patents

Patent wars dominated tech news in 2011. One in particular, between Samsung and Apple spanned the globe and with suits and countersuits in the US, South Korea, Australia and a number of nations throughout Europe. Things don't look like they'll be much different in 2012. Patents came about with best ...

Google has added 1 023 more IBM patents to its technology arsenal to fend off legal attacks by rivals such as Apple and Microsoft. The purchases added to the 1 000 or so patents the firm bought from IBM in July and reportedly ranged from mobile software to computer hardware ...

American politicos both Republican and Democrat agreed that something had to be done about patents, and the costly, innovation-choking mess they were making of American success. The new America Invents Act represents the most sweeping changes to the US' law in decades, but the bill is not expected to end ...

Long accused of milquetoast support for its Android licencees when they're attacked, Google has suddenly escalated the Apple-vs-Android patent war by providing HTC with an armoury of patents in its current legal battle with Cupertino.Last week Google transferred a set of patents to HTC that the Taiwan-based company used ...

Google's top lawyer accused Apple, Oracle, Microsoft and other companies of using "bogus patents" to wage a campaign against the internet giant's Android mobile platform.In a blog post titled, "When patents attack Android", Google senior vice president and chief legal officer David Drummond said Google's rivals were seeking to "make ...

Nokia has left the ring with a bit of a swagger after announcing today that it had finally reached an agreement with its rival Apple that would see the Finnish mobile giant being paid a one-time settlement fee and ongoing royalties.In a statement released today, Nokia says the ...