Patent News: HTC

Myhrvold throws a party and surprise: the press was invited!
Somehow I can imagine Richard Vines sitting there eating thinking "Must not mention Lodsys, must not mention Lodsys". After all he wouldn't want to upset Microsoft's "Guru", he might not get invited back to the next party! Despite Vines groveling Myhrvold can't help but think we're all scum, except him of course. After all he's a famous inventor...the patent troll "protection" business.

Businesses split on merits of overhauling patent process
The Myth That Software Startups Need Or Want Patents

Eight MILLION Patents! | TacticalIP.com

Groklaw - Post-Bilski: The Federal Circuit Further Refines Patentable Process Claim Subject Matter

J udge’s Mind not Changed by Reexamination Outcome : Reexamination Alert™

Pending Reexamination has Major Effect on Injunction Decision : Reexamination Alert™

First to File in the Unpredictable Arts: Change in Law Requires Balancing of Competing Interests

Leave Patent Licensing To The Professionals « Gametime IP

Warning: Patent Analyst Shouts At The Rain « Gametime IP

So How Do We Fix The Patent System? | Techdirt

The Economist Notices That The Patent System Is Hindering Innovation And Needs To Be Fixed | Techdirt

The Economist Disagrees With The Economist: Argues We Need More Patents, Approved Faster | Techdirt

Specialist Patent Courts Are Part Of The Problem - Forbes

Patent-filing changes may give big firms an advantage - press of AtlanticCity.com: Business

An Overview of the PCT International Patent Process | IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law

One step closer to a Single European Patent System

Stupidest article I read all week: China’s Innovation Capacities May be Over-hyped. Because you know the best way to judge a country's innovation is to count the number of patents they file! What a ridiculous metric.

China Update 20 August 2011 from IP Think Tank

Censorship

Cisco Sued By Chinese Political Prisoners Over 'Golden Shield'
Baidu may face tougher rules after state media criticism | Reuters

As Governments Get Censorship Happy, New Technologies Popping Up To Route Around That

Oh Look, The Publishing Industry Is Growing In The Digital Age As Well | Techdirt

Pharmaceutically Speaking, Part 5.5: Stem Cell Patent Update | TacticalIP.com

Upcoming training events:

Patent Docs: IPO Program on Compulsory Licensing

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August 16, 2011

What #Google Gets With #Motorola Mobility | Techdirt

On the very face of it, Google doesn't need a handset subsidiary to make a custom Google phone. They can easily commission a handset exactly how they want it from OEM brands like HTC and Samsung, and have already done just that with the Nexus models. They could easily design their own brand of phones and have it built by contract manufacturers like Foxconn (as Apple does). I've read elsewhere that Google now gets the benefit of better understanding of the challenges of integrating Android into handsets. That's also incorrect. Google has a history of sending teams of engineers to most of their handset and tablet partners to work side by side overcoming those challenges.

Perhaps Google just saw a good deal on Motorola. Its stock price has been dropping through the decade, and also the past year. The market value prior to today was just $7.3 Billion, compared to $20B for Nokia or $13B for RIM. Perhaps, like Nortel before it, the value of Motorola's Intellectual Property (IP) is being hidden by a poor operational record.

#HTC Sues #Apple Over #Patents, Wants Injunction And Lots Of Damages

HTC has filed a suit in the U.S. District Court in Delaware claiming that Apple has infringed on three of their patents by producing what they refer to in legalese as “Accused Apple Products.” The list of said products is extensive, to say the least: it lists among other things “personal computers, mobile communications devices, wireless printers, streaming wireless capable television, wireless network equipment [and] portable digital music and video players.” In short, nearly everything that Apple makes allegedly infringes on the patents that HTC owns.

August 15, 2011

Samsung Mobile Buys Steve “Cyanogen” Kondik For An Undisclosed Amount

In other acquisition news, it appears #Android developer extraordinaire, Steve Kondik AKA Cyanogen, was picked up by Samsung Mobile for an undisclosed amount according the recent change in his “work” status today on Facebook. Seems Steve found himself a software engineering job for the Korean based company thanks to his exceptional work on CyanogenMod, a custom ROM supporting a broad range of devices built entirely from Android open source. CyanogenMod brings users a slightly enhanced “Google experience” to their phones, untouched by a lot of the UI fluff and changes found in many OEM devices like HTC’s Sense UI and Samsung’s TouchWiz.

