Apple and Google Tag-Teaming Paul Allen Over Patent Attack [Patents]
25/10/2010 |
You might recall Paul Allen's August bombardment of seemingly every tech company in the US over some rather tenuous patent accusations. Google and Apple? Not havin' that. The two are teaming to have the case dismissed with a legal counterattack.More »...
Does Paul Allen Suing The Entire Internet Prove Our Patent System's Broken? [Patents]
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has launched a salvo of litigation over disputed patents, targeting Apple, Google, AOL, and Netflix, among others. None of the patents involve technology Allen was responsible for creating, but were licensed through his Silicon Valley incubator.More »
Apple Claims Android Started With Them [Patents]
In the early 1990s, Android head honcho Andy Rubin worked as a low-level Apple engineer. And that, according Apple's latest ITC filing, is grounds enough for them to potentially block Android in the US.More »
Lodsys Suit Gets Ridiculous As They Go After Adidas and Black & Decker [Blip]
Remember Lodsys, that patent troll going after Apple and Google for in-app purchases? Well it looks like they're attacking a few more companies, including Sam's Club, Vitamin Shoppe, and Best Buy for violating their patents. Oh come on! [CNET]More »
Apple lawsuit stalls sales of Galaxy Tab in Australia
Apple has negotiated an agreement with Samsung that will prevent the South Korean company from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet device in Australia (via Bloomberg BusinessWeek), at least until legal proceedings between the two in that country are resolved. The block is not a result of a court-o...
Microsoft Strikes Back at Google's Patent Rant With Condemning Email [Google]
Are you following the controversy surrounding Google's attack on its competitors for buying up the Nortel patents? It took a strange twist when Microsoft revealed that Google was originally in on the deal, but decided to back out.More »
The Patent Cold War, Visualized [Patents]
It's one thing to say that everybody is suing everybody over mobile patents. It's another entirely when you actually see the battle lines all drawn out for you, as Thomson Reuters has so painstakingly done here. Full melee below:More »
Samsung Promises Legal Revenge Against Apple [Blip]
Apple: "You ripped off our shit! Intellectual property robbery! You owe us a bunch of money!"More »
