Displaying items by tag: patents

Sunday, 05 May 2013 20:25

Apple patents for curved batteries

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Apple once again filled some applications for patent rights, this time they have two application that describes a curved batteries that can be easily integrated in portable electronic devices.

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New Apple patent shows a method of finding and accessing capabilites of a car with the help of mobile devices and Bluetooth.

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In November 2012 a jury found Apple guilty of patent infringement against patent troll… sorry non-participating entity, VirnetX. VirnetX claimed that Apple was in violation of a few patents that they own. These patents relate to video and text messaging. VirnetX has also filed a new suit against Microsoft for some of the same patents claiming that Microsoft’s license for Skype does not cover what they are using these technologies for. So you can see that VirnetX keeps themselves busy.

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Thursday, 25 April 2013 19:40

HTC can keep the "Nokia“ microphones

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Looks like HTC was not really guilty in the story about the use of microphones that were designed exclusively for Nokia. Contrary to previous allegations, the company now can sell the device HTC One in the Netherlands.

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It appears that Apple has a really good friend over at the US Patent and Trademark office. After rejecting a trademark for the iPad Mini based on legitimate objections the USPTO has withdrawn those and is granting the trademark with a few minor limitations on how Apple will be using the word Mini. Originally the objections were that the Trademark was not descriptive enough so it was out. Now 7 days later all of those objections are gone.

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Saturday, 30 March 2013 08:39

Apple wants patent on flexible wrapped screen

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Apple has filed a patent application for a future "smart" mobile phone with a transparent body and a flexible screen "wrapped" around the entire body of the device. The patent application that is named "Electronic device with wrap around display" describes the phone or other electronic device that has a screen all over the body, and users should have all the interaction with the device using the touch screen without any physical buttons.

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Saturday, 23 February 2013 22:21

Nikon pays Microsoft for licensing

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Microsoft believes that every Android device manufacturer earns money by using their patents, and therefore seeks to enter into licensing agreements with each of them to avoid lawsuits. Also this way they can earn money from what is often naively believed to be "pure" Google product that is based on open source software and Linux.

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Thursday, 07 February 2013 21:04

Solar display patent for Apple

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Smartphones have evolved over time, in almost every aspect, except for the battery life. Moreover, this aspect is one of the few in which most smart phones seem to keep going backwards as the rest of their technology gets faster.

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Sunday, 03 February 2013 17:07

Slide to unlock is not Apple's patent

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If you thought that Apple invented the slide-to-unlock move that unlocks the display of cell phones and portable devices, you're not alone. Until recently the U.S. Patent Office also thought so, but now they have reconsidered. According to the latest decision, the patent belongs to Micron and it is described as a “system and method for managing and accessing electronic device.”

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Monday, 14 January 2013 15:13

IBM gets the most patents again...

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IBM has now been the leading company according to the number of patented technologies for 20 years in a row. Since 1993 IBM in the United States has received a total of nearly 67,000 patents. Even though you most often hear names like Samsung or Apple, recently even Ericsson, when talking about patents, the big daddy IBM wipes all of the competition.

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