Just like with search patents. Google has filed for a patent, which, if developed, could bring a wearable smartwatch device to its hardware lines. While Google made no mention of its Glass platform in the filing, such a wristband device could...
If you're an avid SEO professional, you likely pay close attention to any new Google patents that are attached to the Search or Search Quality teams. Well, Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts brings up the topic of the many Google patents in...
Google acquired the six patents at issue when it bought Motorola Mobility. One page out of millions gives Mozilla trouble with Google. Enhanced campaigns get Google+ annotations and an upgrade center.
So I study patents from Google, Bing and other Information Retrieval scientists. For most of us, the average search engineer at Google IS smarter than we are. So we need to stay realistically humble when we analyze what Google is doing or even...
After the conclusion of the FTC investigation, Google voluntarily made changes to some of its practices, including how it handles search and patent issues and agreeing not to sue willing licensees over standard essential patents.
Vringo made headlines last November when it successfully sued Google and AOL for damages based on online search-related patents. Microsoft has become the latest company to face a suit from Vringo subsidiary Innovate/Protect (I/P) engine over search...
One other area of Google’s business practices under review by the FTC was Google’s use of patents. Google allegedly “reneged on its FRAND [fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory] commitments and pursued – or threatened to pursue – injunctions...
Authorship Patents Especially if you read the patents on Authorship and Content which states; Read the patents and you can see this is not only possible, but the patents discuss it. Remember Eric Schmidt mentioning people needing multiple...
You need to be looking ahead to where things are going; read the patents (for example, this one on Agent Rank gives some very clear signs) and make sure you're testing all of the time. But this year, more than any other, we've seen that gap close...
Google is said to have been talking to the FTC over exclusive search agreements with publishers and alleged used of patents to stop rival smartphone makers from entering the market. Google has been meeting with the U.S.
For instance, today, if you search on Google for "what does Bill Slawski say about patents? But those results will simply be documents that contain terms such as "Bill Slawski", "patents" and "say". Eventually, a semantic search engine will be able...
There are estimates there are some 200,000 patents that cover devices in the market so we are seeing fight after fight based on prior art and in every case there is some prior art that invalidates a patent," he said.
In all, 3M patents and technology are used to make inhalers, stethoscopes, H1N1 masks, fire retardants, high tensile cables, autocare products, Post-it notes and industrial strength glues that are used in high-rise buildings and even for building...
Google, however, has a hatful of relevant patents that will ensure it has a very big say in how this all plays out. Search patents are increasingly being used to measure relevance and connections. There is therefore a paradigm shift taking place in...
In Alsup's original ruling, he ordered Google and Oracle to hand over the names of journalists and bloggers they paid during the Java copyrights and patents lawsuit by August 17. Google has been given clarification and a deadline of Friday to...
Motorola is reportedly claiming that Apple devices, including the iPhone and iPad, infringe seven of its patents, including location reminders, email notifications, video players, and Apple's Siri voice assistant feature.
District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that Google's Chrome web browser infringes patents relating to its zooming and scrolling functions. Google is being sued by California-based EMG over technologies used in its Chrome mobile...
Trademarks and patents Starbucks Ireland” – their main keyword – had been nearly completely demolished in Google's search results: We've all heard of mistranslations in advertising messages. We've even seen or read about companies who make major...
Looking at some of the so-called 'FriendRank' patents from Google, they talk about categorizing elements of users within the social graph into; As for potential social signals that could be used for search rankings, Bill Slawski highlighted a post...
The] jury verdict that Android does not infringe Oracle’s patents was a victory not just for Google but the entire Android ecosystem," Google said in a statement. A U.S.federal court jury ruled that the company did not infringe on Oracle patents...
