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  • Intel, Nvidia sign $1.5 billion licensing deal

    Intel and Nvidia have signed a patent cross-licensing agreement and ended a long-standing legal dispute between the two companies, Intel said Monday.

    Written by Grant Gross11 Jan. 11 09:28
  • Firm files patent lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, Zynga

    An invention firm started by Priceline.com founder Jay Walker has filed a lawsuit against two large computer gaming companies, Activision Blizzard and Zynga, alleging that some of their most popular games infringe on an online tournament patent.

    Written by Grant Gross07 Jan. 11 06:58
  • Oracle sued by drug-safety software vendor

    Oracle is being sued by drug-safety software vendor DrugLogic over alleged patent violations, according to a complaint filed Dec. 17 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus21 Dec. 10 05:23
  • Apple, Oracle and EMC part of Microsoft-led patent LLC

    Apple, Oracle and EMC are involved with CPTN Holdings LLC, the Microsoft-led consortium that is purchasing 882 patents from Novell for US$450 million, according to a Dec. 9 posting on the website of German antitrust authority Bundeskartellamt, or Federal Cartel Office.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus17 Dec. 10 04:15
  • Nokia expands patent lawsuit against Apple

    Nokia announced on Thursday that it has filed patent claims in the U.K. High Court, Dusseldorf and Mannheim District Courts in Germany and the District Court of the Hague, Netherlands, again taking aim at Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs17 Dec. 10 04:04
  • Crowdsourcing group targets NTP mobile e-mail patents

    A company using crowdsourcing methods to challenge patents has targeted three mobile e-mail patents held by NTP, a Virginia company that has filed more than a dozen infringement lawsuits in the past four years.

    Written by Grant Gross13 Dec. 10 06:57
  • Former Microsoft CTO's firm files patent lawsuits

    Intellectual Ventures, a patent portfolio developer and broker started by former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, has filed patent lawsuits against nine tech companies, including Symantec, McAfee and Hynix Semiconductor.

    Written by Grant Gross09 Dec. 10 08:00
  • EU Parliament approves once-secret ACTA copyright treaty

    After 11 rounds of international negotiations, the final text of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has overcome its biggest hurdle yet when it was welcomed as a step in the right direction by the European Parliament, which voted 331-294, with 11 members abstaining, to approve the measure.

    Written by Jennifer Baker25 Nov. 10 02:15
  • Intel sued by University of New Mexico

    The University of New Mexico's patent arm, STC, filed a lawsuit against Intel on Monday alleging the infringement of a patent related to advanced chip manufacturing.

    Written by Dan Nystedt16 Nov. 10 20:31
  • Android faces another patent attack

    Android faces a new threat with a lawsuit that Vertical Computer Systems filed Monday against Samsung and LG.

    Written by Nancy Gohring17 Nov. 10 06:01
  • Motorola countersues Microsoft in patent infringement battle

    The countersuit is a standard legal maneuver for patent infringement law suits. It is common enough that it is no longer a matter of if, but when, a tech organization challenged for patent infringement will respond with a patent suit of its own. True to form, and following the standard operating procedure, Motorola has filed three patent countersuits against Microsoft.

    Written by Tony Bradley12 Nov. 10 04:38
  • 3D printing may bring legal challenges, group says

    A coming revolution in 3D printing, with average consumers able to copy and create new three-dimensional objects at home, may lead to attempts by patent holders to expand their legal protections, a new paper says.

    Written by Grant Gross11 Nov. 10 08:18
  • Microsoft sues Motorola over licensing terms

    Microsoft sued Motorola on Tuesday in a Washington court, alleging that Motorola is refusing to license patents on a reasonable basis, as it promised during standards-setting processes.

    Written by Nancy Gohring10 Nov. 10 10:02
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