Google's Motorola Mobility division has filed a patentinfringement 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 patentinfringement...
Facebook and Yahoo have reached a settlement in their twin patentinfringement 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. The firms are indulging their lawyers in a game of patent ping pong that started in March when Yahoo sued Facebook for infringing 10...
Oracle had previously won a partial victory on the matter of copyright infringement, though the jury remained split on other elements of the case. A U.S.federal court jury ruled that the company did not infringe on Oracle patents with its use of...
Google has moved that its patentinfringement 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 patentinfringement battle between Google and Oracle has entered jury deliberations. The juror panel will now decide whether Google infringed on Oracle's Java patents in developing its Android mobile platform.
Facebook has made good on its vow to fight Yahoo's patent claim by filing a counter suit also alleging patentinfringement. Additionally, Facebook issued a categorical denial of a series of patentinfringement claims filed by Yahoo.
Oracle filed the original suit against Google for patentinfringement 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 patentinfringement 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 has filed a formal complaint against Motorola with the European Commission (EC) over what it sees as a clear abuse of its...
BT will not be the first to try just that; other companies who have sued Android over alleged patentinfringement include Microsoft, Oracle, Apple, eBay, and Gemalto. While BT has a claim on 5,600 patents and patent applications, only six of those...
It's offense as a defense for HTC, who is currently being sued by Apple for patentinfringement. HTC is suing Apple with patents transferred from Google as a defense against Apple's lawsuit. HTC Counters Apple with Google Patents
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. Google outright denied the Dalvik-infringement claim, saying that there was no evidentiary...
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ComScore filed a counter suit against Nielsen Holdings and its Netratings division in a United States District Court alleging infringement of patent rights, comScore revealed in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.
Interval's Complaint is so devoid of any facts to support its infringement contentions that it is impossible for Google to reasonably prepare a defense. Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, sued 11 corporations, including Google/YouTube, Yahoo...
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While doing some research, I've learned that Google is being sued for patentinfringement over the VoIP portion of the Google Talk program. The suit includes two causes of action for patentinfringement against Google.