Apple facing patent lawsuit over speaker technology in iPhone, iPad

18 Mar, 2013, 6:14 pm IST tech2 News Staff General

  Apple's caught in a legal tangle once again, and this time it comes from THX, a company founded by Star Wars producer George Lucas, Bloomberg More

US ITC to review Apple patent complaint against Samsung

24 Jan, 2013, 9:30 am IST General

A U.S. trade panel that specializes in patent disputes will review a potentially key decision in the patent fight... More

Kodak gets patent bid from Apple, Google

11 Dec, 2012, 9:48 am IST General

Apple and Google, bitter rivals in smartphone technology, have joined up to make a combined bid for a bundle of patents offered by photography ... More

Judge leaves US sales ban on Samsung tablet intact

20 Sep, 2012, 10:12 am IST Tablets

A federal judge has refused to rescind a court order banning Samsung Electronics from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 computer in the U.S... More

Start-ups fight back as patent wars intensify

17 Sep, 2012, 11:18 am IST Tablets 1 Comments

The patent wars that have embroiled many of the world's technology giants in recent years are spreading to a new set of combatants... More

US court delays ban on Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone

02 Aug, 2012, 6:12 pm IST tech2 News Staff Smartphones

Folks at Samsung Electronics can now heave a sigh of relief as the United States Court of Appeals... More

RIM hit with $147.2 mln verdict in California patent lawsuit

14 Jul, 2012, 2:44 pm IST Smartphones

A northern California jury has directed Research in Motion Ltd to pay $147.2 million in patent litigation over a remote management system for wireless devices, according to an attorney for the plaintiff, Mformation Technologies Inc.... More

U.S. court temporarily lifts sales ban on Galaxy Nexus; not Galaxy Tab 10.1

07 Jul, 2012, 1:08 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Smartphones

In a move that would bring the South Korean giant some partial relief, albeit temporarily, a U.S. appeals court has lifted the ban on the sales of the ... More

Research in Motion sued by NXP over patents

04 Apr, 2012, 10:00 am IST Smartphones

A Dutch semiconductor company said on Tuesday it had filed a patent infringement suit against Research In Motion Ltd, adding to the BlackBerry .... More

Intel buys RealNetworks' patents for $120 million

27 Jan, 2012, 11:06 am IST Roydon Cerejo Smartphones

RealNetworks announced that it has signed an agreement to sell a significant number of its patents and its next ... More

Google secures 200-odd IBM patents

04 Jan, 2012, 5:54 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Smartphones

Google has just hit a jackpot, of sorts. Its patent portfolio just got a major boost, after it managed to secure for itself, ... More

Hydrogen powered smartphone from Apple in the works

27 Dec, 2011, 10:37 am IST Anuradha Shetty Smartphones 2 Comments

Any piece of technology is deemed intelligent, especially in today's age and time when it manages ... More

British Telecom sues Google over Android and other services

19 Dec, 2011, 10:59 am IST Naina Khedekar Smartphones

British Telecom (BT) sues Google over latter’s Android and other services. British telecom states that Google ... More

Google gets patent for landing strip technology in self driving cars

16 Dec, 2011, 10:55 am IST Padmini Harchandrai Science and Technology

Google unveiled its self driving cars back in 2010 and development on this technology has not stopped. According to ... More

Apple goes green, gets two solar energy patents

03 Nov, 2011, 3:41 pm IST Karan Shah Science and Technology

 Apple has won two crucial energy related patents that might help shape the future of their devices. More

Apple acquires 40 major patents in China

21 Sep, 2011, 5:15 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Science and Technology

Cupertino-based Apple has earned itself as many as 40 patents from the Chinese Patent Office that covers a wide range of patent rights for the company in China. More

Now, Samsung files lawsuit against Apple in France

15 Sep, 2011, 5:56 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Science and Technology

The round two of one of the most high-profile patent infringement lawsuits, in recent times seems to have begun.  More

Google buys out 1000 patents from IBM

15 Sep, 2011, 11:04 am IST Anuradha Shetty Science and Technology

With a steady rise in the number of patent infringement cases, every major corporation out there is in the race for getting itself the best possible technology patented. More

Former Google patents aid HTC against Apple

08 Sep, 2011, 3:30 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Science and Technology

The Apple – HTC battle rages on, and neither of the two seem to be in a mood to relent.  More

HP: Tablets and phones may be gone, not WebOS

20 Aug, 2011, 9:14 am IST Rossi Fernandes Science and Technology

HP’s decision to shut down the phone and tablets division might have surprised many, but the acquired Palm WebOS will live on, says Senior VP, Stephen More