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Nanosys and QD Vision Clash Over Patents

by Tom Allen

Nanosys has brought the legal system to bear against QD Vision in the USA, for patent infringement. Nanosys’ lawsuit alleges that QD Vision’s products infringe upon its photoluminescent QD materials and related methods. The …

Huawei Continues to Invest in Patents

by Tom Allen

Huawei was the fourth-largest filer of patents with the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2015, the office’s annual report has revealed. The company filed 1,953 patent applications, and topped digital communications for the second …

Samsung Wins Patent Appeal

by Tom Allen

A federal appeals court in Washington has overturned a $120 million infringement ruling, made in Apple’s favour, against Samsung. The court said that Apple’s patents on the ‘slide-to-unlock’ feature and autocorrect were invalid, and …

Apple Having Patent Issues

by Isaac Oburu

According to Immersion, Apple’s iPhone 6, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus and Apple Watch have breached a variety of patents. Apple Insider reports that the iPhones breached Patent 8,619,051 (‘Haptic Feedback System with Stored …

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Technicolor Abandons HEVC Advance

by Tom Allen

Technicolor has withdrawn from the HEVC Advance patent pool. Instead, the firm has decided to license its HEVC IP portfolio directly to device manufacturers, to accelerate adoption of the standard. HEVC Advance is a …

Apple Wins Legacy Device Ban

by Tom Allen

A US court has banned the sale of some Samsung devices, after Apple won a legal case against the firm. However, the threat is not be as harsh as it could have been, as …

Rovi and AT&T Agree to Seven-Year Renewal and Expansion of License Agreement

by Tom Allen

Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) today announced that Rovi has renewed its patent license agreement with AT&T, the world’s leading provider of premium TV entertainment. The comprehensive seven-year agreement provides AT&T worldwide access to Rovi’s …

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Apple Agrees 7-Year Deal with Ericsson

by Tom Allen

Apple and Ericsson have been in legal battles over Apple’s use of Ericsson’s technologies in its iPhone and iPad devices for around three years now – and have finally reached an agreement. A seven-year …

Apple Scores $550m Payout From Samsung

by Tom Allen

Apple has won a patent dispute against Samsung in the USA. The Korean company will be forced to pay $548 million, as part of the $1 billion settlement in damages that Apple was awarded …

Google Patents Headband for Glass

by Tom Allen

A new patent, filed by Google, has hinted at what the next iteration of Google Glass might look like. Rather than the inflexible form factor of the original, patent 9,195,067 B1 shows a headband-type …

Quantum Dots or OLED – Which Will Create a Better Image?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Quantum Dots (QD) are one of the topics for display technology that rival the excitement over OLED technology by offering an alternative path to providing a better image. In general, I am not saying …

Apple Wins Patent for Detachable Display on Notebook

by Norbert Hildebrand

Microsoft recently announced its Surface Book as a brand new idea in mobile computing and the first notebook class device that transforms from a notebook computer into a tablet by detaching the display unit …