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Nokia

Nokia wins patent case against IPCom

The High Court has ruled in Nokia's favour, leaving it open to claim costs from IPCom.

By Brett Young and Tarmo Virki, Reuters, 19 Jan 2010 at 09:25

Storage/News

Patent infringement

Xerox sues Google and Yahoo over patent infringement

In yet another patent dispute, Xerox is attempting to sue Yahoo, Google and YouTube for infringing on search and integration technology it owns.

By Jennifer Scott, 24 Feb 2010 at 11:40

Industry & Public Sector/News

legal

Microsoft hit by another patent dispute

Microsoft has been ordered to pay VirnetX $106 million over a VPN patent.

By Stuart Turton, 17 Mar 2010 at 15:20

Client/News

TomTom and Microsoft declare patent war ceasefire

The two companies settle instead of undergoing a costly open source patent war.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 31 Mar 2009 at 09:16

Management/News

Kindle

Microsoft and Amazon sign patent deal

Amazon.com is to pay Microsoft in a deal which includes the Kindle e-book reader.

By Nicole Kobie, 23 Feb 2010 at 08:39

Client/News

Patent infringement

Kodak accuses Apple and RIM of infringing camera phone patents

Photography giant Kodak claims Apple and RIM are infringing its patents on the cameras in their mobile handsets.

By Franklin Paul, Reuters, 14 Jan 2010 at 15:58

Industry & Public Sector/News

Litigating against innovation: Legal attacks on Linux

Patents and how they're controlled are damaging the way technology is developed - and the Linux case is a key example of this.

By Richard Hillesley, 22 May 2008 at 13:06

Client/Features

legal

Microsoft loses second appeal in Word patent dispute

The US Federal Court of Appeals has once again upheld a district court ruling that Microsoft Word's XML editor infringed on patents held by i4i.

By Martin James, 11 Mar 2010 at 10:14

Client/News

Legal hammer

Nokia turns up heat in patent battle with Apple

Mobile giant Nokia has fired another salvo in its patent battle against Apple.

By Brett Young, Reuters, 30 Dec 2009 at 21:51

Industry & Public Sector/News

legal computer

HTC confident it will win Apple patent suit

HTC plans to use every means possible to fight off a patent challenge from Apple.

By Sinead Carew, Reuters, 18 Mar 2010 at 08:28

Mobile & Telecoms/News

Patent infringement case

Motorola hits RIM with another patent infringement case

BlackBerry's parent RIM is already facing patent complaints from Kodak, but now Motorola has waded in with its own accusations.

By Jennifer Scott, 25 Jan 2010 at 11:31

Mobile & Telecoms/News

legal

Judge freezes Apple and Nokia case

A Delaware judge has told Apple and Nokia to hold fire until other related cases are concluded.

By Nicole Kobie, 8 Mar 2010 at 10:26

Mobile & Telecoms/News

SCO

SCO owes Novell: final ruling

The long-running battle over Unix copyrights may finally be at its end, as the presiding judge reiterates his ruling that SCO must pay Novell over...

By Miya Knights, 25 Nov 2008 at 11:56

Server/News

SCO

SCO hit with Novell court ruling

Court orders SCO to hand over $2.5 million to rival Novell as legal spat over Linux continues.

By Richard Hillesley, 18 Jul 2008 at 18:21

Server/News

Qualcomm and Broadcom in WCDMA patent spat

The two chip makers are fighting it out in an American appeals court over royalties Broadcom says Qualcomm owes it for phone chip tech.

By Reuters, 10 Jul 2008 at 09:43

Mobile & Telecoms/News

Alcatel Lucent vs Microsoft

Alcatel-Lucent back in court over $1.5 billion suit

Having lost, won, then lost again, the networking specialist is again appealing a patent dispute decision that, at one stage, saw it receive a...

By Diane Bartz, Reuters, 8 Jul 2008 at 10:50

Networking/News

legal

Trade body investigating Kodak patent complaint

The American International Trade Commission is looking into claims that the smartphone makers used Kodak camera technology.

By Diane Bartz, Reuters, 18 Feb 2010 at 08:38

Mobile & Telecoms/News

legal

Apple adds new complaint to Nokia patent battle

The mobile phone firms are going head to head over camera phone technology patents.

By Tarmo Virki, Reuters, 18 Jan 2010 at 10:17

Mobile & Telecoms/News

Google Patent

Google homepage awarded US patent

Google has received a patent in the US for the design of its famously minimalist homepage, but it won’t apply here.

By Benny Har-Even, 7 Sep 2009 at 13:01

Internet/News

Nokia, InterDigital drop UK patent suit

But the two mobile tech firms aren't dropping the patent battle in the US.

By Reuters, 3 Jul 2008 at 08:55

Mobile & Telecoms/News

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