Last week in #patents: #Apple, #Android and trolls oh my!

In the fluid smartphone market, this week it was reported that Apple became the top vendor for the first time claiming 19.1% in the second quarter of 2011 with Samsung claiming 16.2%. It was also reported that the iPhone had, indirectly, come to dominate not only the private consumer market but enterprise IT.

Android continues its astronomical growth, last week it was reported that Android accounted for 53% of all ad impressions and claiming 43% of the market share in the second quarter of 2011. Oracle asked the courts to force Google to reveal its Android revenue. Scott Daniels discussed Google's attempts to invalidate Oracle's patents being used in their Android battle. Google accused Microsoft of releasing its proprietary code.

Apple was sued by a possible LG shell company in Florida over the fast booting used in OSX. Florian Mueller suspects it's a preemptive strike in the patent proxy war surrounding Android, which has thus far spared LG but only because of their smaller market share.

Apple was granted additional important patents regarding its touch-screens, no doubt there will be little wait in their use in litigation against its competitors.

Following its success in Australia, Apple succeeded in blocking the release of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the European Union except the Netherlands where a different lawsuit is underway. Samsung is of course, appealing with a date set for August 25th. It was also reported that Apple is also targeting Motorola's Xoom tablet, escalating the the already chaotic Android legal battle.

With Apple and Microsofts success in impeding competitors products through litigation and licensing fees, it's not surprising that Motorola may be joining them in extracting such fees from other Android makers.

For a great overview of the Android battle with Microsoft I suggest the SeattlePI article Microsoft’s biggest mobile failure and success: Android.

HTC is opening to negotiating a deal with Apple, it all comes down to just how much Apple is going to charge in order to settle their numerous lawsuits and what if any, cross-licensing arrangements can be made. HTC continues its acquisitions, buying Beats Electronics, a high-end speaker and headphone maker cofounded by Dr. Dre and will begin using Beats' audio technology in its handsets.

Huawei Technologies accused rival Inter Digital of filing infringement claims against it to boost the value of its patents while courting bids from Google, Apple, and Samsung for them.

Android was also updated to allow its phones to rent movies.

Rovio and EA are urging the federal court to allow Apple to directly intervene in the patent-infringement case targeting iOS developers by Lodsys. Meanwhile Google's response, whose Android developers have also become a Lodsys target, is to seek the invalidation of Lodsys's patents, much to the consternation of Florian Mueller: Google risks alienating its Android developer community if it doesn't do more and quickly, to clear up all the litigation surrounding Android.

Cisco and Twitter joined a Linux patent protection pool, hopefully it's not as devious as Intellectual Ventures which announced a licences deal with LCD maker Chunghwa. Intellectual Ventures is also suing 100+ media companies.

Sony and LG settled their 3 year patent dispute over TV and Blu-ray technology with a cross-licensing arrangement.

Speculation about the iPhone5 and an iOS 5 powered iPad3 release date were abound, meanwhile rumors were spread that Windows Phone "Mango" will be released September 1st and Android's "Ice Cream Sandwich" will likely come at the end of 2011.

With the debt deal past them, Congress looks ready to pass some form of patent reform, whether it will do any good remains to be seen, but Mike Elgan is skeptical. News surfaced of possible legislation to curb the lawsuits generated by non-practicing entities or patent trolls.

Tim Richardson defended NPEs, explaining that software patents were just as sellable as anything else. Timothy Lee continued making the case for invalidating software patents and conducted a very enlightening discussion with Julian Sanchez on topics ranging from NPEs, software patents, and the charges against Aaron Swartz, if you've got 35 minutes I strongly suggest listening to it. Brad Feld, Martin Fowler, and Brian Kahin also make the case against software patents. Meanwhile, Nilay Patel defends the software patent system.

Pantently-O's Dennis Crouch got to the heart of patent reform: the statistics behind filings, litigation and the USPTO's budget and stats on patents and litigation.

Lawrence Higgins also has a great roundup of other patent news not covered here.

