Samsung is reportedly thinking of using iris recognition technology for user identification on its smartwatch. A patent filed by the company regarding iris technology in 2014 has been discovered by Patently Apple.
Continue reading “Samsung to add Biosignal ID to Gear Smartwatch?”
Apple has been ordered by the Jury to pay $533 million for infringing patents with iTunes, as per a report from Bloomberg. The company was asked to pay for infringing three patents owned by Smartflash, a Texas-based patent licensing company.
Continue reading “Apple ordered by Jury to pay $532.9 million in patent trial”
Samsung has patented a new solution for saving and transferring your home-screen designs from one device to another. The company is aiming at making the transfer simple and easy.
Continue reading “Samsung patents home screen sharing solution”
Apple has been granted a patent for a gaming controller for iPhone by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent details a controller that would include a D-pad and control buttons.
Continue reading “Apple patents gaming controller for iPhone and keyboard accessories”
Google and patent consortium Rockstar have agreed to settle a patent litigation suit, according to a court filing, as per a report from Reuters.
Continue reading “Google and Rockstar agree to settle Patent litigation”
Apple has been ordered by a federal jury to pay $23.6 million for illegally using pager patents in its products. The company will have to pay the fine to a Texas based firm, Mobile Telecommunications Technologies.
Continue reading “Apple ordered to pay $23.6M fine over patent for pager technology”
Samsung Electronics is filing a countersuit against Nvidia, after the latter alleged Samsung of infringing upon GPU technology in September. Now, the South Korean tech giant is accusing Nvidia of misleading consumers by revealing false benchmark test results for its Shield Tablet in comparison with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4.
Continue reading “Samsung responds to Nvidia, counter sues over false benchmark results”
Google has improved its voice command feature on Android since its inception. Now it looks like the company is taking a new step forward and improving the voice command further. 
Continue reading “Google patents ‘Active watching’ technology for Search”
Nvidia has sued Samsung and Qualcomm for infringing 7 of its patents. The maker of graphics chips and processors is asking the International Trade Commission (ITC) and in the U.S. District Court in Delaware to confirm that, ban devices, and award them damages.
Continue reading “Nvidia files patent lawsuit against Samsung and Qualcomm for patent infringement”
Samsung and Apple announced in a joint statement that they will drop all ongoing patent lawsuits outside the U.S. However, the smartphone rivals have not yet settled the dispute. The two companies have sued each other in a total of eight countries viz, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Netherlands, the UK, France, and Italy, and all these cases are being dropped, without being settled and without any cross-licensing agreements being negotiated.
Continue reading “Apple and Samsung to end all their patent disputes outside the US”
Microsoft has sued Samsung in U.S. District Court, over patent licencing deal. The company claims that the South Korean giant has stopped making royalty payments on time last fall and is refusing to pay interest for the delay.
Continue reading “Microsoft files patent lawsuit against Samsung over Android royalties”
Apple has filed for patent that describes a method of adjusting security and other settings for mobile devices based on the user’s location. The latest patent application was published by the United States Patent & Trademark Office but was originally filed in December 2012 by Apple.
Continue reading “Apple’s latest patent filing shows Intelligent Location-Based Security”
Microsoft and Canon have signed a patent cross-licensing agreement. The company did not disclose the exact term of the deal but said that both will share intellectual property on a “broad range of products and services,” including those for certain digital imaging and mobile consumer products.
Continue reading “Microsoft and Canon ink patent licensing agreement”
Apple is usually the aggressor when it comes to suing companies for infringement of patents and technologies, but this time it is the other way round. Apple is the defendant in a case against them for intentionally and willfully infringing patents.
Continue reading “Apple sued by Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation(WARF) over A7 Chip”
Apple has been looking to make serious changes to the exterior appearance of their devices as they have been applying for various kinds of patents like the fingerprint sensor, and now we have news that they have just been granted the patent for Microslot antenna by the USPTO which integrates cellular and wireless radio antennas into the case material.
