Patents

Patents

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  6 takeaways from Google's antitrust settlement

  Google Inc. has settled an U.S. antitrust probe that largely leaves its search practices alone. In a major win for Google, the Federal Trade ... 

• Nokia, RIM settle old disputes in new patent pact

  Nokia Corp. and Canadian smartphone rival Research In Motion have agreed on a new patent licensing pact which will end all existing litigation between ... 

• Google to sell part of Motorola for $2.35 billion

  Google is selling Motorola Mobility's TV set-top business for $2.35 billion, lightening the load that the Internet search leader took on earlier this ... 

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  Kodak sells digital imaging patents for $525M

  Eastman Kodak is selling its digital imaging patents for about $525 million, money the struggling photo pioneer says will help it emerge from ... 

• Smartphone makers post wins on separate continents

  Apple and Samsung, the world's top two smartphone makers, each scored a significant victory on different continents that will allow both to keep ... 

• EU approves common patent rules

  The European Union approved a new common patent system on Tuesday designed to cut red tape and streamline patent procedures across ... 

• China overtakes US in number of patent filings

  GENEVA — The U.N. says the Chinese filed the most patent applications in the world last year, overtaking the U.S. for the first time. The U.N.'s World ... 

• Report: Kodak gets patent bid from Apple, Google

  Apple and Google, bitter rivals in smartphone technology, have joined up to make a combined bid for a bundle of patents offered by photography pioneer ... 

• Drug makers' settlements get high court review

  The Supreme Court will take a close look at payments from brand-name drug makers to manufacturers of generic equivalents to keep the no-name products ... 

• Judge aims to resolve Apple-Samsung legal dispute

  Urging the world's largest smartphone makers to settle their differences, a federal judge said she will issue rulings aimed at resolving a ... 

• Judge may trim Apple's $1 billion patent verdict

  A federal judge on Thursday appeared ready to trim millions from a $1.05 billion jury verdict Apple Inc. won over Samsung Electronics this summer as ... 

• Tech titans renew legal battle over smartphones

  The epic $1 billion patent fight between the world's top two smartphone makers resumes Thursday in a federal courtroom when Apple Inc. and Samsung ... 

• Court to decide if human genes can be patented

  The Supreme Court announced Friday it will decide whether companies can patent human genes, a decision that could reshape medical research in the ... 

• Nokia sues RIM for breach of contract

  Nokia Corp. said Wednesday that it is suing Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry, for breach of contract in Britain, the United States and ...