August 12, 2011

ANALYSIS-Apple going after Google in tablet spats? | Reuters

The maker of the iPad and iPhone has sued three of the largest manufacturers of Google's Android-based devices -- Samsung, Motorola and HTC -- for multiple patent infringements across multiple countries, pointing out "slavish copying" of design and "look and feel."
While the lawsuits don't take direct aim at the operating software -- yet -- many of the features under contention are connected to and enhanced by it. Apple CEO Steve Jobs once referred to the software as being the soul of any device when he introduced the company's iOS 5 system in June.

Brian Marshall, an analyst with Gleacher & Co, said Apple is starting to flex its patent muscle with some early success but its real battle is with the Android software. 'Apple doesn't really care too much about the actual OEMs.'

Will #Apple Play Hardball with #HTC in #Android #Patent Battle?

For now, the trouble in assessing litigation risks stems from an inability to determine how punitive Apple will actually be if it wins a final ruling, expected to be made by the U.S. International Trade Commission in December, that HTC infringed on two of its patents having to do with the recognition and storage of email addresses and phone numbers.

HTC lost a preliminary ruling on those patents on July 15.

Quite a few analysts believe Apple and HTC might come to a cross-licensing agreement that will cost HTC a fixed sum per handset. HTC has most likely already made provisions for such a settlement, these analysts say, and it would be unlikely to do excessive long-term damage to the company.

August 11, 2011

#Motorola signals intent to begin #patent action against other #Android licensees

While Google has accused #Apple, #Microsoft and #Oracle of a conspiracy to bring down its Android platform using patent infringement claims, Google's own licensees are suing each other, with Motorola intimating its intent to join this trend.

Motorola is one of few companies to move exclusively to Google's Android platform; Samsung, LG, HTC and other leading mobile makers have retained relationships with Microsoft's Windows Phone 7, or maintain their own mobile platform, like Samsung's Bada.

#Google Tells #ITC Judge: #Microsoft Revealed Our Secret #Android Source Code

Google has asked a judge at the International Trade Commission to sanction Microsoft, saying that the company revealed “highly confidential source code” to an expert witness in violation of the court’s rules. The expert accessed the source code as part of Microsoft’s ITC case against Motorola, which alleges that some Android-powered Motorola phones violate Microsoft patents.

Microsoft’s ITC case against Motorola is one of several “proxy battles” against Android-powered phones. Microsoft wants to use patents to collect royalties on every Android-powered handset, and has reached settlements in some cases, including with HTC. But Motorola is fighting back hard, and launched its own ITC counter-suit not long after Microsoft kicked off the fight. Both ITC cases are still pending

#HTC to buy stake of Beats Electronics for $309 million | Reuters

Smartphone maker HTC will buy a 51 percent stake of U.S. company Beats Electronics for $309 million, it said on Thursday, its latest move to fend off rising competition and enhance its branding.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/11/us-htc-beats-idUSTRE77A0GX20110811

August 8, 2011

#Apple Becomes Top #Smartphone Vendor For The First Time

In the rapidly growing smartphone market, where (almost) everyone’s a winner, Apple is currently the winningest of them all. According to research firm IDC, in the second quarter of 2011, Apple’s iPhone outsold all other brands for the first time.

Year-over-year, the smartphone market has shifted wildly and dramatically. Apple’s market share jumped from 13% to 19.1% to give it the top spot, but number-two Samsung actually grew by a far greater percentage, from 5.6% to 16.2%.

http://hothardware.com/News/Apple-Becomes-Top-Smartphone-Vendor-For-The-First-Time/

August 5, 2011

HTC buys Dashwire for $18.5M, gets cloud phone backup and patents | VentureBeat

HTC buys Dashwire for $18.5M, gets cloud phone backup and patents | VentureBeat:

"Slowly but surely, HTC is building up its software expertise. The smartphone maker announced this morning that it has acquired Seattle-based Dashwire, creator of a mobile backup and synchronization service for smartphones, for $18.5 million.

Dashwire’s technology will make its way to the company’s HTCSense.com cloud service. But the purchase will also equip HTC with patents that could help it to avoid future squabbles like its current patent battle with Apple."

