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Nintendo’s Latest Patent Grab exemplifies death of Creativity and Competition
Nintendo and The Pokemon company have recently scored a patent and could send shockwaves in the gaming industry. This duo...
Nintendo vs. PocketPair: Patent Battle Over Palworld
Nintendo is stepping into unfamiliar territory in its ongoing legal battle against PocketPair. This company is famous for its Pokémon...
H2 Clipper Unveils Ambitious Plan to Deploy Robotic Swarms in Aerospace Manufacturing
The ambition of H2 Clipper Inc. to use automatic and semi-autonomous robotic clusters in aviation and aerospace manufacturing is getting...
Samsung bares its teeth and takes a bite out of Apple
Round one of the epic battle between Apple and Samsung started last year. The patent war began when Apple accused...
3 ways the internet is revolutionizing invention
The process of invention may be intrinsic to human nature and almost entirely unique to humankind, but the process of...
Is this the iWatch patent?
AppleInsider has uncovered a patent filing that points to a flexible touchscreen watch design. If you don't think this is...
Kane Kramer filed a patent in 1979 that was a spot-on prediction for the iPod
There have been insinuations that Gene Roddenberry came up with the idea for the iPad or even the flip phone,...
Patent wars: The convoluted battlefield of tech IP
Patents shift hands almost as often as companies change their lunch menus. Mobile, software, and hardware patents are of particular...
What’s the marketing potential from Apple’s recent patent for iPhone 3D camera technology?
We have been hearing rumors about the iPhone 5 since long before the 4S was launched. One of the most...
Microsoft has its cake and eats it too in deal with AOL, Facebook
When Microsoft won the auction that brought over 925 US patents from AOL's portfolio, there was clear indication that Facebook...
How buying patents from IBM can save Facebook
The acquisition of 750 patents from IBM by Facebook signals the venture of the social networking giant into a realm...
Microsoft is making money on phones… by patent trolling
Microsoft always knew they would be successful in the mobile phone industry. With the Windows Phone 7 not making the...
Apple tells Lodsys to lay off iOS developers, but its impacts are minimal
Lodsys is a company on a mission. They have been determined to sue iOS developers who are, in their eyes,...
All-out patent war between Apple and Samsung brewing
Apple is suing Samsung for allegedly infringing on some of Apple's patents — you know, that whole iPhone idea? —...
Google’s Bid For Nortel Patents is a Battle Against Patent Trolls
Make no mistake. Google doesn't care about most of the things they patent. In a world of "defensive patenting," Google's...
Apple Attempts Avoidance of Antennagate 2 with New Patent
Antennagate sure was a mess, wasn't it? Maybe 'mess' is the wrong word. All things considered, it was pretty tidy...
Apple Rethinking How We Interact With Menus, Toolbars
Menus and toolbars are one in the same. If you've seen them on one operating system, you are probably not...
6 Exciting Apple Patents Hint At Innovation On Steroids
Apple has a host of patents to its name, and rifling through them can offer some fascinating insights into the...
Nokia Says iPhone 3G Infringes on Five Patents, Sues Again
The Nokia/Apple patent lawsuits just got a little more real today when Nokia filed a second federal patent lawsuit alleging...
Another Day, Another Apple Patent: Now In 3D!
I can't get enough of widgets. I remember, back in the day, as a rabid PC user, vehemently anti-Apple, I...