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Nokia, LG ink patent licensing deal
LG has inked a patent licensing agreement with Nokia under which it will license mobile communication technologies from the Finnish company and in return pay royalties, it has been revealed. The two…
Google patents smart teddy bear toy
Google has filed a patent for a ‘smart’ toy that is capable of interacting with other smart devices. The US Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday shared diagrams of the robot toy…
Microsoft patents emotion detecting wearable
Microsoft has been granted a patent for a new wearable device, a pair of smart glasses that will work to interpret the emotions of people within its field of vision. Filed in…
Google patents web spoiler blocking system
Google has been granted a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office for a system which will work to block TV and movie spoilers for web users. The proposed system would…
Apple Watch’s Switzerland launch to get delayed over patent issues
Switzerland launch of Apple’s highly anticipated wearable device ‘Apple Watch’ could be delayed until at least the end of this year owing to some patent issues. Cupertino cannot use the image of…
Microsoft sues Japanese smartphone maker Kyocera Corp
Microsoft Corp has reportedly sued Japanese smartphone maker Kyocera Corp for alleged patent infringement. Redmond is claiming that Kyocera’s Duraforce, Hydro and Brigadier lines of mobile phones violate seven of its patents….
Microsoft patents ‘Inconspicuous Mode’ for smartphones
Microsoft has been granted a patent for a new mode that would make mobile devices less distracting in certain environments, such as movie theatres and meetings. The new ‘Inconspicuous Mode’ will be…
Apple granted wearable camera patent. GoPro in trouble?
Apple has been granted a patent for a wearable camera that seeks to compete with GoPro’s rugged portable action cameras. Patently Apple reports that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday…
Apple granted 28 patents covering flexible iPhone and more
Apple has been granted 28 new patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office, covering designs and technologies intended for “flexible electronic devices” such as future iPhones. Among the newly granted patents,…
Apple lands ‘smart pen’ patent
Apple has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for an iPen that can digitize whatever a user writes, no matter what surface the text is being written…
Xiaomi slapped with smartphone sales ban in India; says willing to talk it out with Ericsson
Xiaomi has been slapped with a ban from selling few of its smartphone models in India after a court found that it violates on a few patents held by Ericsson. Beyond the…
Philips, Nintendo settle patent infringement lawsuit
Nintendo and Philips have finally settled their patent dispute over the Wii and Wii U motion controller technology with a global patent license agreement under which the duo will cross-license portions of…
Apple patents futuristic technology that will lessen iPhone fall damage
Apple has reportedly been granted a patent covering a futuristic iPhone protection system by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday. Developed by Nicholas V. King and Fletcher Rothkopf, the patent…
Google, LG ink exclusive cross-license patent agreement
LG and Google have announced a global patent cross-license agreement that will see the duo sharing new and existing patents over the next ten year period. The agreement would cover “a broad…