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Future MacBooks Could Be Powered by Fuel Cells [Apple]





The latest patent application to come out of Cupertino could allow for new Macbooks that are slimmer, lighter, greener and could provide power for days without a charge. What's the magic ingredient? Fuel c...
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HTC Already Has a Workaround For Its US Ban [Android]





Earlier this week we reported how Apple had successfully won a case to remove several HTC Android handsets from the US market. Turns out the engineers at HTC have already found a workaround. More &...
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If Apple Wins We All Lose [Video]





Yesterday's news that courts had ruled against HTC in favor of Apple was a tidy little victory for Apple. But HTC is just an initial skirmish in a much larger fight. The real war is against Android, and i...
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HTC Android Phones Are Being Banned from the US Next Year [Android]





Whoa. Apple just won a big court victory against HTC that could force HTC to stop selling its Android phones in the United States. The United States International Trade Commission ruled that HTC was infrin...
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Future Riot Shields Will Suffocate Protestors with Low Frequency Speakers [Police]





It's not the first crowd control tool to use sound waves, but Raytheon's patent for a new type of riot shield that produces low frequency sound waves to disrupt the respiratory tract and hinder breathing, ...
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This Is the Crap Tablet Apple Thinks Samsung Must Make [Apple]





This image shows Apple lawyers' wet dream for a Samsung tablet. It demonstrates one thing: the Apple lawyers who described it are imbeciles and/or clueless mischievous snakes. Just as much as Samsung's pro...
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Motorola Wins Europe-Wide Sales Ban Against iOS Devices [Apple]





Apple just found itself on the receiving-end of some legal hurt. Motorola has successfully sued Apple in Germany, paving the way for a Europe-wise sales ban on basically all iOS devices. Better get those A...
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Can Watson's Mega-Brain Help Rid the World of Patent Trolls? [Science]





IBM's Watson is most famous for handing Ken Jennings his ass on Jeopardy, but since then the supercomputer's talents have been used to help doctors diagnose and treat disease. But Watson's greatest trick m...
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Apple Continues Working On Kinect-Like Tracking With Projected Controls and Glasses-Free 3D [Apple]





File this under cool shit we probably won't see for a long time. Apple just recently filed filed an expanded patent application for a system that would detect hand/head motion around a computer and let you...
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US Court Rules That Samsung Can Keep Selling Galaxy Products... For Now [Patent Wars]





Galaxy fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief as Apple's request for a preliminary injunction against Samsung has been denied. But while the judge's ruling allows them to continue selling their products...
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Google Now Owns the Pattern Unlock Gesture [Android]






Apple's already got their simple and boring swipe to unlock gesture so it's only fitting that Google has been awarded Android's sweet pattern unlock method patent. You know the one, the unlock method in s...
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Apple Might Have to Stop Selling Products That Use iCloud in Germany Because of Motorola [Lawsuits]






Over in the busy courts of Germany, Apple just suffered a little loss in a preliminary hearing that might snowball into a huge one: iCloud is potentially infringing on patents owned by Motorola. The Germa...
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Samsung Just Changed the Galaxy Tab's Design Because of the iPad (OMG SOO DIFFERENT) [Patents]






Apple and Samsung have been battling in German courts about whether the Galaxy Tab 10.1 stole ideas from the iPad or not (among other things). So to avoid the injunction, Samsung went ahead and changed th...
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A Flatscreen TV in 1932? [TV]






The Danish audiophiles at AIAIAI have what they say are the first ever sketches of a flatscreen TV—from 80 years ago. Beyond an amazing artifact, the drawing raises questions for today: can you real...
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PlayStation Games Might Know How Stressed You Are Someday [Games]






Sony filed a series of patents recently that would add biometric sensors to PlayStation 3 controllers and to a handheld resembling the Playstation Vita. How will gaming change when your console knows how ...
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Samsung Will Force Jonny Ive to Defend Apple's Copycat Claims [Patents]






Apple is engaged in a very public lawsuit with Samsung, alleging that Samsung has gone too far in mimicking their product designs. Now Samsung is putting Apple's design guru Jonny Ive on the stand to expl...
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Microsoft Says Their Licensing Agreements Are the Solution to the Patent Wars [Patents]






