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Google patenting an electronic 'throat tattoo'
It looks like Google Glass was just the beginning. Google now appears to be aiming a few inches lower, working on a temporary electronic tattoo that would stick to the user's throat.
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Samsung on patents: 'Apple doesn't own beautiful and sexy'
The Apple vs. Samsung patent-infringement retrial is winding up in the United States, with Samsung arguing its competitor's patents are much narrower than the company has claimed.
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Software patent reform just died in the House, thanks to IBM and Microsoft
On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider legislation aimed at reining in abusive patent litigation. But one of the bill's most important provisions, designed to make it easier to nix low-quality software patents, will be left on the cutting room floor. That provision was the victim of an aggressive lobbying campaign by patent-rich software companies such as IBM and Microsoft.
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Jury orders Samsung to pay Apple $290 million for patent infringement
In the damages retrial between Apple and Samsung we've seen accusations of racial bias and claims that the iPad mini wasn't inspired by the success of 7-inch tablets, but now we have the only piece of information that matters. The jury has just reached its verdict, and decided that Samsung should pay Apple over $290 million for infringing on the company's patents.
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Why Samsung Should Be Happy They Only Owe Apple $888 Million
A patent infringement lawsuit cost Samsung a lot, but they make more money than that each month selling phones
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Apple files patent for Touch ID sensor found in iPhone 5s
The United States Patent & Trademark Office on Thursday published an Apple patent application covering the electronic packaging and sapphire lens of the company's new Touch ID fingerprint sensors.
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Jury: Newegg infringes Spangenberg patent, must pay $2.3 million
Newegg, an online retailer that has made a name for itself fighting the non-practicing patent holders sometimes called "patent trolls," sits on the losing end of a lawsuit tonight. An eight-person jury came back shortly after 7:00pm and found that the company infringed all four asserted claims of a patent owned by TQP Development, a company owned by patent enforcement expert Erich Spangenberg.
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Apple patent filing adds trackpad functions to home button and turns entire display into fingerprint sensor
Arguably the most notable characteristic of the iPhone 5s is the TouchID fingerprint sensor, which lets you unlock your phone and authorize app purchases simply by resting a pre-authenticated fingertip on the home button. It turns out, however, that Apple might've had plans for the technology that go far beyond just that.
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Sony Seeks ‘SmartWig’ Patent for Hairpieces With Sensors
Sony Corp., which popularized portable music players with the Walkman, is seeking a U.S. patent for “SmartWig” hairpieces that could help navigate roads, check blood pressure or flip through slides in a presentation.
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How Many Patents Does Google Have?
Over the last few years, Google executives have had plenty to say about patents. According to Google, patents, particularly software patents, are mostly bogus, largely low-quality, and used in court by companies that can’t innovate to hurt consumers and stifle true innovators.
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Patent trolls have a surprising ally: universities
An organization called the TPL Group has put together a handy compilation of letters opposing the patent reform legislation. Many of the letters come from organizations you'd expect to be oppose legislation weakening patent protection: patent attorneys, the pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology companies and the Intellectual Property Owners Association. But one letter opposing the legislation comes from a surprising source: academia.
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Google's frightening patent
Companies such as Google have started to experiment with automation in recent time. The company's Chrome browser for instance tries to predict the next network actions by pre-loading contents that users may access, while Google Now, Google's personal assistant software, delivers information to the user by predicting what the user wants.
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5 potential pitfalls of the Innovation Act
Tomorrow, the US House of Representatives is likely to vote on the Innovation Act, a landmark bill that has bipartisan support and would make life harder for the patent trolls that file frivolous lawsuits in order to extort payments from companies, and particularly tech companies. Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s bill passed the House Judiciary Committee by a margin of 33-5 votes, giving it rare bipartisan momentum as it heads to the floor for a full House vote.
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House Democrats, Republicans agree to end patent trolls
Democrats and Republicans may disagree on almost everything, but they can agree on one thing: They all hate patent trolls. The anti-patent troll Innovation Act has passed in the House of Representatives. What next? Dogs and cats living together!!?
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House votes 325-91 to pass Innovation Act, first anti-patent-troll bill
he Innovation Act, a bill with measures aimed to stop "patent troll" lawsuits, passed the US House of Representatives this morning on a 325-91 vote. Several amendments that would have stripped out key parts of the bill were defeated.
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German court invalidates Microsoft patent used for Motorola phone sales ban
A Microsoft storage patent that was used to get a sales ban on products from Google-owned Motorola Mobility in Germany has been invalidated by the German Federal Patent Court.
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Apple spent over $60 million on U.S. lawyers against Samsung
Apple Inc has paid its leading outside law firm approximately $60 million to wage patent litigation against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in a California federal court, according to Apple legal documents filed late on Thursday. Apple and Samsung are engaged in global litigation over each other's intellectual property. The two mobile technology rivals have gone to trial twice in the last two years in a San Jose, California federal court, and juries have awarded Apple a total of roughly $930 million.
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German Patent Ruling Threatens Microsoft's Windows Phone Earnings From Android
In yet another round of the patent fights going on over smart phones we find that Microsoft has just been dealt a blow over the revenues it gains from Android hand sets. Yes, read that again, Microsoft makes money out of many to most of the Android handsets out there. [...]
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Microsoft FAT patent loss endangers its Android revenue
A patent loss in US and German court may lead to trouble for Microsoft's Android strategy.
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Kill Off Software Patents
The Supreme Court has a chance to give innovation a boost this year by rolling back one of the country’s most economically stupid policies. With the case of Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank International, the justices will dive into the issue of whether companies should be able to patent computer software.
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