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  Microsoft wins smartphone patent dispute

  A commission has sided with Microsoft by moving to ban the import of Android-powered Motorola smartphones into the United States based on patent infringement complaints by the software colossus.

  By AAP | 21 May, 2012 09:51

  Tags: US International Trade Commission, smartphones, patent infringement, Motorola, Microsoft, Android

• Samsung files patent complaint

  South Korea's Samsung Electronics says it has filed a complaint in France against its US rival Apple for infringement of three technology patents.

  By AAP | 13 September, 2011 11:47

  Tags: Apple, business, lawsuits, patent infringement, patent lawsuit, patents, Samsung Electronics

• Paul Allen revises patent suit, targets Android, Apple iTunes

  Beats deadline for filing amended complaint, lists wide array of online software, services Beats deadline for filing amended complaint, lists wide array of online software, services

  By Gregg Keizer | 30 December, 2010 10:06

  Tags: AOL, Apple, ebay, Facebook, gmail, Google, iTunes, netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, online services, patent infringement, Paul Allen, Staples, Yahoo, youtube

• Australia's CSIRO hits U.S. carriers on WLAN patents

  The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) is suing three of the largest U.S. mobile operators, charging they infringed a patent by selling wireless LAN products.

  By Stephen Lawson | 28 May, 2010 07:10

  Tags: csiro, patent infringement, wireless lan

• Salesforce.com CEO says Microsoft is a 'patent troll'

  Salesforce.com Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff Tuesday declined to comment on the patent lawsuit brought against his company by Microsoft, but that didn't stop him from calling his rival names.

  By Sumner Lemon | 25 May, 2010 20:43

  Tags: Microsoft, patent infringement, salesforce.com

• Microsoft sues Salesforce.com over 'crown jewel' patents

  Microsoft sued Salesforce.com in federal court on Tuesday, alleging that the customer-relationship management (CRM) vendor has violated nine of Microsoft's patents.

  By Gregg Keizer | 19 May, 2010 09:40

  Tags: Microsoft, patent infringement, Patent law, salesforce.com, sueing

• Nokia, Apple ratchet up the patent madness

  Nokia vs. Apple is not your garden variety patent infringement lawsuit.

  By Jared Newman | 08 May, 2010 06:49

  Tags: Apple, lawsuits, Nokia, patent infringement

• Microsoft loses $106 million patent verdict to VirnetX

  A court in Texas has ordered Microsoft to pay communications software maker VirnetX US$105.75 million after a jury found it guilty of willful infringement of two patents belonging to the company.

  By Dan Nystedt | 17 March, 2010 14:49

  Tags: Microsoft, patent infringement, VirnetX

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  Apple sues HTC for patent infringement

  Apple filed a patent infringement lawsuit Tuesday against HTC, claiming that the Taiwanese company is infringing 20 Apple patents.

  By Nancy Weil | 03 March, 2010 06:24

  Tags: Android, Apple, htc, iPhone, lawsuits, legal, patent infringement

• Apple sues HTC for patent infringement

  Apple filed a patent infringement lawsuit Tuesday against HTC, claiming that the Taiwanese company is infringing 20 Apple patents.

  By Nancy Weil and Nancy Gohring | 03 March, 2010 06:29

  Tags: Android, Google, htc, patent infringement

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  Asustek, IBM reach agreement in patent dispute

  IBM and Asustek said on Tuesday that they have entered into a broad patent cross-licensing agreement that ends all patent litigation between the two companies.

  By John Ribeiro | 06 October, 2009 18:24

  Tags: Asustek, IBM, patent infringement

• IBM loses patent dispute with Asus

  The U.S. International Trade Commission Monday rejected an IBM request to review a decision that denied the company's attempts to block the import of hardware made by Asustek on patent infringement grounds.

  By Agam Shah | 15 July, 2009 06:39

  Tags: asus, IBM, patent infringement, patents

• Firm seeks to bar Nokia, RIM, Palm from importing devices

  A patent-holding company from Texas is seeking to bar six companies -- including BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, Palm and Nokia -- from importing handheld devices into the U.S. for allegedly violating its patents.

  By Grant Gross | 19 January, 2009 10:35

  Tags: patent infringement

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  Intel, Microsoft, HP sued for alleged patent infringement

  The feature to quickly recover data in PCs and Windows is under attack. Data recovery firm Xpoint earlier this week sued IT giants including Intel, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft for infringing on patents to quickly restore data in the event of corrupted hardware or software.

  By Agam Shah | 16 January, 2009 05:08

  Tags: dell, HP, Intel, Microsoft, patent infringement, storage, Xpoint

• Major software companies sued for patent infringement

  Twenty-two major software and security companies are being sued for alleged patent infringement by a little-known entity now controlling the two patents in question.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 12 January, 2009 08:13

  Tags: patent infringement, patents