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Tag: patents

It bends! Apple granted US patent for advanced flexible iPhones

Tuesday, January 6, 2015 9:30 amTuesday, January 6, 20157 Comments

Apple’s newly granted patent covers their invention relating to flexible…

Apple granted another smart pen patent for capturing digital copies of notes and drawings

Tuesday, December 30, 2014 8:59 amTuesday, December 30, 20147 Comments

Apple was granted yet another stylus design patent on Tuesday…

China planning to purge foreign tech from the enterprise and replace with homegrown suppliers

Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:28 amThursday, December 18, 201446 Comments

China is aiming to purge most foreign technology from banks, the military, state-owned enterprises and key government agencies…

Apple files their 10th ‘Smart Pen’ patent of the year

Saturday, December 6, 2014 7:07 pmSaturday, December 6, 201431 Comments

It’s evident that Apple has plans of introducing a next-gen smart pen…

Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch in Washington D.C.

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 2:27 pmWednesday, December 3, 201419 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook visited at least one Capitol Hill lawmaker…

Chinese smartphone maker claims Apple designer Jony Ive copied iPhone 6 design

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 8:48 amWednesday, December 3, 201434 Comments

The patent in question covers a mobile phone design that features an exterior look…

Steve Jobs continues to win plenty of patents

Tuesday, December 2, 2014 4:27 pmTuesday, December 2, 20143 Comments

Since his death in 2011 from pancreatic cancer, Steve Jobs has won 141 U.S. patents…

Apple granted a patent for devices with a transparent display

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 12:00 pmTuesday, November 18, 201416 Comments

Apple has been granted a patent today for their invention…

Judge orders Apple to pay $23.6 million over 1990s pager technology

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 8:59 amTuesday, November 18, 201417 Comments

Apple Inc. was told to pay a Texas company $23.6 million after a jury…

Apple granted patents for Secure Enclave for Apple Pay and more

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 3:27 pmTuesday, October 28, 20142 Comments

Apple’s secure enclave is used to protect both a user’s fingerprint and information regarding safe transactions for Apple Pay…

Apple promptly calls out ‘patent troll’ after trial win

Wednesday, October 22, 2014 8:40 pm48 Comments

At trial, U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh prohibited Apple from referring to GPNE as a patent troll…

Apple patent details Apple TV Remote GUI that could be customized for iOS devices and Macs

Thursday, October 2, 2014 2:00 pmThursday, October 2, 20146 Comments

A patent application from Apple that finally reveals an Apple TV user interface that could be custom fit…

WiLAN loses LTE patent case against Apple

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 5:25 pmWednesday, October 1, 201410 Comments

Judge Dana M. Sabraw has issued a ruling today that grants Apple’s motion for summary judgment…

Apple granted interactive 3-D holographic display patent for future Macs and iOS devices

Tuesday, September 30, 2014 8:55 amTuesday, September 30, 201425 Comments

The mobile telephone, media player and personal computer can provide a 3-D user interface…

Apple, HP slam patent troll Linex Technologies with $3.6 million each in attorney fees

Saturday, September 20, 2014 4:01 pmSaturday, September 20, 201424 Comments

Northern District of California Court Judge Claudia Wilken has ruled…

VirnetX’s $368 million jury award against Apple tossed by appeals court

Tuesday, September 16, 2014 6:01 pmTuesday, September 16, 20147 Comments

A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out a $368 million jury award…

$120 million at stake in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute v. Apple fight over Siri personal assistant

Friday, August 29, 2014 12:55 pmFriday, August 29, 201415 Comments

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy believes its legal fight…

Apple granted U.S. patent for Steve Jobs-designed Fifth Avenue glass cube

Thursday, August 28, 2014 5:33 pmThursday, August 28, 201415 Comments

Steve Jobs even paid for the project himself and was the owner of the structure…

Apple patent reveals iWatch-like devices with wireless charging circuitry

Thursday, August 28, 2014 9:06 am5 Comments

The news of Apple’s future iWatch possibly offering wireless charging first surfaced…

Apple granted two new Liquidmetal production patents

Tuesday, August 26, 2014 10:26 amTuesday, August 26, 20147 Comments

Apple has been granted two patents today for inventions relating to Liquidmetal…

Apple granted U.S. patents for wireless power system

Thursday, August 7, 2014 8:34 am23 Comments

If Apple includes wireless charging capabilities in the next generation of its devices…

Apple patent applications reveal In-App features, fingerprint scanning enrollment and accessibility inventions

