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Apple, Google said to be pooling $500+ million for Kodak patents

Apple and Google are indeed teaming up to make a bigger offer to buy Kodak's digital imaging patents, according to sources speaking to Bloomberg. The companies reportedly joined their two independent consortiums—which had been...

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Monday, December 10th, 2012 Net News No Comments

USPTO may invalidate another of Apple’s key multitouch patents

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a first Office action declaring all twenty claims of one of Apple's key multitouch patents invalid. The decision that was filed Monday isn't final, but...

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Friday, December 7th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Apple-HTC settlement unsealed: No “cloned products,” no helping trolls

flickr / BeauGiles In advance of today's Apple v. Samsung hearing, Samsung filed a key document it fought hard to acquire—Apple's recent patent settlement with HTC. The 143-page settlement is heavily redacted,...

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Thursday, December 6th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Supreme Court to Decide if Human Genes Are Patentable

The Supreme Court announced Friday it would review a case testing whether human genes may be patented, in a dispute weighing patents associated with human genes known to detect early signs of breast and...

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Saturday, December 1st, 2012 Net News No Comments

Seeking to head off Samsung argument, Apple shortens a patent term

Apple agreed to limit the term of one of the patents it used to win a $1.05 billion jury verdict against Samsung. The company filed a so-called "terminal disclaimer" with the patent office today....

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Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 Net News No Comments