In an interview with the SF Chronicle, Microsoft Attorney Horacio Gutiérrez argues against Google's claims that the software giant is extorting money from companies such as HTC in the form of licensing ag...
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Apple Now Owns the Unlock Slide Gesture [Apple]






Whether you're sliding a bar or pulling a puzzle piece across your smartphone screen, you're performing an action patented by Apple. Seriously, any "predefined gesture" used to unlock a phone is now cover...
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If You Can't Get an Organ, an Organoid Might Do [Science]






The line waiting for organ donors is 112,381 people long and growing, and 18 people daily die waiting. To help patients survive the interim, scientists are working on "organoinds"—mini organs that w...
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Samsung Says the Galaxy Nexus Was Designed By Them (And Not from Apple Patents) [Android]






Samsung's mobile president, Shin Jong-kyun, had some interesting comments regarding their brand spanking new Galaxy Nexus and ongoing patent war with Apple. He said that the Galaxy Nexus was specifically ...
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Judge Denies HTC's Claim of Patent Infringement Against Apple [Apple]






Your daily update on the patent wars: HTC just lost a point against Apple, with judge finding that Apple didn't violate four HTC patents for power management and phone dialing. Dear lord, when will this e...
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Tireless Samsung Wants iPhone 4S Ban in Japan and Australia [Samsung]


Quixotic patent commando Samsung continues its doomed crusade against Apple, pushing for more national bans against the sale of the iPhone 4S. This time? Japan and Australia, where Sammy's lawyers say Apple's stealing mobile tech. This is g...
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Even Samsung's Lawyers Can't Tell the Difference Between Its Tablet and an iPad [Apple]






Apple says Samsung's blatantly ripped off its device designs. Not true, Samsung replies! Too bad its lawyer blew that argument harder than a hydrogen bomb blowjob: they couldn't tell the difference betwee...
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Amazon Trolls, Apple Manuals, and Other Stories We Didn't Post [Left Behind]






So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn't possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn't worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just i...
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Intellectual Ventures Is Now Patent Trolling Motorola [Patents]






Intellectual Ventures, led by former Microsoft exec and Modernist Cuisine mastermind Nathan Myhrvold, has taken Motorola to court over mobile products it says infringes upon patents it holds, including on...
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Samsung Trying to Ban iPhone 4S in France and Italy [Apple]






Tim Cook's probably still riding high off last night's coke-and-hooker iPhone 4S after party, and Samsung's already trying to ruin the fun. Reuters reports the bitter patent ex-girlfriend is seeking a tot...
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Microsoft Files for Body Scan Patent to Know When You're Ready to Watch Porn [Patents]






This will either be a godsend or a creepy nightmare. Microsoft recently filed for a patent that would allow the Kinect to scan your body size and proportions to guess your age. The idea is it'll determine...
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Like HTC, Samsung now Pays Microsoft to Put Android On Its Phones [Patents]






Samsung now pays Microsoft for the privilege of selling Android phones. Of course, it's being called a "partnership." And yes, we've seen this before: Microsoft also strong armed HTC into giving them a cu...
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Apple Has Been Denied the Multitouch Trademark [Apple]






It's not hyperbolic to say that Apple introduced multitouch to the masses with the iPhone. Apple thought that they could trademark it. Unfortunately for them, the United States Patent and Trademark Office...
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Microsoft's Latest Patents Show a Smartphone Future That's Modular [Microsoft]






The chameleonic nature of smartphones is a big reason why we love them so much. They shapeshift to fit our needs. But the most recent patents from Microsoft take that idea one step further, introducing mo...
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Apple Handed The Motherboard of All Patent Lawsuits [Blip]






Another day, another patent lawsuit. Today's below-bridge dwelling plantiff is Taiwanese company VIA. More »






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Patent Troll Goes After Core PCI-Express Technology and Anyone Using It

One of our contacts recently made us aware of a new round of lawsuits, which could apparently apply to every major company in the world of personal computers. The list of defendants at includes the following:


Alienware Corporation

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Will the New Patent Law Help or Hurt Innovation in America? [Patents]






President Obama signed into law the American Invents Act this past Friday with the intent of reforming the patent process in the U.S. But will it streamline the process or provide more fuel for the antics...
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Samsung Already Trying To Ban the iPhone 5 [Apple]






