Google says its rivals have “placed a cloud” on the Android eco-system through a wave of lawsuits based on old Nortel patents. Now, it’s filed a lawsuit of its own to… Read more »
Big tech firms want to make sure that a soon-to-launch unified European patent system doesn’t let trolls game the system on a wide scale, so they’ve asked for modifications to the… Read more »
IBM proudly retained its usual top slot in the annual patent count. Other winners included rivals Google and Apple, which both saw big growth in the number of patents issued but… Read more »
A Texas shell company is claiming that battery technology in devices like the Kindle Fire and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus infringes its patent. Read more »
A shell company capped off a week of patent controversy by suing two popular phone makers for including a button that lets users put a smile… Read more »