Just like with search patents. Google has filed for a patent, which, if developed, could bring a wearable smartwatch device to its hardware lines. The patent application, filed with the US PTO, describes a device that would be placed on a wristband...
Patents are a lot of interesting ideas, so you can see a lot of stuff mentioned in them, but don’t take it as an automatic golden truth that we are doing any particular thing mentioned in a patent,” he said.
Google acquired the six patents at issue when it bought Motorola Mobility. Microsoft beats Google in patent ruling over Xbox technology – the InquirerMicrosoft has won a $1.8 million ruling in the first of two patent lawsuits against Google's...
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...
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...
Some of the most interesting Google patents were the series on historical elements. Google spam patents: It wouldn't hurt to keep a tinfoil hat handy as well… Look no further than this Microsoft patent that talks about spying on SEO forums.
Yahoo is also involved in a patent dispute with Facebook, the threat of which forced Facebook to buy $550 million in patents from Microsoft. A rudimentary Google search reveals a Stonehill College alumni announcement stating that Thompson's degree...
Google promises the new integration means patent searches will load twice as fast, feature Google Doodles, and "soon" expand to include patents from other countries. Rather, the Patent Search homepage is being redirected to Google.com.
Those 300 additional patents and patent applications will be non-exclusive to Microsoft, however. Is Microsoft planning something against Google with its new arsenal of patents? Microsoft and Google do have a history of battling over patents.
Google just received a patent for “advertising based on environmental conditions” to users. Google noted in the patent that “it is important to respect the privacy of the users,” and explained that users would have the option of “enabling or...
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 advertising patents Yahoo acquired when it bought Overture, eventually settling for 2.7 million shares of stock...
Microsoft has filed a formal complaint against Motorola with the European Commission (EC) over what it sees as a clear abuse of its industry standard patents, with Google's tacit backing. Motorola is on a path to use standard essential patents to...
According to a blog post by Bill Slawski at SEO By the Sea that references US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) filings, IBM has agreed to give Google 188 granted patents and another 29 pending patent applications.
Today we'll look at some of the past geekiness (a.k.a.patents and such) from Google to get a sense of how search engines look at temporal elements. Google Patents on Temporal Data Then it dissapeared and came back as four patents.
However, intellectual property analyst Florian Mueller argued that Schmidt's comments "totally ignore the basics of patent law", namely that Microsoft was first to the game with its patents. Schmidt reportedly promised that Google will continue to...
The Motorola Mobility purchase was motivated, in part, by Google’s desire to protect itself with its patents. On Motorola and Patent Protection In a rare public speaking appearance, Google CEO Larry Page addressed the search giant’s business...
The patent claims from the first batch of patents appear to be pretty good matches for Google Related as well. Google has bought 12 patents relating to “cross-referencing information online, techniques for speeding up Web browsing and online...
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The tech world has recently seen an explosion in patent litigation, often involving low-quality software patents, which threatens to stifle innovation. Google is a relatively young company, and although we have a growing number of patents, many of...
