patents

Court denies Google appeal against Microsoft's German injunction over multi-part text message interface

Rich Edmonds 6 years ago 20

I know what you're thinking, "Oh, not more patents!" Believe me, we wish we could simply forget about the business altogether and focus on technology and innovation, but we're talking about multiple corporations here. Microsoft is battling it out against Google and are currently in a strong position. This has been reinforced with ZTE becoming the 20th company to have taken a royalty-...

Microsoft will make money for every Android device made through Foxconn

Sam Sabri 6 years ago 134

Level with me. You’re civil and fairly polite here in the comments on Windows Phone Central. But on other sites you’re a Microsoft fanboy. Don’t worry, there’s one deep down in all of us. Here’s some fodder for the next little flamewar you start with your Android frenemies – Microsoft will pocket dough for every single Android and Chrome OS device that Foxconn makes. Foxconn is that...

Nokia was working on a Surface-like tablet before it was cool

Seth Brodeur 6 years ago 43

  Since first being captivated by the beauty and excellence of Nokia's Lumia family of Windows Phone devices, people having been wondering if Nokia would follow Microsoft's lead by creating a Windows-based tablet, like the Surface. While we're nowhere closer to learning the answer to that question, what we do know is that Nokia had their sights on building a tablet back in 2011. A...

Nokia halts Google's VP8 codec dream with patent infringement assertions

Rich Edmonds 6 years ago 71

Nokia has made an intellectual property rights declaration to the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) with respect to Google's VP8 data format and decoding guide, listing 64 granted patents and 22 pending patent applications. VP8 is Google's dream to create a royalty-free codec, but it's reportedly not open standard and Nokia is having none of it (to see why, check quote below). The...

Nokia on the offensive, wins German patent injunction against HTC

Rich Edmonds 6 years ago 31

Just as many gamers have shouted over the headset in excitement, "BOOM! HEAD SHOT!" Nokia has won a patent injunction against HTC in Germany. Yes, we're aware that many of you have grown tired of such news being covered, but it's a Windows Phone OEM being attacked by another, so it's certainly worth noting exactly what's going on. It's reported HTC has since disabled the patented power-...

Nokia looking to settle with ViewSonic in Android IP infringement case

Rich Edmonds 6 years ago 18

Nokia may be set to hop onto the train to join both Apple and Microsoft in signing patent deals with Android manufacturers. Nokia has put forward two patent infringement claims against ViewSonic and it's been confirmed that both parties are willing to strike a deal. This will prove to be yet another blow to Google with a hardware partner validating Nokia's claims that its platform has...

Nokia loses "flagship" patent decision against HTC in Germany

Seth Brodeur 6 years ago 58

Today in Germany, the District Court of Mannheim ruled that HTC was not guilty of infringing on two patents owned by Nokia, including one involving the use of Google Play on HTC Android devices. The patent (EP0812120), which nebulously covers a "method for using services offered by a telecommunication network, a telecommunication system and a terminal for it," was one that HTC called...

Nokia patents another Windows Phone design, looks vaguely familiar

Rich Edmonds 6 years ago 35

A new patent has been found for a Nokia Windows Phone. What's more is that the design looks familiar. In fact, we've seen this particular design before in a render. Filed back in December 2011, concept images of the device were leaked prior to that in August, which was before the Lumia 800 - Nokia's first Windows Phone was even announced. A previous patent that came to fruition was the...

Judge dismisses thirteen patent claims filed against Microsoft

George Ponder 6 years ago 25

Motorola/Google lost a bit of ground in their patent litigation against Microsoft when the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington invalidated or dismissed thirteen of Motorola's patent infringement claims. The litigation claims that Microsoft infringed on sixteen of Motorola's patents with the Windows Phone and Xbox 360 systems. Judge James L. Robart granted...

InterDigital files patent complaint against Huawei, Nokia, Samsung and ZTE

Rich Edmonds 6 years ago 3

InterDigital is looking to create a storm in the patent realm of we've-been-here-many-times-before. The company has filed a complaint with the US ITC (International Trade Commission) against Huawei, Nokia, Samsung and ZTE. InterDigital wishes a ban to be enforced on US imports of products made by companies in question. So what's this all about? InterDigital claims the companies have...