August 1, 2011

HTC takes Apple patent battle to U.K. | Wireless - CNET News

HTC takes Apple patent battle to U.K. | Wireless - CNET News:

HTC has filed another lawsuit against Apple in the U.K., further escalating the patent battle between the two smartphone manufacturers.

Bloomberg reported today that the suit was filed on Friday in London. The suit comes two weeks after HTC suffered a blow when the U.S. International Trade Commission made an initial ruling that the Taiwanese company had violated two of Apple's patents.

HTC Files Appeal Against US Ruling Favoring Apple in S3 Graphics Patent Claim - WSJ.com

HTC Files Appeal Against US Ruling Favoring Apple in S3 Graphics Patent Claim - WSJ.com:

"HTC Corp. is appealing a U.S. International Trade Commission preliminary ruling declaring some Apple Inc. mobile products didn't violate patents held by S3 Graphics, HTC said in a statement Sunday."

July 28, 2011

S3 Patents that Apple Violated Were Ruled Unpatentable | Analysis | The Mac Observer

S3 Patents that Apple Violated Were Ruled Unpatentable | Analysis | The Mac Observer:

In a rather interesting turn of events, the two patents owned by S3 that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) were being violated by Apple’s Mac OS X operating system have been ruled to be unpatentable due to prior art by the U.S. Patent & Trade Mark Office (USPTO). The curious thing about the ruling, however, is that it came the same day as the ITC ruling, five days before HTC bought S3 in order to use that ITC ruling against Apple...

According to Mr. Macari’s analysis, there isn’t anything that necessarily binds the ITC to pay attention to USPTO reviews, but it’s common for it to do so. The other two S3 patents were still being reviewed, however, and it’s a complete coincidence that the USPTO’s review findings were issued on the same day that AL Gildea issued his own ruling.
All this happened on July 1st — the ITC found that Apple was infringing on the S3 patents (it was July 26th when the ITC revealed some details of the ruling, including that it was Apple’s Mac OS X that infringed, clearing iOS in the process) and the USPTO ruled those same patents as unpatentable.

July 26, 2011

HTC Willing To Talk It Out With Apple Over Mobile Patents | mocoNews

After a bruising round at the International Trade Commission that saw two of HTC’s products declared in violation of Apple patents, it seems HTC has decided that it wants to talk things out, according to comments made by its chief financial officer and reported by Bloomberg. The company’s stock price has suffered in the wake of that decision as well as following HTC’s decision to buy S3 Graphics—a company that has scored patent wins against Apple—for $300 million, and it rose following word that talks were on the table.

There’s no sign that Apple is actually willing to talk (in trademark fashion, an Apple representative didn’t respond to Bloomberg’s inquiries), but very rarely do technology patent cases actually come down to an injunction prohibiting the sale of the losing products that is threatened at every turn. They’re almost always settled with money, be it lump sums, ongoing royalty payments, or both. Apple recently settled its patent dispute with Nokia by agreeing to ongoing royalty payments.

July 25, 2011

Last week (and then some) in patent news

App developers withdraw from US as patent fears reach 'tipping point'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...raw-us-patents
July 15, 2011

Patents Are Very Valuable, Tech Giants Discover: Nathan Myhrvold
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...-myhrvold.html
July 18, 2011

Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in serious trouble
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/a...-trouble/13714
July 16, 2011

Can HTC Get A Second Bite At The Apple While Creating American Jobs?
http://gametimeip.com/2011/07/16/can...american-jobs/
July 16, 2011

These tables show HOW Android infringes Apple's two HTC-beater patents
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011...infringes.html
July 16, 2011

HTC's Apple Patent Loss: Why Android Fans Shouldn't Worry
http://www.pcworld.com/article/23591...dnt_worry.html
July 18, 2011

AAPL Standout Gainer In Lousy Market; HTC Patent Win Helps
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderd...ogle_news_blog
July 18, 2011

Patent battles flare in mobile world
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/artic...sp?aid=2939045
July 19, 2011

Google's Schmidt vows to defend HTC
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-200...to-defend-htc/
July 19, 2011

Google DestROID in Patent Battle
http://www.portfolio.com/companies-e...le-for-android
July 19, 2011

Mobile Computing Patent Wars Could Cost Google $2 Billion Annually
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article29363.html
July 19, 2011

