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Apple Comes Under Fire From Chinese Manufacturer Over Alleged Patent Infringement
Dec 3, 2014Apple has come under fire from a Chinese smartphone manufacturer over alleged patent infringement. Digione says the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are both in breach of China-based patents for handset design. According to Macworld, the firm ...
Tags: Apple, Consumer Electronics
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Gintech Energy Has Stopped Using Front-Side PV Silver Paste
Dec 3, 2014Crystalline-silicon solar cell maker Gintech Energy has said it has stopped using front-side PV silver paste produced by Giga Solar Materials to avoid potential legal disputes. The Taiwan-based cell maker said the decision was made in ...
Tags: solar cell, Giga Solar Material, legal disputes, Lights
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All of These Relate to Furniture Standards and There Are Many to Choose From!
May 8, 2014If you write specifications and tender documents for office furniture, then you know it isn’t as simple as choosing furniture for your home. There are many things to take into consideration for an office, reception or meeting room, ...
Tags: Office Furniture, furniture
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Android Ecosystem and Wearable Technology Will Probably Get a Boost
Feb 7, 2014The Android ecosystem and wearable technology will probably get a boost from the patent deal Google and Samsung have struck, but the agreement is unlikely to have an influence on Samsung’s intellectual property disputes with Apple, ...
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Nichia & Everlight Continue to Scrap Over Intellectual Property with Former Taking Action
Dec 5, 2013Nichia and Everlight continue to scrap over intellectual property with the former taking new action, while Cree and Osram make executive appointments and The Connected Lighting Alliance will study commercial indoor SSL. Nichia has ...
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Soitec Entered Into a Patent Cross-License Agreement
Nov 29, 2013Soitec of Bernin, France, which makes engineered substrates - including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers and III-V epiwafers - and silicon wafer manufacturer SunEdison Inc of St. Peters, MO, USA have entered into a patent cross-license ...
Tags: Soitec SOI engineered substrates, Electrical, Electronics
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Apple's Voice-recognition Based Personal Assistant Siri Has Been in Beta
Sep 25, 2013Apple’s voice-recognition based personal assistant Siri has been in beta for the last two years, and has remained as such until the recent launch of iOS 7. Although voice recognition software itself has been around for some time, ...
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Samsung Is to Provide Its Arch Nemesis Apple with Screens for Its Next-Gen Ipads
Jun 14, 2013Despite the bitter patent battles in courts around the world, South Korean giant Samsung is to provide its arch nemesis Apple with screens for its next-gen iPads. Industry insiders told ETnews that Samsung Display will supply Apple with ...
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Unity Opto Shipped One Million LED Light Bulbs to Europe
Apr 1, 2013LED packaging house Unity Opto shipped one million LED light bulbs to Europe- and US-based distribution channels in the first quarter and has obtained orders for one million units. The firm predicts total shipments of LED light bulbs in ...
Tags: LED light bulbs, LED light, LED backlight
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U.S. Congress Needs to Shut Down So-Called Patent Trolls
Mar 18, 2013The U.S. Congress needs to shut down so-called patent trolls whose infringement lawsuits are diverting company resources from hiring and research, a group of technology companies told lawmakers Thursday. Representatives of Cisco Systems, ...
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Patent Trolls Force Technology Companies to Spend Money on Lawyers Instead of Innovation
Mar 4, 2013So-called patent trolls force technology companies to spend money on lawyers instead of innovation, and Congress needs to discourage infringement lawsuits from patent-collecting companies, a group of tech and business representatives said. ...
Tags: patent troll, technology company, infringement lawsuit
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Two Lawmakers Introduced Legislation to Pay Legal Costs in Patent Infringement Lawsuits
Mar 1, 2013Two U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require a losing plaintiff to pay legal costs in many patent infringement lawsuits, in an effort to discourage so-called patent trolls from filing court cases. The Saving High-Tech ...
Tags: patent infringement, patent trolls, US
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The Introduction of Nichia
Feb 22, 2013Nichia Corporation is a Japanese chemical engineering and manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokushima, Japan with global subsidiaries, that specializes in the manufacturing and distribution of phosphors, including light-emitting ...
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CedarCrestone Is Alleging The Vendor Has Engaged in an "Unlawful and Systematic Attack"
Feb 17, 2013Former Oracle partner CedarCrestone is alleging the vendor has engaged in an "unlawful and systematic attack" against the third-party support market and has a monopoly on support revenue. Oracle terminated CedarCrestone's partner license ...
Tags: Oracle, CedarCrestone, support revenue
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Microsoft Said Monday That Two More Companies Had Signed Patent Agreements
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service-Microsoft said Monday that two more companies had signed patent agreements covering their Android and Chrome devices,under the company's IP(intellectual property)licensing program that already has more than 1,100 licensing ...
Tags: Microsoft, patent licensing, Android and Chrome devices