Big Baboon ain't gibbon up: SAP, HP accused of aping software squirt's e-commerce patent Judge denies giants' motion to dismiss amended case On-Prem29 Aug 2018 | 7
Face-PALM: US Patent and Trademark Office database down for 5 days and counting No end in sight yet to mystery maintenance 'issue' On-Prem20 Aug 2018 | 19
Now you can tell someone to literally go f--k themselves over the internet: Remote-control mock-cock patent dies Talk about getting off on a technicality... Personal Tech17 Aug 2018 | 62
Go Zuck Yourself: Facebook destroys patent suit over timeline Chalk one up in court for the Social Network Personal Tech16 Aug 2018 | 26
Qualcomm demands blueprints to Intel chips used in Apple iPhones Enough with the foot-dragging, mobile processor'n'modem giant rails in patent feud Personal Tech01 Aug 2018 | 10
Hot US deal! IBM wins $83m from Groupon in e-commerce patent spat Jury rules voucher biz wilfully infringed patents from pre-internet era Legal30 Jul 2018 | 27
Prof claims Lyft did a hit-and-run on his ride-sharing tech patent App-ademic's lawsuit demands jury trial, damages, etc etc etc for alleged infringement Personal Tech25 Jul 2018 | 30
Are you ready for some sueball?! NFL opens wallet, makes vid stream patent spat go away We’re the lawyers your mom warned you about Personal Tech13 Jul 2018 | 14
Facebook and Snap jam Blackberry patent suit Social networks move to invalidate design claims On-Prem11 Jun 2018 | 12
Close, but no Tigar! Appeals court slaps judge, drags Apple back into touchscreen spat Patent battle looms again for iGiant in wake of ruling Personal Tech04 Jun 2018 | 6
ZTE can't buy chips from America – but can still get sued for patent infringement in the US America('s lawsuits) First Personal Tech31 May 2018 | 20
Good news: It's still legal for Apple to keep its MacBook, iPhone batteries from melting Cupertino beats Uniloc after judge disses 'sweeping, abstract' trollish patent claim Personal Tech21 May 2018 | 24
'Alexa, find me a good patent lawyer' – Amazon sued for allegedly lifting tech of home assistant University claims the Bezos Bunch nicked its ideas for language processing Personal Tech11 May 2018 | 39
That Brexit in action: UK signs pact to let Euro court judge its patents Not too dissimilar to lighting a firework indoors – and then legging it to the nearest exit Legal27 Apr 2018 | 24
Paperback writer? Microsoft slaps patents on book-style gadgetry with flexible display Redmond kit has the bends Personal Tech27 Apr 2018 | 34
Total WIPOut: IT chief finds his own job advertised Talked to UN investigators, boss given unredacted report On-Prem12 Apr 2018 | 50
Jury to Apple: You owe patent flinger VirnetX half a BEEELLION buckaroos But the US patent office will probably save the day. Again On-Prem11 Apr 2018 | 27
Blackberry snaps, yakkity-yak Snapchat app brats slapped with patent trap rap Who needs phones when you've got IP lawyers? On-Prem05 Apr 2018 | 25
Huawei wins patent injunction against Samsung in China All in all it's just another brick in the patent wall On-Prem26 Mar 2018 | 17
Patent quality has fallen, confirm Euro examiners Extraordinary letter to EPO Admin Council blows up management claims On-Prem15 Mar 2018 | 22
Good news: Apple designs a notebook keyboard that doesn't suck Bad news: It's only a patent filing and may never actually be made Personal Tech10 Mar 2018 | 72
Europe's Unified Patent Court fate in the balance amid German probing (yes, Brexit is in the mix) Hör auf damit! Legal22 Feb 2018 | 18
Waddawewant? Free video codecs! When do we... oh, look, the last MPEG-2 patent expired! Never again shall an MPEG-2 encoder be chased out of a Linux distro Software15 Feb 2018 | 17
Roses are red, revenge is so sweet. Microsoft extracts a few quid from Corel Office Suite Jury awards Redmond some pocket change in patent dustup Software14 Feb 2018 | 30
Blackbird shot down, patent nuked by judge in Cloudflare legal battle Victory for web biz after law troll claimed CDN ripped off designs SaaS13 Feb 2018 | 17
Microsoft wants to patent mind control Battling Zuck for the brain-computer interface Science15 Jan 2018 | 32
German Bar Association says Nein to patent court block effort Good news for UPC advocates, bad news for EPO staff Legal15 Jan 2018 | 7
IBM lobs sueball at travel site Expedia for using some old Prodigy patents Big Blue is trippin' over 1980s web tech Legal03 Jan 2018 | 28
Euro Patent Office fails miserably in key accountability case Administrative Council underlines real concerns with European patent regime Legal21 Dec 2017 | 12
Apple and Qualcomm become best pals... lol jk the sueballs keep flying Suing for patent infringement? Right back at ya, champ On-Prem29 Nov 2017 | 6
No, Samsung, you really do owe Apple $120m for patent infringement US Supreme Court sends another appeal packing On-Prem06 Nov 2017 | 28