The next iPhone will be out soon, and Samsung's legal team is going to be nice and ready for it: the company's told the Korea Times that it's already working on a national sales ban. Somehow I doubt Apple...
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Google Arms Itself With 1000 Patents From IBM [Blip]






Google's on a patent buying spree to protect Android. The search giant recently grabbed Motorola, its hardware and 17,000 patents for a cool $12.5 billion and scooped up another 1,023 patents from IBM. G...
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Apple Wants to Halt All Motorola Patent Lawsuits [Patent Wars]






One of Apple 3rd Reich's patent war fronts is Motorola. Out of desperation, Motorola sued Apple first; then Apple sued Motorola. Now, Apple has asked the court to halt all Motorola patent suits, alleging ...
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Apple Wins Round Two Against Galaxy Tab in German Courts [Apple]






Rule against the Galaxy Tab for patent infringement once, shame on you. Rule against the Galaxy Tab for patent infringement twice, well, that's when maybe Samsung's screwed for real. In Germany, at least....
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HTC Arms Itself With Patents From Google, Strikes Back At Apple [Android]






HTC isn't backing down in its legal battle with Apple. The Taiwanese handset maker obtained nine new patents from Google last week and is using them in a new offensive against Apple. More »...
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Apple Claims Android Started With Them [Patents]






In the early 1990s, Android head honcho Andy Rubin worked as a low-level Apple engineer. And that, according Apple's latest ITC filing, is grounds enough for them to potentially block Android in the US. ...
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Did Google Only Get "Crap Patents" When They Bought Motorola? [Patents]






When Google ponied up $12.5 billion to swallow Motorola Mobility, many people thought it was to snare some patents to protect Android from the likes of Apple and Microsoft. But according to a patent exper...
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Latest Apple Voice Patent Could Make the iPhone Nearly Hands-Free [Blip]






Apple iPhone voice command technology rumors are nothing new, but a new patent uncovered over at CNET borders on Star Trek LCARS computer-level complexity. Want to play a track with four stars and make a ...
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Steve Jobs Has 313 Apple Patents to His Name [Blip]






Think Steve Jobs has just been a CEO in his tenure at Apple? Wrooo-ooong. The man's had his hands filthy as an inventor, with over 300 patents. Computers? Duh. Packaging? Yep. Lanyards. Yup. More ...
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Could the President End up Prolonging this Patent Nightmare? [Patents]






What with companies suing each other into infinity right now, one can see that our patent system is broken. But companies can also appeal to the International Trade Commission to rain the import ban hamme...
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We Hope Apple Wins the Patent Wars [Patent Wars]






Those brilliant Apple dickheads just got a new patent victory. And you know what? Good for them! Good for you too, Android users included. I hope they win all of their wars, because that would be good for...
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Why Are All the Cellphone Companies Suing Each Other? [Giz Explains]






Apple is suing Motorola, Samsung and HTC; they're all suing Apple back. RIM and Kodak are suing each other. Kodak is suing Apple. Sony is suing LG. Microsoft is suing FoxConn and Barnes and Noble. Oracle ...
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Samsung Cites 2001: A Space Odyssey Against Apple in Greatest Legal Defense of All Time [Video]






Apple is giving Samsung a legal pummeling because it thinks the latter stole the iPad's design for the Galaxy Tab. So far, the fight's going well for Apple. But Samsung has something up its sleeve: Apple...
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Apple Filed Misleading Evidence Against Samsung...Again [Apple]






Just like they tweaked their evidence against Samsung with the Galaxy Tab, it looks like Apple has flubbed evidence regarding the Samsung Galaxy S too. They shrunk the image of the Samsung phone to look l...
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If Apple Supports Augmented Reality, Will People Finally Care About Augmenting Their Reality? [Apple]






However much weight big-names apps such as Layar throw behind augmented reality, it's furtherest from my mind when I'm trying to find a location—and I imagine you're the same. But with Apple Maps ti...
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Did Apple Just Win a MagSafe Patent Application For iOS Devices—Or Something Else? [Apple]






Over a year ago Apple filed a patent application for adding a MagSafe-like connector to iOS devices. Unfortunately, their newly-granted patent may sound like MagSafe's coming to iPads and iPhones—bu...
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Major Patent Milestones From One to Eight Million [Patents]






The USPTO granted its first patent in 1836 and 175 years later, the government body now has a database that is eight million strong. More »






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