Motorola Mobility Android phones infringe on a Microsoft text messaging patent, the Higher District Court of Munich ruled on Thursday. The German court ruled that Motorola infringes on a Microsoft patent that allows a phone to break up a ...
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A patent that Motorola Mobility used to force Apple to turn off its iCloud push mail service in Germany is likely to be invalid, the Higher Regional Court in Karlsruhe said on Wednesday -- but the ban will not be lifted, a court spokeswoman ...
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Microsoft has inked an agreement that adds China-based ZTE to its Android and Chrome patent licensing program. Financial details of deal were not disclosed. But the agreement gives ZTE access to Microsoft patents covering phones, ...
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Porsche has signed tennis star and glamour girl Maria Sharapova as a brand ambassador for the next three years. The partnership will see the 26-year-old Russian ace play a leading role in the German sports car brand’s global ...
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The U.S. International Trade Commission has found no evidence that Apple infringed on a Motorola Mobility patent covering a touchscreen function. The finding ends an investigation that began in November 2010 when Motorola petitioned the ...
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Apple announced its fiscal 2013 second quarter results yesterday, which saw a net profit of $9.5bn (£6.2bn), a fall from the $11.6bn (£7.5bn) net profit in the same quarter last year. But while profits have fallen for the ...
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced the launch of the UCODE 7 UHF IC, which sets a new industry standard for performance, versatility and speed in RFID supply chain applications. Working with key players in the industry including Avery, ...
Apple has ensured that it will not face an import ban on its iPhones, after it persuaded a US trade agency that it did not infringe a sensory patent, owned by Motorola Mobility. Google acquired Motorola's mobile phone unit last year for ...
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A Motorola Mobility patent that was successfully used to force Apple to turn off its iCloud push email services for users in Germany last year could be invalid, the District Court in Mannheim, Germany, said on Friday. The court said it ...
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Microsoft has signed up another major electronics manufacturer to its Android and Chrome patent licensing program, this time Taiwan's Foxconn, which will pay royalties to the U.S. software giant. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, ...
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Google won't do anything to thwart Facebook's recently launched Home software for Android devices if it becomes explosively popular, according to Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. Home, which became available for download April 1, ...
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A court in Florida said that Apple and Motorola Mobility have no interest in quickly and efficiently resolving a patent infringement lawsuit, but are instead using their litigations around the world as "a business strategy that appears to ...
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GT Advanced Technologies has appointed Linda Reinhard as vice president, new business development and product management for the company's sapphire, DSS and HiCz products. Reinhard will report to Dan Squiller, GT's chief operating ...
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Understanding local markets, putting customers at the centre of business and strengthening competitive advantage are key success factors for retailers in the burgeoning Asian markets, said speakers at the recent World Retail Congress Asia ...
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Nitronex LLC of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes gallium nitride (GaN)-based RF power transistors for the defense, communications, broadband, and industrial & scientific markets, has named David W. Runton as its new VP of ...