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Samsung found guilty in patent case with Apple, ordered to pay $119.6 million

Adewale A. — Mon, 05 May 2014 16:17:10 +0000

A federal court jury in California has concluded that Samsung has violated multiple smartphone patents held by Apple. This weekend’s news arrives after several months of ongoing patent wars between Apple and Samsung, in which both smartphone manufacturers…

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Vision: Google Files Patent for Smart Camera Contact Lenses

Adewale A. — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 07:32:09 +0000

It wasn’t so long ago that we first heard about Google’s Smart Contact Lens project, an effort to help those dealing with diabetes better regulate their blood sugar levels. But while we haven’t heard much of that project for a bit, yesterday news…

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New iPad Smart Cover Keyboard Detailed in Apple Patent Application

Adewale A. — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 17:11:01 +0000

After a long wait, Apple may finally be ready to bring a new iPad keyboard solution to market. A newly published patent application shows a new smart cover keyboard design that could be Apple’s first crack at an iPad keyboard since the dock it released…

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Apple Patents Smart Magnets for iPad That Allow You to Attach Accessories like Cameras and Controllers

Ade Adewale — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 20:44:41 +0000

A new patent application published on the US Patent and Trademark Office website today brings to light a new piece of tech that Apple could be working on for its family of tablets. More specifically, the patent details magnets (similar to Smart Covers…

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The Sound of Science: Apple Patents Health Monitoring Headphones

Adewale A. — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 19:50:40 +0000

Patent filings are a great way to get a sense of tech firms’ visions for the future, especially when those companies are notoriously secretive. That’s especially true for Apple, whose innovations tend to be ahead of the curve. Today, a post on CNET…

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University of Wisconsin Sues Apple Over Patent Infringement

Adewale A. — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 19:55:29 +0000

The last couple weeks have been rife with stories about companies signing cross-licensing agreements for each other’s patents. But this is not one of those stories. A post on Neowin reports that the University of Wisconsin has filed suit against Apple…

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Google Signs Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement with Cisco

Adewale A. — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:45:05 +0000

The newest trend in tech? Cross-licensing patent agreements, it seems, as Google and Cisco have announced such a deal, hot on the heels of last week’s news of similar agreements between Google and Samsung, and Twitter and IBM. Cisco published a press…

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Apple Files Patent For Smart Charging Pad

Adewale A. — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:39:40 +0000

A number of charging pads exist to charge and sync your mobile device, but Apple is taking it a step further. The company has filed a patent for a smart charging pad that will actually sync or charge your mobile device depending on how it’s positioned…

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Samsung Inks Patent Licensing Deal with Google

Ade Adewale — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:39:34 +0000

This morning, Samsung announced a new patent licensing deal with Google. The agreement will last for the next ten years, and will give both companies access to each other’s patent portfolios without risk of litigation. Allen Lo, Google’s deputy…

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