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Apple Wins Patent On Mobile Phone Touchscreens

Posted by bbwa on June 24th, 2011

This is a pretty incredible story, one that makes even the biggest supporters of the patent process wonder what is going on. Capacitive touch screen technology is not new by any means, these sorts of screens have been around for years. However, Apple has managed to get a patent issued this week (applied for in [...]

Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android Smart Phones

Posted by bbwa on October 3rd, 2010

Sort of a weird week in the world of smart phones, particularly the news that Microsoft has sued Motorola for patent infringement on certain features of their Android based phones. Yup, take that all in, that is pretty much three of the biggest players, Microsoft, Motorola, and Google all linked up in a patent lawsuit [...]

Apple Sues HTC Over Software Patents

Posted by bbwa on March 3rd, 2010

In what some see as a stunning admission of being crowded out of many of the smart phone markets, and perhaps as a preemptive strike against the upcoming Google Nexus 1, Apple and NeXT have filed suit against Asian smart phone maker HTC, alleging all sorts of patent infringement and the like. Public opinion on [...]