Patent numbers 6775664 and 6314420 are based on a technology that allows search engines to work concurrently with advertisement systems. Last year the company merged with I/P Engine, an intellectual property firm that makes money by licensing patents.
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. We would like to settle these patent matters, but Apple's unwillingness to...
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. In a statement provided to V3, the company said that...
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...
Oracle has contended that the platform is operating without proper licensing, while Google believes its code is well clear of any patent violations. Google has moved that its patent infringement case with Oracle be declared a mistrial following...
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 two companies have been disputing the issue for over a year, with Oracle...
Those 300 additional patents and patent applications will be non-exclusive to Microsoft, however. The agreement with Microsoft represents the culmination of a robust auction process for our patent portfolio,” said Tim Armstrong, AOL’s Chairman and...
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".
The stance taken by Yahoo could open up yet another swathe of litigation in the technology sector, where numerous firms including Google, Apple and Microsoft are embroiled in patent battles as firms look to impinge on competitors' ability to...
Dave Heiner, Microsoft's deputy general counsel for its antitrust group, outlined Microsoft’s concerns with Motorola's stance on industry standard patent use in a detailed blog post. Microsoft's patent royalty to this group on that $1,000 laptop?
Along with approving the deal between Google and Motorola, the DOJ signed off on the proposed purchase of Nortel's patent holdings by a group which includes Apple and Microsoft. Google's commitments were more ambiguous and do not provide the same...
Apple has won a major patent victory over HTC and Android as the U.S. FTC affirmed the July patent ruling in Apple's favor. Meanwhile, UK telecommunications company BT has opened another patent case that targets a wide array of Google services and...
Schmidt attacked Microsoft's patent licensing strategy, which has forced several Android handset manufacturers to strike deals with Redmond in order to sell handsets. However, intellectual property analyst Florian Mueller argued that Schmidt's...
Other intangibles, such as recent patent portfolio acquisitions, may also be examined. Google's Foreign Holdings and Licensing Under Review The licensing and copyrights being examined will come from YouTube, Postini, and Doubleclick intellectual...
Google's Andy Rubin first approached Motorola in July, looking to purchase the company's patent portfolio. This attempt to expand mobile patent assets stemmed from a failed attempt to acquire Nortel's patent portfolio in April.
Meanwhile, Acer and Viewsonic have signed patent licensing agreements with Microsoft. HTC already signed a patent licensing agreement with Microsoft for $5 per device, pre-empting any Microsoft attempts at patent lawsuits.
The Multi-Billion Patent Claims Google, however, stated that all the cited patents are either entirely invalid or that an associated license for the patent in question had been acquired. Oracle attempted to file an injunction that would have forced...
Google's issues included: patent reform; online copyright laws; music licensing; privacy and data security; free speech; censorship; online competition; Internet security; tax laws; high-speed Internet access; and cloud computing.
Google and AOL argued the suit was too vague, with Google arguing that Allen failed to identify how Google has infringed on his patents from Interval Licensing, the underlying technology at issue, and the products or services offered by Google...
Local.com Gets Location-based Search Patent While location-based advertising integrated with sophisticated algorithms holds a lot of promise, the current reality rather points to licensing and revenue-sharing models as the way forward for social...
