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Microsoft, Motorola ruling: Google patents not worth billions
A judge found in favor of Microsoft in a patent spat with Motorola, indicating that Google grossly overpaid for the smartphone maker, despite the patent protection it was given.
After Hon Hai, Microsoft adds ZTE to its hitlist of Android patent licensees
Microsoft now has agreements with all but two of the major Android device makers.
ITC sides with Apple over Motorola case
The US International Trade Commission has tossed out a Motorola Mobility patent claim that threatened to block the import of some Apple iPhone models.
VirnetX pulls Microsoft back to court over Skype patent claims
After managing to successfully settle with Microsoft in the past over a number of patent infringement claims, VirnetX is heading to court over claims that its patents are still being infringed in Skype.
China-approved patents jump 26.1 percent in 2012
The number of invention patents granted by China's State Intellectual Property Office hit 217,000 last year, and is a sign the country's intellectual property rights efforts are paying off.
Google's patent attack on Microsoft push mail trips up in Germany
The Motorola Mobility patent that also blocked push mail sync in Apple's iCloud in Germany is now finding itself on shaky ground.
UN-style patent body a 'pipe dream'
Intellectual property laws are subject to sovereign states to enact and enforce, so to standardize such legislations and enforce them via an international patent body will be highly difficult to achieve.
South Korea to invest $22.3M in memory chip research
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, along with six private companies will jointly invest in memory chip research and development projects by universities or independent institutes over the next five years.
Microsoft adds Foxconn parent to list of Android patent deal scalps
The world's largest contract manufacturer has joined Microsoft's Android licensing party.
China enables more grassroot courts to settle IP disputes
The Supreme People's Court is now able to designate the jurisdiction of intellectual property lawsuits to grassroot courts as China looks to cope with an increase in such legal disputes.
India taps ancient medical database to protect IP
Indian government taps the country's digital library of 270,000 ancient Indian medicine formulations to amend and remove 100 international patents. Unilever and Procter & Gamble were among companies affected.
Samsung factories raided on LG's OLED theft claims
Both sides relock in their dispute, despite agreeing to resolve patent issues behind closed doors in February.
Apple's slide-to-unlock feature not patent-worthy, rules German court
Apple has seen its gesture-based unblocking system invalidated by Germany's federal patent court.
ITC judge rules Samsung infringed Apple's text-selection patent
Things have taken a nasty turn for Samsung in its worldwide battle against Apple with a new ruling from the International Trade Commission.
Google: It's time to take action against patent trolls, privateering
Google bands together with BlackBerry and Red Hat as it continues its offensive to defend itself against patent suits.