Court finds for David in Goliath v. David

Nov 3, 2011
Yesterday a Spanish court threw out Apple's 2010 lawsuit against tablet maker, Nuevas Tecnologias y Energias Catala (NT-K). The relatively tiny...

Verizon stands against Apple

Sep 27, 2011
Hey, you can be friends with someone and still have quarrels with them. For instance, Larissa Anderson thinks "Night Moves" is the world's worst...

Google buys up more patents

Sep 15, 2011
Google = Pac Man. Patents = little white pellets. Google's hope = some of those patents are the big blinking white pellets. Everyone Google's...

Patent Wars Create Mobile Opening for Microsoft

Sep 8, 2011
If you know you are going to get the tuna salad sued out of you by bringing an Android device to market - other operating systems start looking a...

The difference between Android and Windows: software patents

Sep 8, 2011
Apple isn't sitting on its hands in the mobile patent wars. It just sued Samsung in Japan.It's sued HTC. It's blocked the Samsung from selling its...

Patents, the tech stocks of tech companies

Sep 8, 2011
HTC, the fifth largest smartphone maker (George Martin... Billy Preston... Brian Epstein?), has amended an existing lawsuit against Apple claiming...

Amazon patents incredibly heartless and useful idea

Dec 28, 2010
Amazon has been awarded a patent for a new way to return unwanted gifts. The current system is pretty cumbersome: you have to repackage the ugly...

For public good, not for profit.

The battle over patents

Mar 9, 2009
Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary committee holds a hearing on patent reform. The weeds are tall on this one. If you're not a lawyer, and I'm not,...