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The Journal also reported that the auction has been delayed until June 27th by Nortel in order to give all of these qualified companies time to advance their own talks with the U.S. Department of Justice. Nortel is hoping that the less the bidding companies are concerned about antitrust issues, the more they’ll be willing…

The patents cover a wide range of technologies, including Wi-Fi, some social networking patents, and patents related to the LTE, the misnamed 4G wireless network that is being deployed in the U.S. by most of the major wireless carriers. Microsoft, AT&T, Verizon, and HP had all filed objections to the very sale of the portfolio…

ForeSee Results filed a proactive declaratory judgement action on Tuesday  against all four of the patents Lodsys holds after the the patent holder threatened legal action against its clients, according to Foss Patents. Clients ForeSee Results claimed were threatened included Adidas, Bust Buy and WE Energies.Lodsys is also facing patent invalidation filings from Brother, Canon,…

X2Y is based in Erie, Pennsylvania, and the suit was filed the Western District of Pennsylvania. According to Bloomberg, all five patents are in areas covering ways of overcoming electromagnetic interference. X2Y alleges that Intel is using the techniques covered by the patents in its processor line, and it named the Core i7 as “one…

The lawsuits came in response to a letter Apple sent to Lodsys requesting the company abandon its legal actions against developers. “Lodsys chose to move its litigation timing to an earlier date than originally planned, in response to Apple’s threat, in order to preserve its legal options,” the patent holder stated in a blog post.Lodsys…

Terms of the deal are unknown, but PatentlyO noted two facts that point to a cash transaction. The first is that Freescale has billions of dollars in debt that has come due, and the second is that Apple has more money than Bill Gates. At least a smattering of the patents deal with various aspects…

James Thomson, one of the developers that was hit with legal threats from Lodsys, tweeted “Good news for everyone!” Iconfactory co-founder Talos Tsui echoed that sentiment by tweeting “Way to go, Apple! Thanks!” Craig Hockenberry, also of Iconfactory fame, added “DEAR STEVE I WANT TO KISS YOU HUGS CHOCK” In a letter to Lodsys CEO…

Patent Man: On the Prowl One patent holder is taking legal action against one type of in-app purchase implementation, though they’re not taking action against Apple. The story’s a little convoluted, though CNET says a company called Lodsys is threatening to sue App developers, Computer LogicX, individual developer James Thompson, and a few other developers,…

Uncovered by PatentlyApple, the patent application is titled “Local Storage of a Portion of Streamed Media Items,” and it was filed on November 13th of 2009 and published May 19th, 2011. In the application, Apple makes the case that a combination of library size and limitations to streaming technologies combined to make for unsatisfactory experiences…

“The economic gains provided by the Lodsys inventions (increase in revenue through additional sales, or decrease in costs to service the customer) are being enjoyed by the business that provides the product or service that interacts with the user,” the company said. “Since Lodsys patent rights are of value to that overall solution, it is…

The U.S. ITC is expected to announce before the end of the day on Friday, March 25, its final decision on whether or not it will uphold Judge Paul Luckern’s ruling from January that Apple and RIM aren’t infringing on Kodak’s patents, according to Bloomberg.Kodak CEO Antonio Perez is keeping his fingers crossed hoping the…

“Under the transaction, Intel receives a license to NVIDIA’s patents subject to the terms of the agreement,” Intel said in a statement. “NVIDIA receives a license to Intel’s patents subject to the terms of the agreement, including that x86 and certain other products are not licensed to NVIDIA under the agreement.”Computer makers hoping the companies…

The amended complaint includes details that weren’t included in the original filing, and also sports 40 exhibits showing the alleged patent infringement in action, according to the Seattle Times. ALong with Apple, Google, Facebook, Office Depot, OfficeMax, staples, Yahoo, YouTube, Netflix and eBay are named in the filing.Paul Allen hopes his lawsuit sticks this timeMr.…

The patent describes a system where the logo antenna would be mounted in an conductive cavity with a dielectric window covering the actual antenna structure. In this case, the window would be shaped like the Apple logo.A logo antenna wouldn’t be as susceptible to signal interference from the MacBook’s all metal body, or the iPhone’s…

Depending on how Apple implements its patent, the company could ship computers with a charger plug that also includes video, network, USB and other ports that all connect via optic fibers in the charger cable. The patent also describes using the system for rapid recharging, and also covers using the MagSafe connector with mobile devices…

The company’s patent application describes a method of using, “a layered fiber-in-matrix type material, such as CFRP” to make both a spine and and a CFRP spine. “The CFRP spine may be a unitary frame that imparts strength and rigidity to the overall housing and also form at least some of the corners of the…

Apple filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Sanho, the maker of HyperMac portable battery chargers, in late September. According to the filing, the HyperMac product line infringes on six different patents related to Apple’s MagSafe charger connector, the iPod and iPhone dock connector, and cables.HyperJuice: the new HyperMacThe HyperMac product line included several sizes of…

Apple has appealed a judgement handed down against the company in a patent infringement lawsuit launched by Mirror Worlds LLC. The company has asked U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis for an emergency stay, according to Bloomberg, and it is also looking for the judge to modify the monetary award given to Mirror World.The suit alleged…

The complaint against Sanho states, in part, “Sanho, the defendants, manufacture, distribute and/or sell products that infringe patents relating to Apple’s proprietary MagSafe connectors used to connect power adapters and other products to Apple’s portable computers, such as the MacBook.”Apple’s filing goes on to claim “Defendants also manufacture, distribute and/or sell products that infringe patents…

The patent infringement suit was filed U.S. District Court in Massachusetts claimed Google has been infringing on four Skyhook patents. Skyhook is requesting an injunction to block Google’s competing Wi-Fi location tracking service and is also asking the court for damages.Skyhook’s second lawsuit alleges that Google has been pressuring smartphone makers to drop its services…

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Interval Research Corporation, a company that Mr. Allen co-founded in 1992 with David Liddle, by Interval Licensing. Interval Research closed its doors in 2000, but its patents are apparently still alive and kicking, and under the watchful care of Mr. Allen’s Interval Licensing.Along with Apple, Google, Facebook, Office…

The patents Apple claims HTC is infringing on relate to the iPhone interface, the device’s hardware, display technology and the underlying architecture.In its answer, HTC asserts that Apple’s infringement claims are invalid “for failure to comply with one or more of the conditions for patentability set forth in Title 35 of the United States Code,…

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Northern California, alleged that Google violated Oracle’s copyrights and patents related to Java with the Dalvik Java virtual machine code that’s part of the Android operating system. “The Android operating system software ‘stack’ consists of Java applications running on a Java-based object-oriented application framework, and core libraries…