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Troll Settles Patent Clash With GNOME
The open source GNOME Foundation has won the right to freely use a patent it was being sued over by…
Qualcomm’s 20 Bad “Apples”: Litigation Weighs on Chip Giant
If there was a word that came up regularly in Qualcomm’s earnings call this week, it was “Apple”. The San…
IBM Awarded Record 9,100 Patents in 2018
IBM inventors were awarded a record 9,100 patents in 2018, topping the list of US patents received for an impressive…
Microsoft Joins 300-Strong LOT Network, Takes Fight to “Patent Trolls”
Microsoft has joined the LOT Network, a non-profit community of companies that protects its members from costly patent assertion entity (PAE) litigation,…
IBM breaks patent record with AI, cloud & blockchain innovations
A cyber attack is every CTO's worst phobia, and no company could be more acutely aware of security breaches this…
IBM sues Expedia over patents made in 1980s
IBM has filed a lawsuit against online travel giant Expedia, over the use of four patents dating back to the…
Samsung ordered to pay Huawei following patent defeat
Huawei has been granted a patent victory over Samsung. The Chinese smartphone company was granted the victory after a Chinese…
IBM gains patent for machine learning self-driving system
Technology giant IBM has secured a patent for a cognitive system to manage the safety of self-driving vehicles. The system…
Microsoft licenses connected car technology patents to Toyota
Microsoft has signed an agreement to license its connected car technology patents to Toyota. As part of the deal Toyota…
IBM wins Stupid Patent of the Month Award
IBM has been awarded a patent for its out-of-office email system, a move described by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EEF)…