Apple vs. Samsung to climb back into rounded rectangle of justice Retrial over amount of patent-pinch damages okayed by Californian judge On-Prem26 Oct 2017 | 6
Apple slapped hard with $440m patent bill in VirnetX FaceTime spat Cupertino iGiant vows to appeal after losing round in tedious infringement boxing match Personal Tech16 Oct 2017 | 14
Fuming Qualcomm smashed with 23 BILLION DOLLAR fine in monopoly abuse probe Wait, wait, this just in... make that 23 billion Taiwanese dollars Legal12 Oct 2017 | 6
Facebook performs successful license surgery on React, GraphQL Feared patent bomb defused, for the time being Devops26 Sep 2017 | 2
Red Hat pledges patent protection for 99 per cent of FOSS-ware Company has trove of 2,000 patents and won't enforce any of them if you licence right Software22 Sep 2017 | 18
Both HPs, Vizio join Arista's legal fight against Cisco Supporters say switch upstart's US trade bans should be lifted, sooner rather than later On-Prem06 Sep 2017 | 1
FTC told to cough up informants' memos in Qualcomm antitrust row Court rules chip designer has right to view letters behind royalties abuse claim Personal Tech25 Aug 2017 | 6
US trade watchdog puts down the phone to Qualcomm, reaches for probe, sticks it in Apple Investigation may lead to iPhone, iPad ban in US Personal Tech08 Aug 2017 | 16
Wisconsin badgers Apple to cough up half a billion dollars for ripping off chip designs Analysis Uni in line for a lot of cheddar from Cook and Co Personal Tech26 Jul 2017 | 37
Europe's 'one patent court to rule them all' vision may be destroyed by EPO shenanigans King Battistelli finally facing consequences for his actions Legal20 Jul 2017 | 16
Factories counter-punch Qualcomm in the gut as Apple eggs them on Updated iGiant bankrolls manufacturers' legal battle royale over patent license fees Personal Tech19 Jul 2017 | 8
Don't let this snap-drag-on: Qualcomm waves white flag to Apple CEO Mollenkopf opens door for settlement in licensing battle On-Prem18 Jul 2017 | 5
Oracle, Amazon, Google, and Salesforce finally agree on something Heavies team up to form patent-reform lobbying supergroup Legal10 Jul 2017 | 3
Well, that escalated quickly: Qualcomm demands iPhone, iPad sales ban in America Licensing dispute explodes into all-out patent war with Apple Personal Tech06 Jul 2017 | 58
Arista-cats nearly out of the bag as redesigned products okayed International Trade Commission says its kit should be fine to import again Networks22 Jun 2017 |
Apple ups the stakes in patent royalties battle with Qualcomm Pushing to have 18 Qualcomm patents invalidated On-Prem21 Jun 2017 | 13
Germany puts halt on European unitary patent Constitutional Court slams brakes on UPC – but why? Legal13 Jun 2017 | 29
Intel to Qualcomm and Microsoft: Nice x86 emulation you've got there, shame if it got sued into oblivion Chipzilla sends not-so-subtle threat to ARM crew OSes09 Jun 2017 | 91
Amazon granted patent to put parachutes inside shipping labels There's no way this could go horribly, violently wrong... right? Science02 Jun 2017 | 105
Lexmark patent racket busted by Supremes Printer maker can't stop ink cartridge resales with patent claims On-Prem30 May 2017 | 65
Arista-cats win some, lose some against Cisco Upside: it could be all over by September Networks29 May 2017 |
Done and done: BlackBerry ties up $940m settlement with Qualcomm Patent case wraps up as sides agree on final tally On-Prem26 May 2017 | 5
Supreme Court closes court-shopping loophole for patent trolls Things are about to get very quiet in Eastern Texas On-Prem22 May 2017 | 34
You'll get a kick out of this: Qualcomm patents the 'Internet of Shoes' Web-connected sneakers? We imagine a lot of sole searching when/if these get hacked Edge + IoT19 May 2017 | 32
Intel, Samsung join Apple, FTC firing squad against rival Qualcomm Two more chip heavyweights enter the patent fray On-Prem15 May 2017 | 6
Intel breathes $2bn sigh of relief over patent trial Jury finds that chip giant did not infringe on AVM patent On-Prem11 May 2017 | 1
Cloudflare goes berserk on next-gen patent troll, vows to utterly destroy it using prior-art bounties Web giant wants to invalidate Blackbird Tech's designs, get them thrown out of profession Legal11 May 2017 | 25
ITC upholds finding that Arista infringed on two Cisco patents Cisco 'preserving market position at expense of competition,' says Arista Networks08 May 2017 | 1
Qualcomm to demand US iPhone import ban Snapdragon designer furious over Apple halting royalty payments, wants revenge Personal Tech04 May 2017 | 27
Microsoft, Oracle sued: Tech duo accused of trampling DB patents The University of Tennessee's royalty collection arm wants its pound of flesh Software03 May 2017 | 6