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Google-Samsung patent deal may also bring hardware agreement

Nate Swanner - January 27, 2014

The Google-Samsung patent deal is still shrouded in mystery. Though we like that Samsung is working with others in various patent agreements, we’re still...

Samsung strikes patent deal with Ericsson

Nate Swanner - January 27, 2014

It looks like Samsung has learned a valuable lesson. A recent agreement with the EU gave them breathing room for five years, in which...

Google and Samsung agree on extensive patent licensing

Juan Carlos Torres - January 26, 2014

Samsung and Google have just struck up an agreement to access each other's patents portfolio for quite a long period of time. Aside from...

Motorola trial versus Intellectual Ventures starts today

Nate Swanner - January 24, 2014

Motorola has begun their trial against alleged patent troll Intellectual Ventures this morning. Opening statements were heard in a Delaware courtroom, where a case...

Qualcomm snatches 1,400 patents from HP relating to Palm, iPaq, and Bitphone

Nate Swanner - January 23, 2014

Qualcomm has announced that they’ve acquired about 1,400 patents from HP. The portfolio, which also encompasses patent applications, notably references Palm, iPaq, and Bitphone....

Android push notifications found to infringe on SimpleAir patent

Juan Carlos Torres - January 22, 2014

After just a week, a federal jury from the Eastern District of Texas returned a guilty verdict against Google. It has determined that it...

HTC gets partial relief as German court dismisses one Nokia patent suit

Juan Carlos Torres - January 12, 2014

The war may be far from over, but HTC at least managed to win one legal battle. Despite suffering previous loses in German courts,...

Samsung awarded two new patents, could bring folding tablet to market

Nate Swanner - January 2, 2014

Two new design patents could highlight the direction for future Samsung devices. While they’re very different from one another, they could highlight new directions...

Google patent wants to turn your conversations into comic relief

Juan Carlos Torres - January 1, 2014

Riding on the popularity of comic strip generating services like Bitstrip and the wealth of funny conversations running amok over the Internet, Google has...