Topic: Patents

Android clears court review of patent claims

Android did not infringe Oracle patents, court rules, in a major blow to Oracle. Android ruling means Oracle won't collect billions of dollars in royalties from Google.

Latest idea from Apple: an in-car remote

Apple has filed a patent for an iPod-like clickwheel mounted on the steering wheel. In-car remote would let drivers change songs, playlists, or Internet radio stations. 

Microsoft joins forces with Barnes & Noble

The software company announced it will invest $300 million in the bookseller's e-book and college bookstore ventures

Tech stocks CEO summit: Can it solve Apple, Samsung patent dispute? (+video)

Tech stocks giants ordered to have CEOs try to settle their bitter patent dispute. Like several tech stocks, Apple and Samsung are dueling over patents for mobile devices.   

What Chinese companies want: intellectual property protection

Chinese-American business relations, long fraught with distrust for China because it was not controlling piracy, appear to be benefiting from a new Chinese respect for intellectual property rights.

U.S. stocks fall; Dow slips below 13000

U.S. stocks closed sharply lower Monday following disappointing job growth in March. The Dow fell 130 points to 12929, its first close below 13000 in a month. 

Stock market set to open sharply lower

Stock market futures point to lower open in its first session after Friday's disappointing jobs report. Next worry for stock market: quarterly earnings.

Trayvon Martin: Why Fox pulled 'Neighborhood Watch' movie ads

Fox pulled posters and a trailer for the movie "Neighborhood Watch," a summer comedy. Separately, Trayvon Martin's mother filed to trademark rally slogans about her son.

Android patent trial set for next month

Android system violates Java patents, Oracle charges in patent and copyright suit against Google. Android suit could run into hundreds of millions of dollars. 

Yahoo sues Facebook over patent infringement, Facebook calls it 'puzzling'

Yahoo Inc. said in a court filing Monday that Facebook has infringed 10 of its patents covering advertising, privacy controls and social networking.

Yahoo sues Facebook as legal war escalates

Yahoo sued Facebook on Monday, the first major legal battle among technology giants in social media. But patent skirmishes are common in the tech industry. Is Yahoo simply firing the opening shots for a new battlefield?

Microsoft wages patent battle with Motorola and Google

Motorola has been hit with complaints from Microsoft and Apple regarding strict patent regulations, while Motorola says both companies are taking too many liberties with its patents. Will they reach a compromise?

EU approves Google's $12.5B Motorola Mobility acquisition

EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said in a statement Monday that regulators didn't believe the transaction itself raised any competitive problems.

Tablet computers: Samsung wins round against Apple

Tablet computers from Samsung had been banned in Germany because they were too much like Apple's iPad 2. But a German court has OK'd sales of new Samsung tablet computers – the Galaxy Tab 10.1N – despite Apple's objection. 

Thomas Alva Edison: 10 quotes on his birthday

To commemorate Thomas Alva Edison's 165th birthday on February 11, here are 10 favorite Edison quotes.

Bankruptcy protection: Kodak gets a year to reorganize

Bankruptcy protection, sought by Kodak Thursday, gives company until Feb. 15, 2013, to offer reorganization plan. Kodak expects to continue normal operations during bankruptcy protection.

Bankruptcy protection: Kodak makes moves to stave it off

Kodak may file for bankruptcy protection, as analysts wonder if the company will find a buyer for its trove of patents. Bankruptcy protection could hit 'in the coming weeks,' according to one report.

Patents case lost, S3 less appealing to HTC

Patents behind HTC's interest in S3 Graphics? Taiwan's HTC reevaluating its purchase of S3 after it lost its patents suit against Apple.

Bankruptcy threat pushes Kodak to ditch patents, endangering websites

Bankruptcy could be avoided through a patent sell-off. But will Kodak's bankruptcy dodge further threaten photo-sharing websites?

Was the most fervent believer in intellectual property rights an IP thief?

Libertarian guru Andrew Galambos' intellectual property beliefs were so extreme that he paid royalties to the descendants of Thomas Paine every time he used the world "liberty." But did he steal his radical ideas from someone else?

Five surprising facts from the new Steve Jobs biography

Steve Jobs, the man who put the "i" in technology, was a fascinating character who continues to inspire and confound. Why the black turtlenecks? How did he foresee (create?) the iPhone revolution? What was the secret to his presentation style?

Walter Isaacson's new book "Steve Jobs," which just hit stores, attempts to answer these questions. The 571-page biography released on Oct. 24 to glowing reviews. The author conducted more than 100 interviews for the book – including more than 40 with the Apple CEO himself.

Here are five of key excerpts.

Abbott Laboratories to split in two

Abbott Laboratories split represents huge change in strategy. Abbott Laboratories spinoff would sell branded pharmaceuticals.

Smartphones: Samsung avoids sales ban with switch

Smartphones from Samsung were banned in the Netherlands because of Apple patent dispute. So Samsung replaced the disputed feature in its smartphones, news report says.

Taiwan's defensive 'patent bank'

The Taiwanese government takes measures to defend companies from patent trolls. Will it work?

Patent system cost the economy $0.5 trillion since 1990

Why the U.S. patent system is draining the nation's money