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Long-Awaited Patent Ruling Yields Few Answers
A federal appeals court on Friday offered its long-awaited view on when a piece of software can be patented. The upshot: seven opinions, totaling more than 120 pages, and no clear answer.Google Ordered to Answer Apple’s Android Questions in Samsung Case
“Open always wins.”
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EU Presses Motorola Mobility Over Patent Licensing
The EU has become a key market where tech giants are slugging it out over patents.Google Has Been Working on Watch and Glass in Tandem, Patents Show
If Google Glass freaks too many people out, the company likely has a Plan B close behind.
Firm Targets Microsoft’s Skype Unit in Patent Lawsuit
CopyTele, which these days is focused on trying to monetize its patents, says Skype and most of the Web-conferencing industry is infringing its intellectual property.
Jawbone Acquires BodyMedia for More Than $100 Million, as Wearable Tech Gets More Intense
With this latest acquisition, Jawbone gets its hands on valuable sensor patents.
Court Denies Motorola the Billions It Wanted From Microsoft for Standards-Essential Patents
A court rules that Motorola is owed about $1.8 million, as opposed to the $4 billion-plus it had been seeking.
Microsoft Strikes Another Android Patent Deal, This Time With ZTE
With this deal — and another with Foxconn — Microsoft now has arrangements in place with the bulk of the leading Android players.
Google Shares Dip as Microsoft Strikes Licensing Deal With Hon Hai
Google gets dealt another blow in its ongoing struggles with Microsoft’s patent infringement claims.
GE Puts (Your) Imagination to Work, With Quirky-Crowdsourced Gadgets
GE is opening up a trove of patents to inventors in Quirky’s community.