In a surprisingly candid move, Google Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond published an opinionated post on the company's official blog contending that its Android mobile operating system is under "attack" from a "hostile, organized campaign against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and other companies, waged through...
The U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)has ruled that Microsoft is liable for $290 million damages for patent infringement for technology used in building its Word software.The decision upholds a 2009 ruling in which Microsoft was found guilty of infringement on the patents of the Toronto-based i4i. Microsoft had appealed the verdict,...
Wireless Ink Corp has won the first round of a patent lawsuit against both Google and Facebook. The search and social companies failed to get Wireless Ink's infringement tossed and now Wireless Ink can pursue charges pertaining to user participation in social networks on mobile devices against the tech giants...
Ten days after patent holder Lodsys sent out threatening letters to iOS developers, claiming infringement and demanding licensing fees, Apple sent its lawyers to defend against the attack. According to Apple's legal team, the license it holds on Lodsys' in-app payments technology also extends to its developer community.So what did...
Apple is defending its iOS application makers from alleged patent infringements by Lodsys LLC saying that it has already licensed patents from the company, hence the applications makers have full right to use the technology.Lodsys sent a letter to application makers on May 13 saying they must pay the company...
Earlier this month, patent-holding company Lodsys started going after small-time iOS developers, sending them "notice" letters which claim the developers are infringing on one of Lodsys' patents for in-app purchasing technology. In these notices, Lodsys demands that developers license the patent from them for 0.575% of the U.S. revenue generated...
Apple's huge new data center in North Carolina is getting a little brother. According to Data Center Knowledge, Apple is building a new data center in Santa Clara, CA. Data Center Knowledge reports that "Apple signed a seven-year lease for 2.28 megawatts of critical power load in a new data...
Mike Lee, a Mac developer and former iOS developer with major contributions to Tap Tap Revenge, Obama '08 and Apple's own retail application, has suggested a radical way to fight back against the patent firms targeting mobile application developers with claims of infringement. It's time for an API boycott, he...
Patent-holding company Lodsys has been going after small-time iOS developers, sending them "notice" letters which claim the developers are infringing on one of Lodsys' patents for in-app purchasing technology. Lodsys is demanding that developers license the patent from them for 0.575% of the U.S. revenue generated using in-app purchases. Although...
An East Texas Jury has decided that Google has been infringing a patent through its use of Linux and must pay $5 million to East Texas based Bedrock Computer Technologies. A judgement by a Texas jury against Google could have major implications for the search giant and the open...
Our current patent system is a mess, many industry observers contend, and the number of patent lawsuits currently underway regarding technology IP borders on the ridiculous. To say that everyone is suing everyone doesn't feel like much of an exaggeration. Microsoft, Oracle, Apple, RIM, Motorola, Google, and more - all...
On Thursday we interviewed the much-talked-about CEO of Color, Bill Nguyen, and the story ended up being our top post of the week. Color is the location-based photo-sharing app that raised $41 million before it even launched. That price tag - along with the underwhelming first impression the app makes...
The number of patent lawsuits related to the Android operating system is unprecedented. Never has an operating system had so many challenges to its intellectual property in such a short time period as the Google operating system has had in the last year.As Florian Mueller points out, the latest Android...
These thee Microsoft stories weren't the biggest news of the week, but they are worth knowing about if you missed them. One of the stories is merely a clue into an ongoing mystery surrounding Microsoft's acquisition of some patents from Novell that have analysts speculating and open source advocates worrying....
Who knew that enabling small businesses to accept credit card payments on-the-go with an iPhone could be so difficult? Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's mobile payment solution, Square, has run into yet another hurdle and this time it isn't of the technical variety. The company has found itself in a battle...
Would be patent-trolls searching through commit logs for ideas to patent sounds like a scare-story on a local news station, and the goods news is that there aren't any cut-and-dry cases of this happening yet. However, Tech Dirt's Mike Masnick has found two suspicious instances of patents that may be...
Already dreading the presents you'll receive this holiday? Or maybe you dread being the person who's always giving the wrong gift. Either way, Amazon has received a patent today for a "system and method for converting gifts" that looks to help the online retailer preempt, or at least rectify, those...
Are you a board-certified, multi-lingual academic with a couple of inventions under your belt? If so, you're in luck, because LinkedIn just added fields to help show off all your over-achievements.LinkedIn, that online, socially-networked version of your responsible, professional self has listened to its users and begun offering additional profile...
Apple has been awarded a patent that can keep you from sending or receiving "objectionable" text-messages. The patent, filed in January of 2008 and approved today, will allow certain content to be filtered, based on parental controls. The description of the patent doesn't mention sexting, although that may be the...
"First!" Facebook was awarded a broad patent on location based social networking today and observers wonder what it will mean to upstart innovators in the sector. Erik Sherman caught the patent and reported on it over at CBS's BNet today. Hopefully the patent is just defensive and will never be...
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