Tag: patent
Google applies for patent for back panel touch controls
Google has filed an application for a new patent at the US Patent & Trademark Office for back panel touch controls. According to Patent Bolt, the Mountain View company aims to introduce such controls for actions such as turning the page of an e-book, or moving to the next article in a website, scrolling through [...]
Nokia Rumored to Drop Samsung as Components Manufacturer
Samsung has been involved in a rigorous patent suit with Apple since the past couple of years. Samsung has been found to be infringing on some of the patents held by Apple. Samsung was alleged of copying several design elements of the iPhone 3GS. Maybe for this reason, Apple decided to move away from Samsung [...]
Patent: Solar charging integrated into touchscreen
Apple has always been known for filing all kinds of patents without any regards to whether they will be using it in the future or not. The latest patent that Apple has been granted is called as “Integrated touch sensor and solar assembly”. There are several ‘solar charging’ apps out there which claim to charge [...]
RIM Files For a Patent Which Will Avoid Blurry Images Taken From the Phone’s Camera
We all use our mobile devices to do a variety of things like check appointments, listen to music and of course make phone calls. But if there’s one feature which has evolved greatly since the evolution of mobile phones, it’s the camera. Smartphones these days can capture images at such clarity that people don’t see [...]
The iPhone Found To Be Infringing On 3 MobileMedia Patents
We’ve seen Apple go to the courtrooms more often than any other company in recent times, and that’s because it holds a large number of patents which are often unintentionally infringed on by other companies. But today we have learnt that this time it’s Apple which has infringed on 3 patents jointly held by Nokia, [...]
Why multi-user login won’t come to Android 4.2 phones?
On October 29th, Google launched latest version of its Android operating system, the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Yes, it was previously thought that it would be called as Key Lime Pie, but Google has decided to go with Jelly Bean. Google has added several features in Android 4.2. One of those interesting features is the [...]
Russian Orthodox Christians Claim Apple’s Logo Blasphemous
Apple’s logo has stirred controversy this week in Russia after several conservative Orthodox Christians believes the sign that represents the American tech giant is ‘blasphemous.’ Cnet reporter Eric Mack reported extreme believers of Orthodox Christianity asserted Apple’s logo symbolizes the original sin of Adam and Eve in the Bible. According to reports that circulated around, [...]
German Court Rules In Favor of Motorola and Samsung In Patent Case With Apple
I don’t think I have to tell everyone that Apple has claimed another infringement on their touch event model patent. On a happier note though, the Mannheim Regional Court decided to come down with a decision which has favored both Samsung and Motorola. The touch event model patent shouldn’t be mistaken for multitouch, as this [...]
Nokia files a patent for new variety of photo sensor
Nokia 808 PureView is the first ever smartphone which features Nokia’s PureView technology. The technology is basically a pixel oversampling technique which essentially decreases an image taken at full resolution into a lower resolution image, achieving higher definition and light sensitivity in the process, and also enabling lossless zoom, which is a pretty nice feature [...]
Kodak all set to sell its imaging units
Kodak, the photography giant, is a very well-known brand. The company has been conducting bankruptcy proceedings for quite a while. For the first quarter of 2012, Kodak had reported a loss of whopping $366 million with total revenue standing at $965 million. The revenue has been down by 27 percent from the same quarter last [...]
Apple patent reveals Ad-Skipper that plays songs, video during adverts
Nobody likes watching commercials while watching their favorite program. I admit that there are few adverts which do manage to bring a smile on my face, but majority of adverts are just trying to promote some product and turn out to be pesky. Most of us would just switch to other channels, and the same [...]
Patent Wars Truce? Apple & Samsung Agree To Settlement Conference
In the ongoing saga of the patent wars between Samsung and Apple the two companies have agreed to a settlement conference. We’re not sure how much agreement there really was, being that presiding Judge Lucy Koh ordered the two companies to have a settlement conference within 90 days. The two companies will hold a settlement [...]
Motorola Wins Again Against Apple In German Court
Back in February Motorola was granted an injunction in the German patent court which resulted in Apple having to disable push notifications in their iOS devices in Germany along with disabling Mobileme push notifications. As expected Apple quickly appealed the decision saying that Motorola’s patents were invalid. Well the German court today sided with Motorola [...]