Nokia to get initial $65M payout from RIM for patent use

Daniel Rubino 6 years ago 70

Although the stock market as a whole is down due to America’s ongoing blowhard budget bickering, we think investors have yet another good reason to buy Nokia (which is down today 3%). RIM will reportedly make an initial payment of $65 million to Nokia for their WLAN patent settlement from a few weeks back. The settlement came after Nokia brought a complaint against RIM in U.S., United...

Apple loses patent suit to Nokia, Sony

Seth Brodeur 6 years ago 85

A Delaware jury has ruled that Apple violated three patents owned by MobileMedia Ideas LLC. (MMI), a patent holding company that was created by Nokia, Sony and MPEG-LA. The original complaint, filed in March of 2010, alleged that Apple's iPhone used technology protected by fourteen patents held by MobileMedia Ideas. However, all but three patents, 6070068, 6253075, and 6427078, were...

Nokia gets ruling against RIM in patent case

George Ponder 6 years ago 31

Nokia has prevailed in a patent dispute the company filed against Research in Motion Limited (RIM) in 2011. Nokia filed complaints in the U.S., United Kingdom and Canada claiming RIM was in violation of WLAN patents. Long story short, the case went to arbitration and today the Arbitrator ruled in favor of Nokia. The ruling will require RIM to pay Nokia royalties for Blackberry handsets...

HTC and Nokia set for patent wars

Sam Sabri 6 years ago 71

HTC can't seem to catch a break. Having only recently just settled with Apple over patent disputes, the Taiwanese company is preparing to battle Nokia over 32 different issues around the globe. The patent allegations range from syncing databases within a time to solutions with antennae design. If you're interested in the whole list of complaints, head over here. The question is whether...

HTC and Apple settle patent dispute, reach 10-year cross-licensing deal

Rene Ritchie 6 years ago 41

HTC and Apple released a joint statement tonight announcing an end to their global patent dispute. The settlement comes with a new, 10-year cross licensing deal that includes both current and future patents, though no terms were disclosed. HTC's Peter Chou and Apple's Tim Cook had this to say about the deal: “HTC is pleased to have resolved its dispute with Apple, so HTC can focus on...

Lawsuit filed against Microsoft and its Live Tiles

George Ponder 6 years ago 84

A Federal lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court in Maine claiming Microsoft's Windows Phone Live Tiles infringe on four patents. The patents in question are held by SurfCast and the litigation involves Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 devices. SurfCast is asking the Court to declare Microsoft directly and indirectly (through encouraging app development) guilty of...

Nokia filed for two tablet design patents-destined for Windows 8?

Daniel Rubino 6 years ago 42

Fan concept of a Nokia Tablet The notion that Nokia may be working on a tablet is not really controversial—members of the company have said as much in recent months. Rumors go back that they had Meego tablet in the works before that whole Microsoft deal squashed the future of that platform for the company. Indeed, we’re not a 100% sure of what to make of the two patents filed by Nokia...

Microsoft patents silencing a mobile phone by 'whacking it off'

Rich Edmonds 7 years ago 73

Just don't whack it too hard... What a way to round off the working week with a humorous patent that has been filed by Microsoft. If implemented into Windows Phone, we'll be looking to "whack off" our phones should they start ringing. Depending on what the term "whack" means in the society you belong to, it usually involves utmost satisfaction followed by intense drowsiness, or crying...

Nokia photo sensor patent looks to take the hump out of Pureview Cameras

George Ponder 7 years ago 9

New sensor technology could put a larger cameras into smaller packages Nokia may have the best smartphone camera system around with its 41 megapixel Pureview camera. We are all hoping to see similar Pureview technology (but on a smaller scale) with the Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 devices. While the Pureview cameras have turned heads, what Nokia has up it's sleeve should take the Nokia...

Nokia attempts to patent another phone design. Next Windows Phone 8 device or just the Lumia 610?

Daniel Rubino 7 years ago 24

Next Windows Phone 8 device or just the Lumia 719? We’ve already seen one Nokia patent application for a design of a new Windows Phone that looked a lot like the alleged ‘Phi’. Now a second design has come forward dated for August 21st, also revealing what maybe the next low to mid-range Lumia phone. Or is it just an old one? Not much can be garnered from the images though it does look...