Thursday, July 31, 2014 3:32 pmThursday, July 31, 20143 Comments

A new patent application surfaces that covers the inner workings of Apple’s…

Apple drops cross-appeal of final judgment in Samsung lawsuit, no longer seeks permanent injunction

Monday, July 28, 2014 8:15 pm11 Comments

Apple on Monday filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals…

Apple granted U.S. patent for ‘iTime’ electronic wristband

Tuesday, July 22, 2014 8:32 amTuesday, July 22, 201421 Comments

Apple notes that it will work with gestures and specialized push notifications…

Amazing iPhone iOS anti-theft features detailed in new Apple patent

Thursday, July 17, 2014 6:01 pmThursday, July 17, 201417 Comments

An iPhone can set off an alert or automatically lock the device based on…

Apple wins Emblaze patent trial over live video streaming

Saturday, July 12, 2014 11:29 amSaturday, July 12, 201417 Comments

Apple Inc. defeated a lawsuit brought by Emblaze Ltd. that claimed…

Apple asks judge for ‘narrowly tailored’ Samsung sales ban

Friday, July 11, 2014 8:58 amFriday, July 11, 201411 Comments

Apple Inc., after failing repeatedly to win a sales ban against convicted patent-infringer Samsung…

Apple patent application reveals new combined speaker and audio port

Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:56 amThursday, July 10, 201412 Comments

Apple’s intent to reduce the number of openings at the bottom of an iPhone…

Advocates for blind, deaf want even more from Apple

Wednesday, July 9, 2014 8:58 amWednesday, July 9, 201415 Comments

Advocates for the blind are debating whether to use a carrot or a stick…

Apple patent hints at an ‘iServe’ media server

Wednesday, July 2, 2014 1:28 pmWednesday, July 2, 201425 Comments

Could Apple be working on the ‘iServe’ media server…

Apple granted 48 patents covering 3D structures for small devices, Game Center, Siri on iPod, advanced metaphors and more

Tuesday, July 1, 2014 9:59 amTuesday, July 1, 20144 Comments

Apple was also granted six design patents including the MacBook Air….

Emblaze lawyer claims Apple pushed sports leagues to infringe video patent

Monday, June 30, 2014 6:01 pmMonday, June 30, 201414 Comments

Israeli firm Emblaze claims Apple Inc. pushed organizations such as Major League Baseball…

From the Macintosh to the iPhone: Steve Jobs Patent Exhibit Opens at Denver Public Library

Monday, June 23, 2014 10:00 am6 Comments

A life-sized exhibit showcasing the hundreds of patents that Steve Jobs holds…

Apple and GT Advanced open second sapphire plant in Salem, Massachusetts

Thursday, June 19, 2014 11:58 amThursday, June 19, 20145 Comments

A second Apple synthetic Sapphire Plant has been revealed…

Apple readies scratch-proof sapphire screens for next-gen 4.7- and 5.5-inch iPhones

Thursday, June 19, 2014 8:58 amThursday, June 19, 201420 Comments

Apple will be using sapphire crystal displays for both sizes…

Apple: We are working on new materials, new areas

Wednesday, June 18, 2014 9:21 am13 Comments

Materials we haven’t worked in before…

Judge rules Apple does not infringe Golden Bridge W-CDMA patents

Monday, June 16, 2014 6:49 pm6 Comments

Apple chalks up another SEP win…

Apple patent details iWatch-enabled weight training tracker

Tuesday, June 10, 2014 9:02 amTuesday, June 10, 20142 Comments

Apple on Tuesday was granted a patent for a weightlifting tracking system…

Patent troll on the verge of winning 1 percent of Apple’s iPhone revenue

Sunday, June 8, 2014 1:00 pm48 Comments

A patent troll my be able to collect a patent tax of nearly 1 percent on the most popular product produced by the world’s richest tech company…

GT Advanced: UBS sees rising sapphire production for future Apple product

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 6:01 pmWednesday, May 28, 20145 Comments

Steven Chin of UBS today reiterates a Buy rating on shares of GT Advanced…

WWDC: So, how are Apple’s Liquidmetal plans shaping up?

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 1:28 pmWednesday, May 28, 201416 Comments

Apple seems set to thrill and possibly delight us at WWDC next week…

Apple patents method for embedding sapphire displays in LiquidMetal device chassis

Tuesday, May 27, 2014 8:55 amTuesday, May 27, 201410 Comments

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday issued Apple a patent…

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