Antitrust Concerns Over the $4.5B Apple-Microsoft-RIM Patent Purchase
July 19, 2011

Canada Won't Review $4.5B Sale of Nortel Patents
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=14109628
July 19, 2011

Apple paid $2.6bn of $4.5bn Nortel patent grab
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07...n_nortel_deal/
July 21, 2011

Patent holder InterDigital exploring possible sale
http://mobilebusinessbriefing.com/ar...-possible-sale
July 20, 2011

After Nortel Loss, Google Looks To InterDigital To Strengthen Patent Portfolio
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...BSI_story.html
July 21, 2011

Apple, Google Are Said to Be Among Companies Sizing Up InterDigital Offers
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...gital-bid.html
July 20, 2011

Apple-HTC, Kodak, Borders, Oracle: Intellectual Property
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...-property.html
July 21, 2011

Google may settle in Android lawsuit with Oracle
http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/21/go...droid-lawsuit/
July 21, 2011

Apple Has Lost Its Way in HTC/Google Patent Lawsuit
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-e..._b_903986.html
July 20, 2011

Apple’s Patent Claws Are Out (Again)
http://www.wallstreetdaily.com/2011/...apple-patents/
July 21, 2011

Android Lawsuits: Google Finds Its Voice
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/...-cio/231002381
July 22, 2011

Oracle to question Larry Page in Google patent lawsuit
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...89e670aab3a.41
July 23, 2011

Netbook maker Acer accuses Apple of starting 'patent war'
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...atent_war.html
July 22, 2011

WARNING: DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS OR THEY'LL MULTIPLY (Lodsys, IV, Kotool)

RIM Signs On With Intellectual Ventures For Its Patent Portfolio
http://www.articleonepartners.com/pa...nt-News/page14
May 30, 2011

Intellectual Ventures Strikes Patent-Licensing Deal With Micron
http://www.articleonepartners.com/pa...nt-News/page14
May 31, 2011

Apple Steps into Lodsys Litigation (highly recommended)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/0...sys-litigation
June 10, 2011

Lodsys goes for Google developers
June 28, 2011

Google Goes Missing In Lodsys Litigation
http://www.informationweek.com/news/...ogle/231001011
July 5, 2011

Software Patents are Becoming a Tax on Innovation
http://blogs.forbes.com/martinzwilli...on-innovation/
July 6, 2011

Lodsys won't back down, moves to wage patent war in Texas
http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters...AINS+%27ANV%27
July 6, 2011

Lodsys extends legal offensive against Apple iOS developers
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/20842...ios-developers
July 6, 2011

How “Patent Trolling” Taxes Innovation
http://www.articleonepartners.com/pa...nt-News/page14
July 11, 2011

New Intellectual Ventures Suit Seeks Payment From Chipmakers
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-n...om-chipmakers/
July 12, 2011

Lodsys now going after apps with More Apps buttons
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/07/13/lodsy...-apps-buttons/ d
July 13, 2011

Lodsys decides links to purchase other apps are close enough to their patents to sue over
http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/...over-20110713/
July 13, 2011

OMG! Cross promotion in "More Games" violates Lodsys' patent too!
http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=100387

Patent Trolls Drive App Developers from U.S. Market
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/0...ers-u-s-market
July 19, 2011

Lodsys sues Rovio over Angry Birds for iPhone and Android
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011...birds-for.html
July 22, 2011

Patent Troll Lodsys Intent on Waking Sleeping Giant of Industry Heavyweights
http://toucharcade.com/2011/07/22/pa...-heavyweights/
July 22, 2011

When Patents Attack (highly recommended)
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/...patents-attack
July 22, 2011

Software patents come home to roost
http://www.firstpost.com/business/so...ost-46839.html
July 23, 2011

Who Does Patent-Trading Firm Intellectual Ventures Work For, Anyway?
http://www.businessinsider.com/intel...#ixzz1T84IdPWN
July 24, 2011

Kootol targets Microsoft, Apple, others over patent
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20...s-over-patent/
July 15, 2011

Patent troll or paper tiger (Kootol)
http://www.i-programmer.info/news/83...er-tiger-.html
July 18, 2011e

Software Patent Trolls In India
http://cjnewsind.blogspot.com/2011/0...-in-india.html
July 23, 2011

