Twitter licenses IBM patents, heads off showdown
IBM told Twitter it believed the social networking company infringed on its patents. Twitter later acquired more than 900 patents from Big Blue and bolstered its intellectual property portfolio.
IBM told Twitter it believed the social networking company infringed on its patents. Twitter later acquired more than 900 patents from Big Blue and bolstered its intellectual property portfolio.
Google and Apple crack the top 20 in patents and the search giant has a slight edge in patents awarded.
A ZDNet blogger has been accused by a publication of wrongdoing. Here's the facts as we know them.
The big takeaway here is not the ruling as much as it is an avenue to end the patent madness.
Intellectual Ventures is one complicated enterprise and may highlight everything that is wrong with the patent system. However, it has one helluva business model.
"Google suggests that it has paid so many commenters that it will be impossible to list them all. Please simply do your best but the impossible is not required," says Judge William Alsup.
UPDATED: IBM and Toshiba petitioned the court separately to ensure that financial details of Samsung deals remained under seal.
The two entities will split ownership of the patents, which focus on LTE, 4G and 3G.
Here's the rundown on Splunk, a company that's likely to lead a big data IPO parade going forward.
If you connect the dots AOL's patent sale to Microsoft may have a lot to do with the Bing Maps, Mapquest, OpenStreetMap trio vs. Google Maps.