over Java patents allegedly misused in Android won't be Continue reading…

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  NASA auctions off software development patents for $75k; two other sets of patents go unclaimed

  By Nathan Ingraham on April 2, 2012 09:17 am + 8 comments

  NASA offered up three sets of its patents at auction last week, but had a hard time finding buyers. Continue reading…

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  US court adopts Apple's broad interpretation of scrolling patent, rejects Motorola's

  By Matt Macari on April 1, 2012 09:32 pm + 88 comments

  Apple won an important victory on Thursday against Motorola in the form of a claim construction Continue reading…

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  Linus Torvalds' testimony helped persuade judge to throw out Microsoft patent

  By Adi Robertson on March 30, 2012 09:54 am + 36 comments

  Linux creator Linus Torvalds may no longer be giving advice to Amiga fans on Usenet, but his Continue reading…

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  ETSI vote on nano-SIM standard postponed due to dispute between Apple and Nokia

  By Vlad Savov on March 30, 2012 04:50 am + 70 comments

  The European Telecommunications Standards Institute is becoming a well-known name these days, Continue reading…