More Mobile

Microsoft Paying Alcatel $75 Million Would Be Fair, Witness Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...ness-says.html
July 19, 2011

Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Smartphone Patents
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/aca...k=MW_news_stmp
July 20, 2011

ParkerVision Sues Qualcomm For Patent Infringement - Quick Facts
http://www.rttnews.com/Content/Quick...d=1669944&SM=1
July 20, 2011

Nokia Posts Loss but Pulls in IP Royalties
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...829935156.html
July 21, 2011

Icahn Prods Motorola to Explore Patent Sale
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...googlenews_wsj
July 22, 2011

MMI: Street Debates Reality Of Icahn’s Agitation
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderd...atent-musings/
July 21, 2011

More Apple

Apple, Groupon Are Said to Settle Their Patent Suits With Walker Digital
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...r-digital.html
July 22, 2011

Patent suit takes aim at Apple over iPhone, iPad 3G data transfer
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles..._transfer.html
July 13, 2011

Patents Hint of iOS 5 Voice Input Support
http://www.pcworld.com/article/23582...t_support.html
July 16, 2011

Apple’s Patent-palooza, Rumor-palooza & Godspeed
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/artic...ooza_godspeed/
July 15, 2011

Trade judge rules for Apple in patent case
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-va...in-patent-case
July 18, 2011

Kodak did not infringe on Apple patents, says ITC
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...76H1SQ20110718
July 18, 2011

Key Events in Patent Disputes Between Kodak, Apple
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=14107951
July 19, 2011

Apple loses US ITC patent case against Kodak
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...c-patent-kodak
July 19, 2011

Kodak Explores Options for Imaging Patent Portfolio
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...portfolio.html
July 20, 2011

Apple playlist patent suit winner hits replay for repay
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20...#ixzz1T7yWHkLf
July 20, 2011

Will cloud be the next patent battlefield?
http://www.itworld.com/cloud-computi...nt-battlefield
July 19, 2011

Patent: iPhones could get offline app purchasing power
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31747_7...#ixzz1T81HOiCR
July 21, 2011

Future iPad? Apple Files Multi-Layer, 3D Display Patent
http://www.conceivablytech.com/8529/...display-patent
July 21, 2011

Samsung
Samsung seeks US import ban on Osram
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...6338bac556.5f1
July 16, 2011

Samsung sues Osram as LED patent row escalates
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14181324
July 18, 2011

Anynod’s Smart Cover Clone Pulled From Samsung Stores
http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/19/any...amsung-stores/
July 19, 2011

Samsung Shallow Depth of Field Camera Patent Can Give 3D a Boost
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/07...ve-3d-a-boost/
July 20, 2011

US Patents Awarded

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in North Carolina
http://m2m.tmcnet.com/news/2011/07/16/5640586.htm
July 16, 2011

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York
http://m2m.tmcnet.com/news/2011/07/17/5641191.htm
July 17, 2011

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California
http://www.mspnews.com/news/2011/07/21/5653446.htm
July 21, 2011

Other

WORLDCOMP'11 - The 2011 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (thanks Harvetta)
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp11/ws

Logitech Sued Over Harmony Remotes, Logitech Revue
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388641,00.asp
July 18, 2011

Microsoft Sued For Alleged Kinect Patent Violation
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/3..._Violation.php
July 22, 2011

Vivisimo Receives U.S. Patent for Clustering System and Method
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...125805088.html
July 19, 2011

SecuGen Corporation Files Lawsuit Against Suprema for Patent Infringement
http://send2pressnewswire.com/2011/0...056_045801.php
July 18, 2011

Contact Chip Banking Cards Violate SmartMetric, Inc. Issued Patent According to Latest Ruling in the SmartMetric Patent Infringement Case Brought Against Visa, MasterCard and American Express
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/con...k=MW_news_stmp
July 20, 2011

Vibram sues to protect FiveFingers shoe patent
http://www.boston.com/Boston/busines...mDK/index.html
July 18, 2011

New York Times Asks Court to Rule Information Access Patent Not Infringed
July 18, 2011
http://www.articleonepartners.com/pa...ent-News/page8

Patent Lawsuit From RPost Could Spell Trouble For Adobe /*EchoSign
http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/19/pat...dobe-echosign/
July 19, 2011

