Tag: Patents

Will Google Fill In Its Own Search Gaps, Demand Media-Style?
Last year, a Google patent application was released for "...
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Paul Allen Refiles Lawsuit Against Top Tech Companies
Whatever his faults, Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen is at least persistent and ambitious.  Allen proved this yesterday by refiling a patent infringement lawsuit against AOL...
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Facebook Effort To Trademark “Face” Moves Forward
A certain social network is now one step closer to owning a trademark on the term "face."  Yesterday, the United States Patent and Trademark Office sent Facebook...
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Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android Phones
Two weeks ago, the CFO of the Mobile Communications Business at Microsoft hinted something dramatic would happen.  Now it has: Microsoft announced this afternoon that it's...
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Yahoo Patents May Cover Google Instant
No one's launched a product or sent in the lawyers just yet, but it looks like Yahoo is on Google's tail in terms of instant search and might trip up its rival with a legal obje...
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Microsoft Exec Says Android Infringes Patents
Android isn't free and Google is going to face a lot of legal problems, if one Microsoft exec is to be believed.  Tivanka Ellawala, CFO of the Mobile Communications Busines...
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Microsoft Co-Founder Sues Google, AOL, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, Yahoo, Apple, Etc.
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has a company called Interval Licensing, and it is suing the following  eleven companies: AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Offic...
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Google’s Reponse to the Oracle Suit
As you may have read, Google is being sued by Oracle, who claims Goo...
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Apple Letting App Store Users Test Drive Apps
Apple has added a new section to its App Store aimed at letting users try out apps before paying for them. The sect...
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Facebook Acquires Friendster Patents
Almost every time a company is dragged into court, the process becomes a drain on its resources and isn't great for PR (no matter how ridiculous the claims).  It's perhaps...
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Microsoft and Salesforce Settle Patent Dispute
Microsoft announced that it has settled the patent infringement cases it brought against Salesforce.com, and that the two companies have reac...
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Google, Apple, Yahoo, AOL, Dell, HP, RIM, McAfee, Symantec, Siemens Sued Over Spam Filtering
A few days ago, a Texas-based company called InNova Patent Licensing filed an infringement lawsuit against 36 well-known companies. The company claims to hold the patent on spam...
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Google Eyes Mouse Movement as Possible Search Relevancy Signal
Google was granted an interesting patent today. The title is "System and method for modulating search relevancy using pointer activity monitoring". Here is how the abs...
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USPTO Lets Google Host 10 TB of Patent Info
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has entered an agreement with Google, which will see Google host...
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