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Google Patents Ability to Interact With Future Phones By Tapping the Back

Eric March 11, 2013 27

We see interesting patent filings from Google every now and then, most of them are pretty forward-thinking ideas that we won't see for a while. The next patent to add to that list is Google's recent acquisition of the ability to interact with your phone by...

Apple’s Big Payout From Samsung Nearly Cut in Half to $598 Million

Tim March 1, 2013 34

Good news for Samsung today, as Judge Lucy Koh announced that damages being awarded to Apple will no longer exceed $1 billion, but reach a mere $598,908,892. Practically nothing, right? In her look into the jury's findings, it was seen that there were some ...

Samsung’s Patent Infringement Found Un-Willful, Apple Won’t Get Triple Bonus Points

Tim January 30, 2013 27

Yesterday, there was new development in the Samsung vs. Apple case, with Judge Lucy Koh finding the Korean manufactures infringements of Cupertino's patents un-willful. Previously when the jurors gave their verdict, it was possible that Samsung would have to...

Google Granted Multiple LED Flashes Patent, Could be Seen in Future Nexus Device?

Tim January 29, 2013 26

Back in September of 2011, it looks like Google filed for a patent that would allow for the placement of multiple LED flashes along either the backside or even the sides of a device. This morning, the USPTO has granted Google this patent and according to...

Apple Files for Notification Center Patent, Android World Lulz

Kellen January 3, 2013 113

Back in 2009, Google filed a patent for Android's "notification bar," a feature that Apple wouldn't figure out how to implement into iOS for another couple of years. Here we are almost four years after that patent was filed and Apple has decided that its "...

Apple’s Pinch-to-Zoom Patent Ruled Invalid by USPTO

Kellen December 19, 2012 51

Sorry, Apple, but according to Apple Insider, your pinch-to-zoom patent has been invalidated by the USPTO. This patent (7,844,915 claim 8) was a major player in Apple's initial win over Samsung back in August, but it's still unclear if this will change any of...

USPTO Declares Apple’s Multitouch “Steve Jobs” Patent Invalid, The Crowd Goes Wild

Tim December 7, 2012 64

Hot off the wire is the announcement that the U.S. Patents and Trade Office has found Apple's '949 multi-touch patent, that was a key factor in suits against Samsung and Motorola, to be invalid. After close re-examination, all 20 points of the patent have been...

Google Says Microsoft Will Earn $94 Billion in Revenue Through Google-Owned Patents

Eric November 21, 2012 23

A trial that featured six days of testimony between Microsoft and Google-owned Motorola just finished up. The final expert witness for Google says that Microsoft, through its Xbox and Surface devices, will make a whopping $94 billion in revenue through 2017...