Immunomedics Awarded Additional Patent for PEGylation Method
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/imm...k=MW_news_stmp
July 19, 2011

BioTime (AMEX:BTX) 2nd issuance of US Glycosan Hydrogel Patent
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com/co...tent-0410.html
July 19, 2011

Avila is Granted its First U.S. Patent Covering a Class of Targeted Covalent Drugs
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/avi...k=MW_news_stmp
July 20, 2011

PositiveID Corporation Awarded Key Patent for Sample Prep of DNA and RNA
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/pos...k=MW_news_stmp
July 20, 2011

Lilly stock rises after drugmaker reports higher sales
http://www.ibj.com/lilly-stock-rises.../article/28421
July 21, 2011

Panel Session on Recent Supreme Court Patent Decisions
http://www.patentdocs.org/2011/07/do...decisions.html
July 19, 2011

Some news from the wide, wide world outside the United States…

http://www.articleonepartners.com/pa...-News/page9#85

Ahuja's World Patent news
http://www.wptn.com/wptn/showtopicwi...aspx?topicid=1

Sernova to be Granted Australian Patent
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ser...k=MW_news_stmp
July 16, 2011

Novartis Is Expected to Outpace Peers
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...719705244.html
July 18, 2011

EPO and SPTO sign agreement on IP activities in Latin America
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2011/20110713.html
July 13, 2011

A true partnership for stronger Intellectual Property protection in China
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2011/20110719.html
July 19, 2011

Patent IP will pass from Aptimize to Riverbed
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/...ze-to-riverbed
July 21, 2011

July 15, 2011

Last week in patent news

Out of practice: patent trolls and re-examination
July 6, 2011
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/500-wor...tion-10023188/

Why Google And Android Must Deal With The Mobile Protection Racket
July 9, 2011
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-w...ection-racket/

Microsoft Signs Another Patent Deal In Proxy War Against Google
July 5, 2011
http://moconews.net/article/419-micr...gainst-google/

Report: Microsoft Demanding $15 Per Android Handset From Samsung
July 6, 2011
http://moconews.net/article/419-repo...-from-samsung/

Microsoft’s Android Shakedown
July 7, 2011
http://blogs.forbes.com/timothylee/2...oid-shakedown/

Patent trolling with Microsoft
July 7, 2011
http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/ar...oft/1310007115

Microsoft Baidu Deal, Android Royalties Marked Week
July 10, 2011
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-...d-Week-565073/

Apple, Microsoft Patent Consortium Trying to Kill Android
July 10, 2011
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-...ndroid-137537/

Can Microsoft and Apple Kill Google's Android with Lawsuits?
July 11, 2011
http://www.dailytech.com/Can+Microso...ticle22114.htm

Canada investigating Nortel patent selloff
July 6, 2011
http://www.electronista.com/articles...le.breaks.law/

Google Staffing Up On Patent Lawyers And*Experts
July 13, 2011
http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/13/goo...s-and-experts/

Google passes on chance to signal stronger Android patent*defense
July 15, 2011
http://gigaom.com/2011/07/15/google-...atent-defense/

Oracle wants to question Google's Larry Page in Android patent lawsuit
July 15, 2011
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/tech...t-lawsuit.html

Greedy Oracle is looking to kill Android growth
July 9, 2011
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/articl...android_growth

Oracle v. Google - Updating the Reexams
June 22, 2011
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?s...10621192510777

App developers withdraw from US as patent fears reach 'tipping point'
July 15, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...raw-us-patents

More Love Lost Between Apple And Samsung: Now At The ITC
June 29, 2011
http://moconews.net/article/419-more...ow-at-the-itc/

Samsung demands Apple legal team be disqualified over insider knowledge fears
July 12, 2011
http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-dem...ears-12164459/

Apple vs Samsung: Judge Hints at Serious Credibility Problem of Apple; Favors Samsung
July 14, 2011
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/1799...minary-inj.htm

Quinn Emanuel Takes Aim at Apple's Lawyers in Samsung Smartphone Patent Fight
July 13, 2011
http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticle...e_Patent_Fight

HTC Buys S3 Graphics, Grows Patent Portfolio
July 6, 2011
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-...tfolio-337531/

