Technology companies IBM and Microsoft have helped to set up a global database aimed at improving accuracy of patent information. The Open Register of Patent Ownership (OROPO), launched on 15, is a
2015 witnessed notable progress in China’s IP pledge financing. Some 2,000 enterprises secured 56 billion yuan with patent pledge all through the year. Sampling results on 20 patent pledge projects
SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft said Monday that Taiwan-based Compal Electronics has joined a growing list of gadget makers licensing its patents for use in devices powered by Google-backed Android or Chrom...
suffered a strike in late February when the State Intellectual Property Office rejected its invalidation appeal to the patent in the dispute, in which Microsoft was sued by a local information technology
Microsoft's Word products. A federal jury in Tyler, Texas, found that Microsoft infringed a patent owned by closely held i4i LP. The award is the amount sought by i4i, which claimed that Microsoft willfully
A US appeals court has granted semiconductor company Qualcomm’s request for a validity hearing in a patent infringement case that saw it slapped with a $172.7 million fine. On Friday, July 31, the US
Sony has again sued rival Fujifilm for patent infringement over use of magnetic tape media. In the case, filed at the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Friday, May 5, Sony
The U.S. Northeastern University has filed a federal patent infringement lawsuit against Google over technology used in its core Web search system, media reported Monday. The complaint was filed on
company, based in the southern boom city of Shenzhen adjacent to Hong Kong, was charged by its much stronger competitor Unilin, a subsidiary of the US-listed Mohawk and located in Belgium, with patent
"We remain convinced that Philips has not infringed any valid, enforceable patent claims of the two asserted Masimo patents." Masimo did not respond immediately to a request for comment.