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All Our Patents Are Belong to You Says Elon Musk
All Our Patents Are Belong to You It seems it’s never a dull day for Elon Musk. Just when you think he’s given out all the crazy ideas he can, he comes up with something else. He announced last Thursday that all of the Tesla patents are being made public.…
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Court Orders Apple to Pay More Than $500 Million to VirnetX
Apple guilty of infringing on patents. If you’ve been following up with the latest Apple news, you probably know about the company’s lawsuit with VirnetX. The lawsuit in question goes back almost eight years now, and it concerns some patent infringements. To be more specific, Apple has recently been found…
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US FTC Sues Qualcomm Over Anti-Competitive Practices
After being hit hard by both Chinese and South Korean regulators over the past months, American firm Qualcomm is going under the regulatory spotlight once again. This time around, the fight is on their home turf with the FTC. According to the complaint, the SoC maker is withholding their products unless…
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Intel Seeks AMD GPU Patent Licensing
After Samsung and Nvidia had their recent legal spat, more light has been shed on the world of GPU patents and licensing. While Intel holds their own wealth of patents, no doubt some concerning GPUs, Nvidia and AMD, being GPU firms, also hold more important patents as well. With Intel’s…
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Apple Faces Lawsuit For Infringing Haptic Feedback Patents
Apple is no stranger to legal action and famously became embroiled in a bitter patent dispute with Samsung. Furthermore, Apple aggressively protects its intellectual property at the expense of their public reputation. The company has been sued for anti-trust violations including an eBook price-fixing lawsuit. Furthermore, Apple once faced a number…
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Steve Jobs Granted 141 Patents Since Death
Apple’s co-founder and former CEO, Steve Jobs, has been granted 141 patents since he passed away in October 2011. The number, which is more than the 9 Bill Gates has been granted and the dozen or so granted to Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in their lifetimes, adds…
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Patent Royalties Getting Out of Hand: Could Exceed $120 Per Smartphone
Anyone who follows smartphones will know that the rise of patent wars, patent trolls and massive battles over intellectual property has already started to get out of hand – you only have to look to the endless lawsuits between Apple and Samsung to see that. However, to paraphrase the latest report…
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Twitter and IBM Agree On Deal For 900 Patents, Gives Twitter More IP Protection
Twitter has acquired over 900 patents from IBM. The deal, which includes a cross-license agreement, was made last month, but the two companies have now formally announced it. IBM has received more patents in the U.S. than any other company for 21 consecutive years. “This acquisition of patents from IBM…
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Some Of The Weirdest Patents Of 2013
Since we are closing in on the last days of 2013 we thought it would be interesting to look back on some of the most weird and unusual tech patents of this year. Motorola’s Throat Tattoo The patent by Google owned Motorola was filed in May 2012 and published on…
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