Google's Motorola Mobility division has filed a patent infringement claim against Apple over the Siri voice control and location-based services used on iPhones and iPads. This isn't the first time that Motorola has filed a patent infringement...
Apple has sued a number of Android handset vendors over alleged patent infringement, and former Apple chief Steve Jobs famously vowed to go "thermonuclear war" to beat Google in the mobile space. Apple will drop the stand-alone version of the...
While the $4 million bill wouldn't pose any significant financial damage to Oracle, the filing adds salt to Oracle's wounds following its failed attempt to win damages from Google for copyright and patent infringement.
Facebook and Yahoo have reached a settlement in their twin patent infringement cases and agreed on an advertising deal. Facebook soon fired back with a patent suit of its own, claiming that Yahoo was infringing upon patents it held in the social...
Disappointment soon turned to action, however, and Facebook countersued Yahoo alleging infringement of 10 patents. Yahoo has asked for a two week extension in its patent lawsuit with Facebook as both parties seek to come to a settlement.
Oracle had previously won a partial victory on the matter of copyright infringement, though the jury remained split on other elements of the case. The patent portion of the trial represented a far less important phase than the copyright matter...
But according to numerous reports, Judge William Alsup, who is hearing the case, said that the most Oracle may end with as a result of that infringement was statutory damages – which are limited to just $150,000.
Google has moved that its patent infringement case with Oracle be declared a mistrial following only partial findings of infringement from a San Francisco court. The jurors found that while Google had infringed upon Oracle Java API copyright in...
The high-profile patent infringement battle between Google and Oracle has entered jury deliberations. Andy Rubin s $3 Million Offer to Settle Patent Dispute The juror panel will now decide whether Google infringed on Oracle's Java patents in...
Google is liable for infringement. Google also moved to purchase Motorola for $12.5 billion in order to shore up its patent portfolio and protect Android in face of the threat of further litigation. The trial between Oracle and Google over the use...
Facebook has made good on its vow to fight Yahoo's patent claim by filing a counter suit also alleging patent infringement. Additionally, Facebook issued a categorical denial of a series of patent infringement claims filed by Yahoo.
Oracle filed the original suit against Google for patent infringement in August 2010 claiming that Google "knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle's Java-related intellectual property" and sought "appropriate remedies".
It isn't yet clear how useful the patent deal will be for Facebook, when it comes to defending itself against patent infringement claims. Facebook has bought 750 patents from IBM in a move that appears designed to bolster its ability to defend...
Yahoo has carried through on its threat to file suit against Facebook, alleging infringement of 10 of its patents. If this seems a bit familiar, it may be because Yahoo and Google were in the midst of a patent fight over pay-per-click and bidding...
Rather, Microsoft is focused on infringement of patents that it has not contributed to any industry standard. Microsoft's patent royalty to this group on that $1,000 laptop? Dave Heiner, Microsoft's deputy general counsel for its antitrust group...
BT will not be the first to try just that; other companies who have sued Android over alleged patent infringement include Microsoft, Oracle, Apple, eBay, and Gemalto. It is a well-considered claim and we believe there is a strong case of infringement.
It's offense as a defense for HTC, who is currently being sued by Apple for patent infringement. Meanwhile, Acer and Viewsonic have signed patent licensing agreements with Microsoft. Among other incentives, Google has long maintained that patent...
Google outright denied the Dalvik-infringement claim, saying that there was no evidentiary support provided by Oracle. The Multi-Billion Patent Claims Google, however, stated that all the cited patents are either entirely invalid or that an...
Google is not the only company targeted by this patent infringement. The reason being is that the patent infringement involves several versions of Linux all the back to kernel version 2.4.22 (circa 2003) through many of the recent 2.6 kernels.
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