Apple fires second legal salvo at HTC
July 11, 2011
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-200...-salvo-at-htc/

ITC says HTC violating two of Apple's patents

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-200...#ixzz1SEfDRSub
July 15, 2011
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-200...?tag=mncol;txt

Apple ordered to pay $8m over playlist patents
July 11, 2011
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07...ent_case_loss/

Apple's new multitouch patent (FAQ)
June 22, 2011
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20...ch-patent-faq/

Apple seeks stylus patents
July 8, 2011
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20...tylus-patents/

Apple applies for stylus patents
July 8, 2011
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/communi...?tag=mncol;txt

One Finger OK, But Only Steve Jobs Can Use Two
July 3, 2011
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/20...se-two-fingers

Apple patent could mean (awesome) new ways of sharing files between devices
July 11, 2011
http://www.appolicious.com/tech/arti...etween-devices

Apple chief patent lawyer leaving: sources
July 12, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...76B0SF20110712

CommerceTel Files for Patent Protection on Groundbreaking Mobile Technologies
July 11, 2011
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/com...k=MW_news_stmp

Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Rights to Patents for 3G and 4G Wireless Technology from a Major Technology Company
July 11, 2011
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/aca...k=MW_news_stmp

Helferich files patent lawsuit against Nokia
July 12, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...76B0R120110712

Intellectual Ventures Launches Its Fourth Lawsuit Targeting Dell and HP
July 12, 2011
http://blogs.forbes.com/nathanvardi/...g-dell-and-hp/

Kootol sends legal notice to Apple, others, claiming patent infringemen
July 14, 2011
http://www.macworld.com/article/1611...ues_apple.html

US Patent Expiration for MP3, MPEG-2, H.264
July 15, 2011
http://www.osnews.com/story/24954/US...3_MPEG-2_H_264

Vicon Announces Patent Suit Settlement
July 14, 2011
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/vic...k=MW_news_stmp

Amazon Loses 1-Click Patent
July 7, 2011
http://blogs.forbes.com/timworstall/...-click-patent/

Freescale charges three companies with patent infringement
July 12, 2011
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/ne...nies-with.html

Blaze Mobile awarded patent for NFC sticker
July 15, 2011
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-200...r-nfc-sticker/

Universal Electronics Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit
July 15, 2011
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/uni...k=MW_news_stmp

"Becton, Dickinson & Co. won a partial appeal of a $5 million patent-infringement verdict that favored Retractable Technologies Inc. on technology used to protect health-care workers from accidental needle sticks.
July 11, 2011
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...-property.html

Austin-based Convergen LifeSciences wins patent for lung cancer treatment
July 14, 2011
http://www.statesman.com/business/au...g-1609962.html

July 11, 2011

Can Microsoft and Apple Kill Google's Android with Lawsuits?

Can Microsoft and Apple Kill Google's Android with Lawsuits?:

But despite the appearance that Android won, the ecosystem is now facing the looming potential of doom. That doom could come thanks to Apple, RIM, and Microsoft's growing portfolio of purchased intellectual property and desire to sue Android handset makers into submission.

Apple currently is suing HTC, Samsung, and Motorola in cases that stretch across multiple countries and continents. Microsoft is suing Motorola as well and is using legal threats to try to force Samsung into a per phone licensing deal (as much as $15 USD per Android phone sold), as it did with HTC last year. Likewise, Oracle Corp. is seeking $6.1B USD in damages, claiming that Android is infringing on the Java patents it obtained in its acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

The combined picture is clear. Apple and Microsoft have sued or entered into sweet licensing agreements with virtually every major Android maker (a few like LG Electronics Inc. have been spared, presumably on the merits of their smaller market share)."

May 27, 2011

HTC Pays Microsoft $5 Per Android Phone, Says Citi

HTC Pays Microsoft $5 Per Android Phone, Says Citi:

Microsoft gets $5 for every HTC phone running Android, according to Citi analyst Walter Pritchard, who released a big report on Microsoft this morning.

Microsoft is getting that money thanks to a patent settlement with HTC over intellectual property infringement.

Microsoft is suing other Android phone makers, and it's looking for $7.50 to $12.50 per device, says Pritchard.