Nintendo Latest Patent Grab Exemplifies the Death of Creativity and Competition
Nintendo’s latest patent on character summoning could reshape the gaming landscape. Learn how their aggressive IP tactics threaten innovation and...
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Nintendo vs. PocketPair: Patent Battle Over Palworld
Nintendo is suing PocketPair over Palworld’s game mechanics, claiming patent violations tied to Pokémon. The legal case could reshape indie gaming’s future.
H2 Clipper Unveils Ambitious Plan to Deploy Robotic Swarms in Aerospace Manufacturing
The ambition of H2 Clipper Inc. to use automatic and semi-autonomous robotic clusters in aviation and aerospace manufacturing is getting closer. With its...
Samsung bares its teeth and takes a bite out of Apple
Round one of the epic battle between Apple and Samsung started last year. The patent war began when Apple accused Samsung of design and format function...
3 ways the internet is revolutionizing invention
The process of invention may be intrinsic to human nature and almost entirely unique to humankind, but the process of attributing credit to individual...
Is this the iWatch patent?
AppleInsider has uncovered a patent filing that points to a flexible touchscreen watch design. If you don't think this is the new rumored iWatch, you're...
Kane Kramer filed a patent in 1979 that was a spot-on prediction for the iPod
There have been insinuations that Gene Roddenberry came up with the idea for the iPad or even the flip phone, or that Leonardo da Vinci inspired a...
Patent wars: The convoluted battlefield of tech IP
Patents shift hands almost as often as companies change their lunch menus. Mobile, software, and hardware patents are of particular importance as both...
What’s the marketing potential from Apple’s recent patent for iPhone 3D camera technology?
We have been hearing rumors about the iPhone 5 since long before the 4S was launched. One of the most recent rumors to surround the heavily anticipated...
Microsoft has its cake and eats it too in deal with AOL, Facebook
When Microsoft won the auction that brought over 925 US patents from AOL's portfolio, there was clear indication that Facebook wanted in on the action....
How buying patents from IBM can save Facebook
The acquisition of 750 patents from IBM by Facebook signals the venture of the social networking giant into a realm new to them: patent defense. The...
Microsoft is making money on phones... by patent trolling
Microsoft always knew they would be successful in the mobile phone industry. With the Windows Phone 7 not making the splash that they'd hoped, they turned...
Apple tells Lodsys to lay off iOS developers, but its impacts are minimal
Lodsys is a company on a mission. They have been determined to sue iOS developers who are, in their eyes, illegally using their own patents. But it's more...
All-out patent war between Apple and Samsung brewing
Apple is suing Samsung for allegedly infringing on some of Apple's patents — you know, that whole iPhone idea? — and Samsung, in response, is...
6 Exciting Apple Patents Hint At Innovation On Steroids
Apple has a host of patents to its name, and rifling through them can offer some fascinating insights into the potential future of technology and the...
Nokia Says iPhone 3G Infringes on Five Patents, Sues Again
The Nokia/Apple patent lawsuits just got a little more real today when Nokia filed a second federal patent lawsuit alleging that the iPhone 3G and 3GS...
Another Day, Another Apple Patent: Now In 3D!
I can't get enough of widgets. I remember, back in the day, as a rabid PC user, vehemently anti-Apple, I flat-out lold at the concept of widgets. Now,...
iPhones to Double as Social Networks and Triple as Walkie-Talkies
It looks like the iPhone, already a kind of digital swiss army k***e, will someday have walkie-talkie capabilities and be able to serve as a kind of...